***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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***Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - Day 4 - LIVE THREAD*** ... 6045 posts
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***Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - Day 11 - LIVE THREAD*** ... 2774 posts
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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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FR: Final Update: Streaming Video/Audio Links (Includes info & HTML/Javascript code on how to create your own multi-feeds page)

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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,...

[Fledermaus]

NG should have kept him on...maybe they could have done an expose on the bug up Arnett's ass!

[Dawgmeister]

Thaat boy needs to see a doctor...

[Dolphy]

Probably said on previous thread, but I love that line I heard tonight. Peter Arnett was fired...3 times today (NBC, MSNBC and National Geographic).

[Tree of Liberty]

Fox - Levanthal reports about vehicle incidents from yesterday. Less than 75mi south of Baghdad. Many Marine resources going past him on a road North. More food maybe on the way. "Only" had one MRE yesterday. Marine being interviewed not really concerned about it. (rick's overblowing the situation, imo). Marines ready to "kick this off".

[Centurion2000]

Nice pic ..... traffic ok in Switzerland ?

[Dawgmeister]

I'm from the south can't you tell?

[Fledermaus]

GE owns them all, so I guess you can say he was fired once!

[Consort]

London Daily Mirror

That's a bad reflection on the Mirror.

[Howlin]

I will hunt you down and hurt you if you don't stop that!

[TheConservator]

Is there a sucker punch coming from the North?

Fact one: The coalition captured the H2 and H3 airfields in western Iraq on the first day of the war. And they took care to bomb the refueling station that is halfway between Baghdad and the Jordanian border--a target seemingly of no immediate military significance.

Fact two: Since that time, there has been virtually no reporting out of that area. There are also virtually no refugees leaving Iraq for Jordan, although thousands were expected, and the Jordanians built a campt to house them (which remains virtually empty).

Fact three: There are at least elements of a Second Marine Expeditionary force in the middle east. But there has been no reporting regarding the same. For a rare exception, see http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/876640/posts?page=101,3

Fact four: The coalition is now engaging in a series of what are described as probing attacks, which appear to be designed to lure the Republican Guard units north of Baghdad into moving south to reinforce those units south of Baghdad. Recent reports confirm that the Iraqis have in fact been sending these units south.

Speculation: The coalition has assembled a force in western Iraq, north of the H2/H3 airfields. As soon as Centcomm determines that the RG divisions have in fact been drawn south, they will launch an attack from the "spearhead" sufficient to hold their attention/keep them in place. And then the force assembled in western Iraq will pivot round the lakes to the west of Baghdad, and walk in--essentially unopposed--from the north, hitting the Republican Guards in the rear.

This would amount to holding the Republican Guards by the nose, while kicking them in the ass. (George S. Patton). It could lead to the destruction of the Iraqi army as a fighting force in a fairly short period of time, the fall of Baghdad without house to house fighting--everything that the US government could ask for.

Is this possible? Or is it just a figment of my fevered imagination?

I posted this earlier today, but thought it worth reposting in this most excellent thread, for what it is worth.

[Tree of Liberty]

Glad to hear it, SG. I'm doing fine myself. Still thinking about the whisk from the other thread. Don't know if you saw it, but it's right up your ally :)

[Centurion2000]

Please lock this thread

[TheConservator]

And, by the way, what's the latest word on the status of Geraldo Rivera?

[merrin]

The Mirror is like a deranged left-wing combination of the Enquirer and the New York Post.

As opposed to the Sun, which is like a deranged right-wing combination of the Enquirer and the New York Post.

[SoldiersGirl]

The (Self) Importance of Being Martin Sheen



http://www.washingtondispatch.com/article_4922.shtml

[abner]

It was so dead at work I figured I would be a ringleader on this thread every day. Thank goodness it has gotten busier in the office. I can pay the bills again. Just hoping it keeps up.

[null and void]

I will hunt you down and hurt you if you don't stop that!

Promises, promises...

[merrin]

As goes that ass Saddam, so goes that damn Assad.

[Not A Snowbird]

Last seen mumbling to himself, drawing pictures in the sand.

[Dolphy]

Poor Leventhal. He seems to go back and forth on the food thing. One night there isn't enough, the next there is plenty since they really don't require 3 a day. Maybe it's more anxiety that the supply could be seriously interrupted.