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***Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - Day 8 - LIVE THREAD***
Various | 3/27/2003 | Me

Posted on 03/26/2003 9:04:14 PM PST by 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...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iraq; iraqifreedom; war
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To: StayAt HomeMother
Ooops .. sorry for slaking .. I was cleaning the house ..

Moving On To Next Thread ... ***Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - Day 9 - LIVE THREAD***


3,841 posted on 03/27/2003 9:27:15 PM PST by Mo1
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To: All
I am still watching the Bagdad camera. I just saw a man at the bottom of the window. It must be a balcony as he was right there in almost full body view of the camera sweeping off the balcony and dirt was just a flying.
3,842 posted on 03/27/2003 9:30:52 PM PST by Spunky
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To: Capitalism2003
I'm one of the people with a slow connection, but I loved your pics....Well worth a few seconds of anyone's time. Thank you.
3,843 posted on 03/27/2003 9:32:10 PM PST by Krodg
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To: StayAt HomeMother
And sorry for the typo

slaking = slacking
3,844 posted on 03/27/2003 9:33:33 PM PST by Mo1
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To: Poser
"Getting the 4000th post wouldn't be fair."

When you posted 4000!!!? to me earlier I didn't know what you were talking about.

Now I do. :-)

3,845 posted on 03/27/2003 9:34:47 PM PST by Spunky
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To: null and void; Sir_Ed
"If our bunker busters penetrate 20 feet of concrete at a time, and Sadomy's bunker is 180 feet deep...doesn't that mean we'll NEVER be able to hit him? "
Hmmmm. 180÷20=9. Never =9 bombs? "

Umm, our bunker busters can penetrate AT LEAST 100 feet of concrete or rock. One article I read said that the military LOST one because it penetrated PAST their sensors at 200 feet.

Perhaps someone can find the link to the article on the bunker busters?
3,846 posted on 03/27/2003 9:39:58 PM PST by Forgiven_Sinner (Praying for the Kingdom of God)
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To: null and void
When a Roman division was punished by decimation only 10% survived.

I beg to differ. According to every history I have ever read on the practice, 10 percent of the unit was killed.

From the American Heritage Dictionary:

Decimate originally referred to the killing of every tenth person, a punishment used in the Roman army for mutinous legions.

From the American Heritage Book of English Usage:

If a cohort or legion mutinied, it was decimated, that is, the soldier standing in the first rank in the first file picked a number from one through ten out of a helmet, and the count off continued from that number. When the count off came to “ten” (decem in Latin), that soldier was executed, as was every tenth man after him; the other nine tenths got the message.

It would make no sense for a leader to kill 90 percent of his followers, no matter what their "sin."

3,847 posted on 03/27/2003 9:42:28 PM PST by strela ("a' poppin' off at Pop's Sodium Shop")
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To: Mo1
Thanks for the scream. You know the kids won't come in from play until they KNOW YOU MEAN IT!
3,848 posted on 03/27/2003 9:48:08 PM PST by StayAt HomeMother
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To: StayAt HomeMother
Rick Leventhol: Iraqis seen in chemical suits unloading chemical drums.
3,849 posted on 03/27/2003 9:51:03 PM PST by abnegation
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To: StayAt HomeMother
You know the kids won't come in from play until they KNOW YOU MEAN IT!

Sad to admit ..but that isn't far from what I look like when I scream at my own kids .. LOL

3,850 posted on 03/27/2003 9:52:25 PM PST by Mo1
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To: Forgiven_Sinner
Yes, I was making the point that progress acheives a goal.

A point lost on many...
3,851 posted on 03/27/2003 10:01:06 PM PST by null and void
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To: strela
You are correct. I had bad info. Thanks!
3,852 posted on 03/27/2003 10:02:43 PM PST by null and void
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To: null and void
No prob. (I learned about the practice when my ex had problems with her second grade class. Had to talk her out of using it too) ;)
3,853 posted on 03/27/2003 10:04:21 PM PST by strela ("a' poppin' off at Pop's Sodium Shop")
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To: Grenada
My representative, Paul Ryan was one of the smirkers. You're right, they knew she was off base.
3,854 posted on 03/28/2003 4:26:12 AM PST by Trust but Verify
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To: Trust but Verify
The Scotsman reports that captured Iraqi soldiers have told British interrogators that al-Qaeda terrorists are fighting on the side of Saddam Hussein's forces against allied troops near Basra; according to prisoners, at least a dozen members of bin Laden's network are in the town of Az-Zubayr, where they are coordinating grenade and gun attacks on coalition positions.
3,855 posted on 03/28/2003 5:48:42 AM PST by osires13
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To: osires13
Williamsburg bridge closed in NYC, suspicious activity reported, all bridge and tunnels now being checked...
3,856 posted on 03/28/2003 6:03:50 AM PST by osires13
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To: osires13
3 men of middle eastern decent arrested with as they tried to leave a suspicious package on the Manhattan Brige, WTF is going on?
3,857 posted on 03/28/2003 6:16:30 AM PST by osires13
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To: osires13
Oh, this wouldn't surprise me at all. There is clearly a lot of terrorist activity going on there. What is astonishing is the brutality towards fellow muslims, especially women and children. They have no humanity, and people should understand that if they will murder their own people in cold blood, nothing but exterminating them will keep our own people safe.
3,858 posted on 03/28/2003 6:34:20 AM PST by Trust but Verify
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To: Trust but Verify
FYI, i'm an arab, how ya doin?
3,859 posted on 03/28/2003 6:45:18 AM PST by osires13
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To: Trust but Verify
sounds a bit Hitler-ish...
3,860 posted on 03/28/2003 6:49:26 AM PST by osires13
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