Explosions rock Baghdad, TV goes off the air

Reuters

[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

[js1138]

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.

[OldFriend]

Finally found a good use for the human shields.

[Lee Heggy]

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.

[Petronski]

[GOPJ]

It's about time.

...explosions rocked Baghdad late on Tuesday and Iraqi television went off air...

[journey7873]

You mean the usefull idiots?

[TLBSHOW]

bump

[nicmarlo]

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.

[TADSLOS]

Dang, and I was all jazzed about watching JDAM Jihad Jeopardy tonight!!

[Scott from the Left Coast]

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.

[maxamillion]

oh shie'ite!!! I'm gonna miss the X-files...

[Amerigomag]

Thank God but it's a little disconcerting to imagine that FR is dictating our politcal war strategy.

[j_k_l]

got tivo?

[machman]

Captain: What happen ?

Mechanic: Somebody set up us the bomb

[TLBSHOW]

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!

[GOPJ]

Thanks for the reminder:

"...an angel rides the whirlwind and directs this storm..."

[Pippin]

YIPPIE!

[baggadonuts]

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Classic!!! ROTFLMAO

[Weimdog]

24 hour ZOT loop of this...

http://users.wolfcrews.com/toys/vikings/