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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: TheDon
There are many ways to disable a broadcast station. My guess is they took some time to put the broadcast out of business without destroying a lot of equipment. They want it back on the air in a hurry when we take over.
61
posted on
03/25/2003 1:17:32 PM PST
by
js1138
To: areafiftyone
Finally found a good use for the human shields.
To: kattracks
Time to fire up the transmitters and cameras in the Psyops aircraft and start those re-runs of My Mother the Car with Saddam look-alikes doing commercials for hemmoroid ointment.
63
posted on
03/25/2003 1:18:09 PM PST
by
Lee Heggy
("A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving." Lao Tzu)
To: kattracks
64
posted on
03/25/2003 1:18:10 PM PST
by
Petronski
(I'm not always cranky.)
To: kattracks
It's about time.
...explosions rocked Baghdad late on Tuesday and Iraqi television went off air...
65
posted on
03/25/2003 1:18:27 PM PST
by
GOPJ
To: OldFriend
You mean the usefull idiots?
To: dep
bump
67
posted on
03/25/2003 1:19:38 PM PST
by
TLBSHOW
(The gift is to see the truth......)
To: JustinV
I wonder if this has anything to do with the 'soldiers' in US uniforms killing the surrendering soldiers. It would be real bad to let them use that as propoganda. Excellent point and most likely why now. And CNN would use it as propaganda for the anti-war hate Americans.
68
posted on
03/25/2003 1:19:43 PM PST
by
nicmarlo
To: kattracks
Dang, and I was all jazzed about watching JDAM Jihad Jeopardy tonight!!
69
posted on
03/25/2003 1:20:00 PM PST
by
TADSLOS
(Sua Sponte)
To: kattracks
You broadcast pictures of our POWs and you lose your right and ability to broadcast. It's that simple.
You kill our POWs, you lose your right to live. We'll deal with that soon.
To: dep
oh shie'ite!!! I'm gonna miss the X-files...
To: kattracks
Thank God but it's a little disconcerting to imagine that FR is dictating our politcal war strategy.
To: kattracks
got tivo?
73
posted on
03/25/2003 1:21:10 PM PST
by
j_k_l
To: freedomlover
Captain: What happen ?
Mechanic: Somebody set up us the bomb
74
posted on
03/25/2003 1:22:27 PM PST
by
machman
To: Sabertooth
03/24/2003 8:51 PM EST by TLBSHOW
To: Keith in Iowa
I am hearing now that we may hit the station in the next day or so. From another web site source but a pretty good one normally.
60 posted on 03/24/2003 8:51 PM EST by TLBSHOW (The gift is to see the truth......)
slam the enemy but good!
75
posted on
03/25/2003 1:23:44 PM PST
by
TLBSHOW
(The gift is to see the truth......)
To: Diddle E. Squat
Thanks for the reminder:
"...an angel rides the whirlwind and directs this storm..."
76
posted on
03/25/2003 1:24:10 PM PST
by
GOPJ
To: nicmarlo
YIPPIE!
77
posted on
03/25/2003 1:24:12 PM PST
by
Pippin
(Fasten your seatbelts, folks, it's gonna be a bumpy ride!)
To: Lee Heggy
BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Classic!!! ROTFLMAO
78
posted on
03/25/2003 1:24:19 PM PST
by
baggadonuts
(God Bless our Troops)
Comment #79 Removed by Moderator
To: jriemer
80
posted on
03/25/2003 1:26:04 PM PST
by
Weimdog
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