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

Multiple ^ | April1, 2003 | Various

[An.American.Expatriate]

Good Morning.

Welcome to the Situation Room 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.

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Links to the older threads:
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Mhking's links:

Updated links (Null and Void alphabetized them and found a few other interesting ones):

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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,...

[Petronski]

So what will it be? This live thread, or the new live thread?

And I don't much like the idea of a sudden 'statement' either...

[Miss Marple]

Chester enlisted!! LOL!

[mhking]

Fascinating...

[cyncooper]

War is lost! The universe is collapsing in on itself. Tax cuts only benefit the rich. We are all doomed!!

Well, I just got off the phone with a friend. She's a Bush supporter but does not have the time or inclination to follow news and politics as I do, so she'll call me when she wants more info.

She just called very concerned. Why? Because the radio station they listen to at her work carries CNN radio news and she just heard them say "We are losing, though we haven't lost yet", then the story went on to MIS-inform the listeners that not enough troops had been brought in, and we had underestimated Iraqi resistance.

Needless to say, I assured her all was well and to take what CNN says with a huge grain of salt. I don't like to inundate her with news stories and such, but asked her if she wanted me to send her news of the actual accomplishments, etc. and she said to please do so.

If anybody has a good article to suggest I would appreciate it. I'm off to look some up now.

[Sacajaweau]

Thank you!! It such a touching phrase!!

[Timeout]

I wonder if maybe they said they would give a 30 SECOND heads up before Gen. Brooks comes out. Maybe a misunderstanding?

[Peach]

No matter what happens in the days and weeks ahead, remember that during the bombing of London in WWII, the British who survived the night each day wrote outside their homes: We can take it.

From the movie Rudy (Gulianni)

[XJarhead]

I'm afraid that you might be right - and I'll be willing to bet that WMD have been used by the bad guys

It's the WMD's I'm worried about. That is the type of thing that might prompt an unscheduled briefing. I hope our guys were prepared if that's what happened. It's easy to let down your MOPP guard a bit after this much fighting.

[Peach]

FOX - will be extremely good news.

[abnegation]

Bret Baier.....Pentagon officials...extremely good news!

[Dog]

This will be a single line statement read by Brooke's no Q&A..

[dfwgator]

Fox: Briefing will convey "extremely good news."

[RummyChick]

suppose to be good news

[melodie]

fox just said it is very good news from centcom

[TomGuy]

FoxNews. Briefing will bring "extremely good news" due to the hour. They wouldn't schedule a briefing in the middle of the nite (there) for bad news.

[Timeout]

Bret Baire says , per Pentagon, EXTREMELY GOOD NEWS!

RG capitulating?????

[null and void]

That sentence strikes me as hilarious. Once you do the job one time, you are no longer a suicide bomber (you are no longer anything as a matter of fact). So.....they never were actually suicide bombers, now were they?

Sort of. Years ago I overheard a friendly argument between two co-workers. It became distinctly unfriendly when one said to the other: "Well! At least I'm not a retired Kamikazi pilot!"

We ultimately found out the other one graduated Kamikazi school the day we bombed Hiroshima...

[Cboldt]

Iraqis have decided to strike before the 4thID is at full strength is my guess...

Could be. But I'm pretty sure we can take them without the 4 ID. Otherwise we wouldn't be pressing them so close, so soon before the 4 ID could be even partially "on site."

MSNBC speculating that the statement is not about action in Karbala. I'm on pins and needles at the moment.

[Fledermaus]

Look at FoxNews...or look on NationalReviewOnline, especially The Corner, for links and good reporting.

[merrin]

3 minutes to CENTCOM