***Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - Day 8 - LIVE THREAD***

Various | 3/27/2003 | Me

[Jaded]

Very good. Thanks.

[Catspaw]

spodefly, you're just an itty bit early for 3000.

[Not A Snowbird]

ARE WE THERE YET???!!!! Waaaaahh!

Honestly, I leave the thread for awhile to do actual work and come back to find that there's still a shootin' war going on. Sheesh!

[Chemist_Geek]

Darn good thing it was Southern California, so we didn't get rained on.

No kidding! And now, away from the lab and off homeward...

[spodefly]

:)

[SoldiersGirl]

"By the end of this week the lead elements of the task force will be in theater," said Maj. Josslyn Aberle, 4th ID deputy public affairs officer. "When it arrives, the task force is prepared for any mission from peacekeeping to all-out combat."

http://www.kdhnews.com/military_32703.html

[Ophiucus]

Comments from wounded US soldiers on CNN right now - describing their experiences.

[Dog]

Just a tad.....300 posts is all...who is quibbling...:-)

[Ophiucus]

My bad - a puff piece leading into an anti-war spot. Argh.

[Jaded]

Diane Sawyer interviewed her in January or February for 20/20, I believe. She was proud of the fact that she developed weapons that could kill people either quickly or slowly depending on the whim. So humane.

[not-alone]

Way to go, Cavuto! Glad I didn't throw something at the TV earlier today and was able to hear Neil.

[XJarhead]

Please tell me the French word for chutzpa!

Sadly, there isn't one. The French were too damn efficient at cooperating with the Nazis in getting rid of all their jews.

[Nam Vet]

I think he's just practising. Limbering up the lil pinkies.

Nam Vet

[retrokitten]

Didn't she have a child who mysteriously disappeared? One day she had a healthy toddler and the next day she didn't. No one asked her about it or talked about it, but the inference is that she killed her own child. Is the urban legend?

[SoldiersGirl]

When President Bush said "You're either with us, or against us" I didn't really take it to heart, I thought it was a little too black and white. Awhile later....France, Germany, Russia, China....have opened my eyes to the fact that it really is black or white. Yes or No..with is or not?
Where do we draw the line at who we call our allies?
Remember, I'm a bit new to the political arena, so bear with me..but I'm reminded of the old Hen story...the Hen does all the work baking the bread, without any help...then the rest of the farm wants to eat it. That seems to be what's going on when it comes to rebuilding Iraq.

[Cboldt]

Kudos to Cavuto -- I just copied his work to here.

[Dog]

Fox: 15,000 new Allied Troops in Iraq over the last 24 hours..

[Dog]

Allied Forces inside Iraq is now up to 90,000...

[SoldiersGirl]

Satirical Saddam Documentary Gets U.S. DVD Release

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A satirical documentary that portrays Iraqi President Saddam Hussein as a personal hygiene fanatic who likes to fish with grenades is getting a timely first time DVD release in the United States next week.
"Uncle Saddam," made by French freelance journalist Joel Soler in 2000, received critical acclaim at international film festivals two years ago and resulted in death threats against Soler at his Los Angeles area home.


http://news.excite.com/odd/article/id/313253|oddlyenough|03-27-2003::09:52|reuters.html

[Dog]

Now where did this additional 15,000 troops come from..