U.S. Land Advance Could Pause for Weeks - Military

Reuters | March 30, 2003

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CENTRAL IRAQ (Reuters) - Some U.S. troops said on Sunday they had been told a pause in land advances toward Baghdad could last several weeks. They said they were digging trenches, laying mines around camps and camouflaging vehicles, but that the aerial and artillery bombardment on Iraqi positions in and around Baghdad would continue unabated.

"It looks like they are going to be in this position for at least two weeks, the sergeant says," said a Reuters reporter with U.S. forces in central Iraq.

"They're going to send in the aircraft to do the work before the grunts (foot soldiers) go in. It's going to be more air strikes, at least for a couple of weeks probably."

Another Reuters reporter was told that the pause could last as much as 35 to 40 days.

[peeve23]

Exactly.

We over-ride their media and impose one run by opposition Iraqis. The interim authorities announce a resumption of oil sales. Life begins to go on.

All the while, Baghdad is surrounded.

[Valin]

U.S. Land Advance Could Pause for Weeks

True, and I could win the lottery and have the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders throw themelves at me in a frenzy of lust and unbridled passion.

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True, and I could win the lottery and have the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders throw themelves at me in a frenzy of lust and unbridled passion.

If you have the cash, that can be arranged.

[BluH2o]

Talking heads have repeatedly asked their embedded presstitutes about the stand down or "pause" and it ain't happening based on their first hand observations ......

The embedded media personnel are now being referred to as "tics" ...

[Squantos]

LOL.....thats good !

Stay Safe !

[RWG]

Actually, this pause is exactly the way I would have done things. Circle baggeddead, clean up the rest of the country, and wait until the defense of baggeddead crumbles. Then clean the infection from the wound.

[Rudder]

The coalition strategy regarding Baghdad seems logical. We don't want to slug it out with fixed bayonets in hand-to-hand combat with the Republican Guard--no need to. We also don't want to amass a huge concentration of ground forces within range of chemical weapons. So, we bomb them to hell, each day and night. If the Guard moves against us, they become very visible, and vulnerable, as we bomb them to oblivion. If they retreat back to the city, we bomb them to oblivion. The Guard can continue sit where it is and be taken apart, bit by bit. The Guard is in a very tight--with no supply lines-- and deteriorating spot. No matter what they do, they are doomed.

[TheLooseThread]

"the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders throw themelves at me in a frenzy of lust and unbridled passion."

Unprotected flanks, followed by a deep thrust? I've lost track, what are we talking about here?

[RWG]

In virtually every discussion about this war there is always the warning about hand to hand in baggeddead. Why? I would not send troops into the city. Capturing and purging the entire country except for baggeddead would be my plan. In fact, I would even start the process of establishing a new government and broadcasting it over tv as soon as I could. Cleaned up southern and norther regions with plenty of photo ops showing self government of cities and new supplies of food and water would be broadcast every minute. I would have northern and southern interests start marking out their federal states and inviting the citizens of the central region to come and be a part of the new government as soon as they could.

[snooker]

It's called attriting the enemy. Not hard at all. That way they fall over, we walk in.

Doesn't someone have that 'Ah geeze guy' around. I think we are going to need him on most every post for a while.

[TonyInOhio]

So much for Reuters.