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

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

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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:

To all who helped this get started, thank you!

Special thanks to An.American.Expatriate for staring the daily threads, Mo1 for the screamer, the AdminMods for their tolerance, mhking for the video links, and, of course, Belly Girl...

[Sacajaweau]

I do like Gibson.

[Straight Vermonter]

Fedayeen means "men of sacrifice". The terrorist that attacked Israel in the early 1950s were called fedayeen.

[LiveFreeOrDie2001]

Hey GOPYouth ! You are all that is cool. HUH HUH HUH

[GOPyouth]

heh heh ;) Why, thank you.

[LiveFreeOrDie2001]

Mine searching Dolphins on Fox now.....

[merrin]

Thanks.

[LiveFreeOrDie2001]

Hey, got a Belly Girl competition for ya...

[Norman Arbuthnot]

��5{�������� commanders give the Embed's an ultimatum... Get-out-now-because-it's-gonna-get-frickin'-ugly or stay & we can't be fully responsible for you.

I wonder what Geraldo is gonna do? Unlike Afghanistan he can't roam around with 40 bodyguards.

[LiveFreeOrDie2001]

It's "Patriot Girl" !

[Consort]

The guy from The History Channel (Mr. Kent) is really bashing our war effort on Larry King. Didn't the History Channel just merge with the New York Times?

[null and void]

Thank you!

Having my country represented by such fine men and women makes me humble to be an American.

[LiveFreeOrDie2001]

Yea, it's "The History Times"

[TomGuy]

"What's your source on the fact that the Fedayeen were raised from childhood to be Fedayeen? "

Check this for a full description: What is the Fedayeen Saddam?

[aloysius89]

Trouble is, all the data we are citing is by way of a negative proof. He hasn't done this or been seen doing that or commented on this or that. Negative proofs are a hard sell. Doesn't mean he ain't dead. The truth ain't restricted by hard proof.

[Henchster]

"Fedayeen" is a banned term here. It glorifies a cowardly bunch of terrorist thugs. Our official replacement term is "Paramilitary Murder Squads."

If you're in a hurry typing, just use the abbreviation "PMS"

This has been a courtesy service alert to keep FRee Republic an accurate source of information, unlike the major media outlets. (Except FOX!)

[Sacajaweau]

Hope they leave. They've hurt enough folks who have soldiers over there already.

[Green]

Did a Google search and found this:

Saddam's Martyrs ["Men of Sacrifice"]

Fedayeen Saddam

The paramilitary Fedayeen Saddam (Saddam's `Men of Sacrifice') was founded by Saddam's son Uday in 1995. In September 1996 Uday was removed from command of the Fedayeen. Uday's removal may have stemmed from an incident in March 1996 when Uday transfered sophisticated weapons from Republican Guards to the Saddam Fedayeen without Saddam's knowledge. Control passed to Qusay, further consolidating his responsibility for the Iraqi security apparatus. The deputy commander is Staff Lieutenant General Mezahem Saab Al Hassan Al-Tikriti.

The Fedayeen, with a total strength reportedly between 30,000 and 40,000 troops, is composed of young soldiers recruited from regions loyal to Saddam. The unit reports directly to the Presidential Palace, rather than through the army command, and is responsible for patrol and anti-smuggling duties. Though at times improperly termed an "elite" unit, the Fedayeen is a politically reliable force that can be counted on to support Saddam against domestic opponents.

Sources and Methods

"Inside Iraq's security network - Parts One and Two" Sean Boyne JANE'S INTELLIGENCE REVIEW Volume 9, numbers 7 & 8, July and August 1997 IRAQ Middle East Security Report Vol 1 No 9 - 5 March 1997

http://www.fas.org/irp/world/iraq/fedayeen/

[merrin]

I don't think that could be true about Saddam taking the Fedayeen at 3 to 5 years old.

"The Fedayeen Saddam was established in October 1994, said Michael Eisenstadt of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, a think tank originally set up by the pro-Israel lobbying group AIPAC. He said the date -- earlier than the 1995 origin cited by many others -- came from Al-Thawra, the Iraqi government newspaper."

http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20030326-100811-9614r

That would mean the oldest ones would only be 14.

[Peach]

Have the commanders given the embeds an ultimatum - stay or go now?

[starfish]

My sister was bad-mouthed at work yesterday.
She had a red,white,and blue ribbon pin on.
Some jerk asked her,if she was for or against the war.
She said for,and asked him his position.
He yelled,They haven't done anything to us.
He tried to start something but she blew him off.