***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.

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[GOPyouth]

Leventhal reporting: Howitzers firing and Marines in fighting positions.

[GOPyouth]

Did I hear that right?

[slimer]

Finally, has anyone heard firm confirmation or denial on the reported discovery of armed chemical warheads with Russian writing all over them?

CBN was the original source. Have not heard any confirmation from other sources.

Iraq has a lot of Russian made military equipment, including warheads, so it would not be unusual to discover lots of equipment tagged "Made in Russia".

[texxie]

lol now it's time for food chat:)

[GOPyouth]

I need to hit that place soon. That's usually a Saturday afternoon deal for me. I haven't been there in a while.

[texxie]

I haven't heard anything slimer sorry

[texxie]

lol true

where is Hodad's? is that one of the southern OC places you and SDC were going to show me?

[Tree of Liberty]

Thanks. Have a very demanding cat here and had to follow him upstairs for petting time.

[TexKat]

This was prior to the ones they are talking about tonight. I believe it was Saturday. Al Jazeera was showing them Sunday and was asked not to, so they decided not to run them between 12noon and 1p.m., but then continued to run them. The way it sounded they were running footage of them every 15 minutes.

On Sunday I understand that the footage was being shown also by Sky News and in Canada.

[texxie]

are you from Texas too??

[ChadGore]

Question for any military person: How far is a "click" ?
As in "They are about 4 clicks down the trail"

[TexKat]

Thank you.

[Tree of Liberty]

click = kilometer

[Howlin]

Wow, I just heard a rerun of that press conference. He sure did hand him his head on a platter.

[texxie]

yes I saw those early Sunday AM and why I'm still so PO'd even tonight

it was absolutely awful and unforgiveable I'm ticked at the Brits too at sky news as if the shoe was on the other foot they would be hollerin too

[GOPyouth]

That I am. From Tyler.