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US Dealing Mortal Blow On Baghdad Defenses from Unprotected Flank
Orbat.com 'Orders of Battle' website ^
| March 27, 2003
| Colin Robertson-Center for Defense Information, Washington DC
Posted on 03/27/2003 7:47:25 AM PST by ewing
United States forces not stalled, but are shifting from South to West of Baghdad, preparing to deal a mortal blow to the city defenses from an unprotected flank, while Marines and airpower fix Republican Guard Divisions South of the city.
101st Airborne Division appears West of the city with orders to take Baghdad International Airport.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; Israel; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: baghdad; coupdegras; flank; motralblow; unprotected
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II Marine Expeditary Force (11,000 strong) still unaccounted for?
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posted on
03/27/2003 7:47:25 AM PST
by
ewing
To: mhking
red alert ping!
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posted on
03/27/2003 7:48:28 AM PST
by
ewing
To: ewing
If you are the enemy and there are 11,000 Marines unaccounted for that has got to give you pause to think....
To: ewing
Ooops, sorry (not) Saddam! Here's phrase I hope you never understand: "Rope-a-Dope".
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posted on
03/27/2003 7:49:48 AM PST
by
Frank_Discussion
(Time is the fire in which we burn...)
To: vastrightwc
If you are the enemy and there are 11,000 Marines unaccounted for that has got to give you pause to think....Landshark!
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posted on
03/27/2003 7:50:45 AM PST
by
stboz
To: ewing
I got your back?
To: Frank_Discussion
We had some inking this was coming with the blackout from Jordan..
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posted on
03/27/2003 7:50:59 AM PST
by
ewing
To: ewing
Yes, WE did. Given the headling rush of the RG to the south, I don't think THEY had the same "inkling".
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posted on
03/27/2003 7:52:12 AM PST
by
Frank_Discussion
(Time is the fire in which we burn...)
To: Frank_Discussion
headlong*
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posted on
03/27/2003 7:52:37 AM PST
by
Frank_Discussion
(Time is the fire in which we burn...)
To: ewing
Expect tricks.
To: ewing
I'm guessing Wesley Clark didn't know about this portion of the plan.
To: ewing
I am baffled as to how we have kept it a secret as to where the II marine exped force is right now. I am thinking that because their normal commo is FUBAR, the Iraqis if they knew, would leak it to Al Jazeera so their folks would hear over the radio where the unit was.
I bet somebody is in for a really bad morning soon.
To: vastrightwc
Or 11,000 Marines coming around your flank.. not a good thing if you are trying to protect Baghdad!
This is probably a gambit to make sure the chemical weapons don't get set off..
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posted on
03/27/2003 7:53:21 AM PST
by
ewing
To: ewing
bump
To: stboz
Landshark! Enough to give you the Tremors.
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posted on
03/27/2003 7:54:12 AM PST
by
js1138
To: ewing
For days now we have had control of two, and perhaps three, airfields in western Iraq. What do you suppose we've been doing with them?
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posted on
03/27/2003 7:54:33 AM PST
by
jackbill
To: dogbyte12
Word was just getting around last night, which was probably what Gen. Franks had planned.
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posted on
03/27/2003 7:55:41 AM PST
by
ewing
To: ewing
Whatever the plan, we'll win.
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posted on
03/27/2003 7:56:04 AM PST
by
tiki
To: ewing
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posted on
03/27/2003 7:56:45 AM PST
by
mhking
To: gov_bean_ counter
I'm guessing he did and was helping with the media dis-information campaign. I still don't much like him though.
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posted on
03/27/2003 7:56:59 AM PST
by
Tailback
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