***Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - Day 10 - LIVE THREAD***

Everywhere! | 29 Mar 2003 | An.American.Expatriate

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Good Morning.

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[TheLion]

Boy, I'm amazed at how everone is paying attention to details. I have a hard time listening to Fox and reading FR!
We had our 15 seconds of fame out here.

[Green]

Funny how that happens,huh

[Lauratealeaf]

I must say, Kristol has been an excellent voice on this matter.

I agree!

[Dog]

Thanks I'm watching MSNBC....good camera work from BAG..

[Howlin]

8 EST! I'm watching it this time, too.

[Sacajaweau]

Iraqi Administrators (what's left of you).

1. Sorry, the food for oil program was part of the treaty to make sure the people got fed.

2. We're also working on the other part of the Treaty, to make sure that you kill neither your own people nor any other peoples of the world. We will disarm you and effectively, it will end the dictatorial regime of Saddam.

P.S. The AWE of this Mission is our AWESOME TROOPS.

[Green]

Someone needs to tell the Iraqi regime that they have gravity over in Iraq too and that if they fire missiles in the air something is going to come back down.

[glock rocks]

baghdad bob would deny it.

[Dog]

Peter Arnett on MSNBC....the explosions were north and northwest of the city .....about 9 miles out..

What is up north???

[Green]

Isn't there a RG division north of Baghdad? I thought there was.

[Dog]

Let me check..

[Sacajaweau]

Ted Koppel sounds shaken. He is with the division where the homicide bomber took out 4 of our guys.

[Carolinamom]

Arnett travels by bus provided by the Iraqi Information Center. Interesting. BUT that way he only sees what THEY want him to see.

[Green]

He probably has a minder with him right now while he is reporting too.

[BobFromNJ]

Wow! Anything new on this-- (that in fact Iraq missiles
fell back on their own people)!!

[Lauratealeaf]

Interesting report on FNC - Spokesman for PM Blair said they have intelligence reports that the General in charge of the Baghdad air defenses has bee "replaced" as there have been "problems" with missiles fired at Allied planes "falling back to earth". They now believe that those missiles were the ones that hit the markets.
Oops.

There may be other reasons too. The General may be dead from a U.S. airstrike. Another reason could be that they know that we have the goods on them about the market strikes. So, to keep arab world opinion on their side they may be demoting him. Either way, I am glad we have some good intelligence.

I also noticed Torie Clarke made the statement that if Saddam Hussein was waking up today (if he is waking up) that he will find that he is losing control of his country. She also made another statement that Saddam may not be alive.

[Sacajaweau]

Kurdish country I would guess. The Kurds under our leadership were pushing the Iraqi forces south, probably right into that kaboom.

[Dog]

RG divisiom Hamarabi is north and northwest of the city..

[clouda]

BUT that way he only sees what THEY want him to see.

Yup, and he was just talking about the "market place", called it an indentation, not a crater.

[Green]

Perhaps that is what got the boom a little bit ago.