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Explosions rock Baghdad, TV goes off the air
Reuters
Posted on 03/25/2003 1:05:36 PM PST by kattracks
Explosions rock Baghdad, TV goes off the air
BAGHDAD, March 25 (Reuters) - Large explosions rocked Baghdad late on Tuesday and Iraqi television went off air as the first blast struck the capital.
Reuters correpondent Samia Nakhoul said several large explosions were heard and televisions in one hotel where journalists were staying immediately went black.
An official at Iraq's television station blamed a "technical problem in the transmitters" for the blackout.
The televisions remained off the air near midnight.
At least three powerful blasts rocked the city centre, an area where the television and radio headquarters and transmitters are located.
The television transmitters normally beam programmes, including news conferences by the Iraqi leadership, to a large part of the city. Iraqi radio continued broadcasting.
Baghdad was hit by repeated air strikes on Tuesday, many of them centred on locations to the east of the city where members of Iraq's Republican Guard were believed to be dug in to defend the city from U.S. ground forces approaching from the south.
03/25/03 15:55 ET
TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: battleforbaghdad; embeddedreport; warlist
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To: kattracks
Sounds like their broadcasting capabilities have "cratered."
To: FreeTheHostages
Any hope of the same thing happening to ABC, NBC,CBS and CNN?
To: Grampa Dave
Honey, what happen to my MTV? I need my MTV!!!
Whoaaa...
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posted on
03/25/2003 2:32:40 PM PST
by
FRgal4u
To: KosmicKitty
Now they will probably blame the baby boom on us in 9 months.
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posted on
03/25/2003 2:32:57 PM PST
by
boomop1
To: boomop1
LOL!!!
The U.N. will be appalled.
To: kattracks
I've got a wee suspicion that the Commander-in-Chief back in DC was gettin' just a mite tired of Iraqi propaganda, and told Gen. Franks to do something about it. Don't mess with The Man from Texas. He doesn't take at all well to seeing our young people degraded on Iraqi TV.
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posted on
03/25/2003 2:35:37 PM PST
by
Wolfstar
(Why war in Iraq? Answer: ANTHRAX.)
To: boomop1
You posted:
Now they will probably blame the baby boom on us in 9 months. Particuliarly when most of the boys are named Abubba Bush.
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posted on
03/25/2003 2:36:26 PM PST
by
Grampa Dave
(Stamp out Freepathons! Stop being a Freep Loader! Become a monthly donor!)
To: boomop1
and the babies will all have names George, Tony for boys...Laura nd Cherie for girls...
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posted on
03/25/2003 2:36:43 PM PST
by
FRgal4u
To: tuna_battle_slight_return
"A moment like this....some people wait a lifetime..."
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posted on
03/25/2003 2:37:13 PM PST
by
PianoMan
(Liberate the Axis of Evil)
To: smith288
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Elapsed time....10 minutes tops. I answered to the closest relevant post.
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posted on
03/25/2003 2:37:18 PM PST
by
socal_parrot
(Jean Valjean, the only decent Frenchmen.)
To: armymarinemom
I'm shocked, shocked I tell you....and awed.....and ashamed too while we're at it.
To: kattracks
TEST: THIS IS A TEST OF YOUR EMERGENCY BROADCASTING SYSTEM,
in the event of a real emergency, Iraq can put it's head between it's legs and kiss it's hindend goodbye.
To: Revolting cat!
And all of Bagdad was sitting up for the debut of the Milton Berle Show!!!
To: shadowman99
HUA! (Heard Understood Acknowledged) Thank You. I didn't know that.
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posted on
03/25/2003 2:40:15 PM PST
by
SGCOS
To: All
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posted on
03/25/2003 2:40:42 PM PST
by
Grampa Dave
(Stamp out Freepathons! Stop being a Freep Loader! Become a monthly donor!)
To: kattracks
looks like the TV station might not have been bombed...The station is protected by child care centers, hospitals around it...according to FNC, the Pentagon have found a different way to disable the station..hummm...could this be the E-bomb...??? melt all those electronics components into a bunch of molten plastics...
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posted on
03/25/2003 2:41:02 PM PST
by
FRgal4u
To: socal_parrot
To: Aquamarine
Yes, one can only hope that we have equal opportunity in America and all pseudo news from ABCNNBCBS and PBS are knocked off the air.
Of course in my home they are blocked.
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posted on
03/25/2003 2:42:15 PM PST
by
Grampa Dave
(Stamp out Freepathons! Stop being a Freep Loader! Become a monthly donor!)
To: Diddle E. Squat
In my view, George W's inaugural address was one of the great speeches in American history. It's under appreciated primarily because the Left controls both the media and academia. However, they can't suppress the beauty and meaning of the following passage, which is one of the most stirring ever:
--Begin quote from President George W. Bush's inaugural speech:--
After the Declaration of Independence was signed, Virginia statesman John Page wrote to Thomas Jefferson: "We know the race is not to the swift nor the battle to the strong. Do you not think an angel rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm?"
Much time has passed since Jefferson arrived for his inauguration. The years and changes accumulate. But the themes of this day he would know: our nation's grand story of courage and its simple dream of dignity.
We are not this story's author, who fills time and eternity with His purpose. Yet His purpose is achieved in our duty, and our duty is fulfilled in service to one another.
Never tiring, never yielding, never finishing, we renew that purpose today, to make our country more just and generous, to affirm the dignity of our lives and every life.
This work continues. This story goes on. And an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm.
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posted on
03/25/2003 2:42:15 PM PST
by
Wolfstar
(Why war in Iraq? Answer: ANTHRAX.)
To: dansangel
I hope this means no more filthy propaganda broadcasts from the Iraqis.Unfortunately there is still Al Jazeera, Abu-Dhabi TV, and many other propaganda outlets for these thugs,oh I almost forgot CNN.
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posted on
03/25/2003 2:42:52 PM PST
by
Mister Baredog
((They wanted to kill 50,000 of us on 9/11, we will never forget!))
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