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****UNITED STATES FORCES REACH BAGHDAD****
Middle East Newsline ^ | Arpil 2, 2003 | Maj. General Stan McChrystal-Director of Operations Joint Chiefs of Staff

Posted on 04/02/2003 1:07:44 PM PST by ewing

United States military units have reached the outskirts of Baghdad.

Officals said the first United States Army and Marine Corps Units reached the southern edge of the capital late Sunday/(Early Monday)

They said the units were conducting probing missions to determine the extent of the Iraqi defense around the city.

The United States forces are also meant to ambush Republican Guard divisions that are withdrawing fron their current positions toward Baghdad, officials said.

(Excerpt) Read more at menewsline.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: alasbabylon; allyourbase; army; baghdad; battleforbaghdad; candygram; dontanswerthat; guesswho; hellobabalyon; housecall; iraq; iraqifreedom; makeyourtime; marines; quagmire
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To: adam_az
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.

41 posted on 04/02/2003 1:16:45 PM PST by Sloth ("I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!" -- Jacobim Mugatu, Zoolander)
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To: Olde School
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.
42 posted on 04/02/2003 1:16:54 PM PST by RetiredArmy
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To: Interesting Times
I wonder how long it will take the Americans and Brits to secure the city?
43 posted on 04/02/2003 1:17:53 PM PST by IvanT
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To: ewing
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...
44 posted on 04/02/2003 1:17:53 PM PST by Sundog (Cheers)
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To: daddypatriot
The use of Helen Thomas in combat is banned by the Geneva Convention.
45 posted on 04/02/2003 1:17:54 PM PST by wideawake (Support our troops and their Commander-in-Chief)
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To: Catspaw
Actually, it is SADDAM who is saying "Boo!"


46 posted on 04/02/2003 1:18:19 PM PST by Illbay (Don't believe every tagline you read - including this one)
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To: All
  Are we there yet?

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


47 posted on 04/02/2003 1:18:32 PM PST by DoughtyOne
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Can someone post an Iraqi calendar ...

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

48 posted on 04/02/2003 1:18:55 PM PST by Naspino
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To: ewing
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.
49 posted on 04/02/2003 1:19:06 PM PST by LS
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To: ewing
Saddam! Your ass are ours!
50 posted on 04/02/2003 1:19:19 PM PST by ItsTheMediaStupid
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To: kallisti


51 posted on 04/02/2003 1:19:33 PM PST by ewing
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To: PoisedWoman
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.....

52 posted on 04/02/2003 1:20:03 PM PST by Joe Hadenuf
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To: ewing
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.
53 posted on 04/02/2003 1:20:07 PM PST by doug from upland (Send Al Sharpton 5 bucks so he can wreak havoc in his party)
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To: ewing
I wonder what Peter Arnett thinks about that?

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

54 posted on 04/02/2003 1:20:08 PM PST by blue jeans
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To: Olde School
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.
55 posted on 04/02/2003 1:20:15 PM PST by Tom_Busch
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To: Terpfen
Saddam DNA?

Eewwwww, gross!
56 posted on 04/02/2003 1:20:19 PM PST by Florida_Freeper
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To: Capitalism2003
Is that one of ours, or one of theirs?

It doesn't look like an M-1 to me.
57 posted on 04/02/2003 1:20:28 PM PST by tomahawk
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To: Olde School
Heh heh heh...
58 posted on 04/02/2003 1:20:54 PM PST by DoughtyOne
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To: ewing
It's amazing how fast our military reached Baghdad...especially in such a pause and redirection of war plans. Just amazing. :o)
59 posted on 04/02/2003 1:21:01 PM PST by homeschool mama
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To: AllSmiles
LOLOLOL
60 posted on 04/02/2003 1:21:28 PM PST by Bahbah (Pray for our Troops)
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