****UNITED STATES FORCES REACH BAGHDAD****

Middle East Newsline ^ | Arpil 2, 2003 | Maj. General Stan McChrystal-Director of Operations Joint Chiefs of Staff

[Sloth]

I just hope I never have to hear him say "NUCULAR" and "BAYAG-DAYAD" in the same sentence...

I dunno... I can think of sentences combining those words that I wouldn't mind hearing.

[RetiredArmy]

LOL. Just a mess. Two long, stinking weeks and we have destroyed two entire divisions out of 4 and have the other two almost destroyed. Hold nearly the entire country. 99.999999% of the air. Heck, we just might as well quit and come home.

[IvanT]

I wonder how long it will take the Americans and Brits to secure the city?

[Sundog]

Wait there just a minute Cowboy, I went to the article itself and read "Late SUNDAY" That is S U N D A Y, as in three days ago. 3 days ago.


I think something is suspect here, this doesn't qualify as breaking news...

Woah there boy...

[wideawake]

The use of Helen Thomas in combat is banned by the Geneva Convention.

[Illbay]

Actually, it is SADDAM who is saying "Boo!"

[DoughtyOne]

  Are we there yet?

Courtesy: ABC, CBS, CNBC, CNN, MSNBC, NBC

[Naspino]

Can someone post an Iraqi calendar ...

Habul 4, 1374
Habul 5, 1374
Habul 6, 1374
Habul 7, 1374
April 8, 2003
April 9, 2003 :)

[LS]

Today I told any students who were planning "peace" protests and a "teach in" for the weekend that they might want to accelerate their schedule, because the war may well be over by the time they start their activities.

[ItsTheMediaStupid]

Saddam! Your ass are ours!

[ewing]

[Joe Hadenuf]

I wonder how far from downtown Baghdad the "outskirts" might be. Baghdad is a large as LA

Maybe LA city limits, but in reality, LA from the northern end of the San Fernando Valley to the southern tip of south Orange County is *70 miles* long and approximately 40 miles wide.

I don't think Baghdad comes close to this size.....

[doug from upland]

I know the generals know what they are doing, but I still have a bad feeling. Could these scum have boobytrapped the entire city? They wouldn't care if a few million of their own people died.

[blue jeans]

I wonder what Peter Arnett thinks about that?

If that's failure... I can't imagine what success looks like.

[Tom_Busch]

Quagmire indeed. Our insufficient number of troops are running out of supplies, bogged down and in an operational pause, due to the flawed war plan.

Makes Vietnam look like a good time.

[Florida_Freeper]

Saddam DNA?

Eewwwww, gross!

[tomahawk]

Is that one of ours, or one of theirs?

It doesn't look like an M-1 to me.

[DoughtyOne]

Heh heh heh...

[homeschool mama]

It's amazing how fast our military reached Baghdad...especially in such a pause and redirection of war plans. Just amazing. :o)

[Bahbah]

LOLOLOL