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

Various | 3/27/2003 | Me

[Centurion2000]

Good Morning.

This is the Daily Thread of Operation Iraqi Freedom - LIVE THREAD.

It is designed for general conversation about the events of the day. In depth discussion of events should be left to individual threads - but links to the threads or other articles is highly encouraged. This allows us to stay abreast of the situation in general, while also providing a means of obtaining specific information.

Please have mercy on us dial up limited FReepers! Limit the big graphics, post links instead. A breif description of what the graphic is would help:

Special thanks to null and void for keeping these running over the weekend and Monday, to all of you for keeping these threads alive, the AdminMods for their tolerance, mhking for the video links, and, of course, Belly Girl...

[POGIFFMOO]

They were told to avoid the land mines, hence........

[Otta B Sleepin]

I thought he made some astute observations. Quite articulate.

[Spruce]

That is the business-end of an A10 Thunderbolt-2 Tank buster aircraft.

[spectr17]

I've been away from any media today.

Can I get a mini update. Please?

With sugar on it?

[gop212]

As a fellow Fox fan I have to agree. I pretty much constantly watch FoxNews, and enjoy discussing it too.

[AppyPappy]

We tagged Baghdad good including a 5,000lb bomb on a Palace somewhere

[Miss Marple]

Retired AF guy advocating bombing civilians and causing terror. (Poor choice of words in my opinion.)

[spectr17]

Thanks.

A week of bombing has to be wearing those people down a bit.

[dogbyte12]

Perhaps we should have a new term for discussing sizes of bombs. I am proposing the unit of measure should be the Nadler.

A 2,000 lb bomb, can be called a 5 Nadler ordinance.

[abnegation]

J.C. Watts on Hannity and the Gopher tonight.

[76834]

You will hear the "fornicating cats", call to prayer......

[Timeout]

Umm, I thought A-10's were Warthogs.

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[roses of sharon]

Has anyone heard about the 3 Arab journalists missing from the battlefield?

I saw it on a CNN crawl, and briefly on radio.

[Right_in_Virginia]

(Poor choice of words in my opinion.)

VERY!

[Miss Marple]

Who is on MSNBC now? I am not interested in hearing yet another discussion on the speed of the war on H & C, plus they are having a guest that I cannot stand.

[zook]

We could have, say, "Nadler class," "Moore class," "Ivens class," etc.

[Miss Marple]

Watts is not the guest I don't like. It's another one.

[gop212]

Every watch how O'Reilly will shamelessly promote his Factor Gear in a second.

[Spruce]

And I quote:
"The Guided Bomb Unit-28 (GBU-28) is a special weapon developed for penetrating hardened Iraqi command centers located deep underground. The GBU-28 is a 5,000-pound laser-guided conventional munition that uses a 4,400-pound penetrating warhead."

Being that this weapon is laser-guided, one can be farily certain that Spec-Ops are calling it down.

[DaughterofEve]

OK, so YOU can be in charge of making the threads! : )