***Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - Day 13 - LIVE THREAD***

Multiple ^ | April1, 2003 | Various

[An.American.Expatriate]

Good Morning.

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Please have mercy on us dial up limited FReepers! Limit the big graphics, post links instead. A brief description of what the graphic is would help:

To all who helped this get started, thank you! Special thanks to null and void for keeping these threads running on the weekends, Mo1 for the screamer, the AdminMods for their tolerance, mhking for the video links, and, of course,...

[Sacajaweau]

I'm watching an old Ponderosa segment. They're drawing a map in the sand. It looks just like Geraldo's.

[Warren_Piece]

This must not be housing he's working on. Or the residents don't mind hammering and sawing at 1 am!

I've got a theory about this. Since most of the bombing in Central Baghdad is in the middle of the night, no one can sleep. Might as well do some work around the house. Sleep in the daytime when Southern Bagdhad is getting pounded.

[Fledermaus]

I can buy that!

[Green]

Maybe he is snuggled up in his sand bed building sand castles then...it is night time there, after all.

[retrokitten]

Might as well do some work around the house.

LMAO!! You know what they say about idle hands...

[Sacajaweau]

Thank you...Interesting since the possibility was speculated here on FR as soon as the story came out.

[Green]

New York Times article about the Pentagon briefing
today

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/882218/posts

[Not A Snowbird]

"Might as well do some work around the house."

You may be on to something here... although it's awfully optimistic of them to be making home improvements in downtown Baghdad this time of year...

[Sacajaweau]

Maybe the banging is Morris Code or something similar.

[Carolina]

US war planners lack professionalism: Belgian foreign minister

According to this schmuck:

The US officials who planned the war in Iraq (news - web sites) "lack professionalism," Belgian Foreign Minister Louis Michel said in a newspaper interview published in Brussels, adding that he thought the real reason for the war was the United States' need to reassert its power after the attacks of September 11, 2001.

[retrokitten]

"There are no negotiations taking place with anyone in Saddam Hussein's regime," Mr. Rumsfeld said. If there ever are talks, he said, they will be about one thing and one thing only: "unconditional surrender."

Go, Rummy, Go!

[Consort]

Maybe Dick Morris can decode it for us.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

**PHOTO ESSAY** - What Will Iraq Look Like in a Year?, The Afghanistan Model
 

[abnegation]

Gibby doing a report on a nuclear sub.

[TomGuy]

MSNBC TAKES HIT IN RATINGS AFTER ARNETT... DEVELOPING...

DrudgeReport ^ | 4-1-2003

Posted on 04/01/2003 4:16 PM CST by Paul Atreides

CABLE NEWS RACE MONDAY, MARCH 31

O'REILLY 4.8 [RATING]
HANNITY/COLMES 4.4
GRETA 4.1
SHEP SMITH 3.6
BRIT HUME 3.4
AAROWN BROWN 3.0
LARRY KING LIVE 2.9
CNN 8 PM 2.4

[Fledermaus]

WTG Fox! Screw CNN!

[abnegation]

I didn't help them to give all that attention to the Geraldo story either. Just made viewers turn to Fox to see if Geraldo was on. (G)

[ztiworoh]

And Fox sweeping the top 4

[Fledermaus]

Brit's numbers would be higher if he was on later than 6 eastern

[Sacajaweau]

Since these brilliant journalists have been spewing garbage from day one, this briefing highlights the entire 12 days of their stupid questions, unnamed sources and downright ignorance.

Many Thanks to Our Troops & Their Leaders!!