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Iraqi forces opens dam to prevent coalition''s advancement
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| 3/28/2003
Posted on 03/29/2003 6:19:31 AM PST by Colorado Doug
KUN0122 4 GEN 0104 KUWAIT /KUNA-RHE7 MIL-IRAQ-DAM Iraqi forces opens dam to prevent coalition's advancement
TEHRAN, March 28 (KUNA) -- Iraqi forces opened the dam of "Kutaiban" north of the southern Iraqi city of Basra in an attempt to prevent the coalition forces from advancing towards northern areas, authoritative sources in Iraq told KUNA on Friday. The water swamped areas near Basra and parts of the city's surrounding region under the coalition forces' control, the sources added. Soil of the southern areas, once mixed with water, transforms into clammy mud that obstructs movement of military tanks and vehicles. (end) nas.sb.bsm
TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: baghdaddefense; basra; dam; delay; iraq; kutaiban; roadtobaghdad; supplylines
Could be why we are waiting 3-4 days? Supply lines bogged down?
To: Colorado Doug
dam Iraqi forces
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posted on
03/29/2003 6:21:28 AM PST
by
JIM O
To: Colorado Doug
Environmental terrorism can be added to the growing list of Saddam's crimes.
To: Colorado Doug
Another day. Another Iraqi warcrime.
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posted on
03/29/2003 6:22:17 AM PST
by
Diogenesis
(If you mess with one of us, you mess with all of us.)
To: Diogenesis
These SH folks have too much free time on their hands.
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posted on
03/29/2003 6:26:07 AM PST
by
maestro
To: Colorado Doug
This is something to watch. Not to be the voice of doom, but this is something that has happened before.
In the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war, Iraqi forces did the exact same thing and then shelled the Iranian forces with chemical weapons. It caused huge losses for the Iranians.
We are better equipped and better trained than the Iranians were, and it wouldnt stop us. But the iraqis dont know this.
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posted on
03/29/2003 6:27:24 AM PST
by
judicial meanz
(Lets do the world a favor and give Saddam a Dirt-nap!)
To: Diogenesis
"Another day. Another Iraqi warcrime."
nah! The media will ignore it. They'll be more interested in furthering the urban legend about how damaging our weapons that use depleted uranium will be on the Iraqi landscape.
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posted on
03/29/2003 6:30:21 AM PST
by
txradioguy
(HOOAH! Not just a word, A way of life!)
To: Colorado Doug
If this were true, by now we'd be seeing pictures of a large lake with lots of bodies and buildings floating around in it.
Oh wait---it's from "authoritative sources in Iraq".
To: Diogenesis
Another day. Another Iraqi warcrime.Not to worry. Greenpeace and the Vatican will denounce it shortly. < / sarcasm>
To: Colorado Doug; vannrox
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posted on
03/29/2003 6:49:53 AM PST
by
bwteim
(bwteim=Begin With The End In Mind)
To: Colorado Doug
It seems like everything predicted by Gertz and STRATFOR and others on Drudge and elsewhere is happening just as they said.
* Burning oil trenches.
* Blown and booby-trapped oil wells.
* Mined and booby-trapped oil fields.
* Iraqi soldiers in U.S. uniforms.
* Al Qaeda, along with every terrorist nut group fighting with Saddam.
* High-explosive laden speedboats going after ships.
* Now "ship-launched" missiles that Patriots can't take out.
* Dams either rigged to blow or what? just opened full throttle?
Will the nerve and biological weapons come out next?
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posted on
03/29/2003 6:51:08 AM PST
by
KriegerGeist
("In war there is no substitute for victory" General Douglas MacArthur)
To: Diogenesis; Colorado Doug
Another day. Another Iraqi warcrime. Might be an overstatement calling this a war crime. Sounds more like an often used defensive tactic by a group of people who have no intention of rolling over.
Let's keep our "war crime" beacon focused on the real things. There will be enough instances to go around.
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posted on
03/29/2003 6:52:56 AM PST
by
onceone
To: Diogenesis
Another day. Another Iraqi warcrime. But since the court is run by the Dutch in The Hague, I'd guess that they'll be acquitted.
To: Colorado Doug
Marines are amphibious, the Iraqi troops are not.
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posted on
03/29/2003 7:22:12 AM PST
by
randita
To: Colorado Doug
..."to prevent the coalition forces from advancing towards northern areas...."I'd say they're somewhat late, and that we should have already secured such vital infrastructure.
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posted on
03/29/2003 7:30:30 AM PST
by
onedoug
To: randita
Maybe they'll bring in some of those hovercraft vehicles and attack right across the water with the Iraqis pointed in the other direction.
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posted on
03/29/2003 7:31:47 AM PST
by
libertylover
(Republican, because I care.)
To: All
Its like childproofing your house if it can be done a 2 year old will do it ..i hope we look at every inch of Iraq with that in mind
To: Colorado Doug
The water swamped areas near Basra and parts of the city's surrounding region under the coalition forces' control, the sources added. Soil of the southern areas, once mixed with water, transforms into clammy mud that obstructs movement of military tanks and vehicles. Now that is a "quagmire."
Wonder why they didn't call it that. Is it possible that the media has been using that word and they really have no idea what it actually means?
To: Colorado Doug
Well ... Basra is way over on the Eastern coast region - and our tanks are to the left of center of Iraq. I would not think this water would affect our advancement at all.
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posted on
03/29/2003 1:54:34 PM PST
by
CyberAnt
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