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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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And there you have it, the fastest advance in the history of warfare.
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posted on
04/02/2003 1:07:44 PM PST
by
ewing
To: ewing
US to Saddam: Boo.
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posted on
04/02/2003 1:08:48 PM PST
by
Catspaw
To: ewing
Oh what a quagmire.
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posted on
04/02/2003 1:09:11 PM PST
by
Bahbah
(Pray for our Troops)
To: ewing
I love that word "probing".
What that really means, is we are hitting them with everything we've got to see if anyone is still alive in there.
If they answer, we fire some more. Then we see if they still answer.
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posted on
04/02/2003 1:09:19 PM PST
by
seams2me
To: ewing
Wow.
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posted on
04/02/2003 1:09:44 PM PST
by
k2blader
("Mercy, detached from Justice, grows unmerciful." - C. S. Lewis)
To: ewing
I'll second that.
I wonder if we'll at some point deploy a team to that bombed-out bunker and see if we can find some Saddam DNA?
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posted on
04/02/2003 1:09:45 PM PST
by
Terpfen
To: ewing
Check mate.
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posted on
04/02/2003 1:10:04 PM PST
by
AlGone2001
(If liberals must lie to advance their agenda, why is liberalism good for me?)
To: ewing
Units reached the southern edge of the capital late Sunday/(Early Monday) Huh, It is wednesday here and maybe thursday in Iraq. Old news or future predictions?
To: ewing
"I am saddened ..."
- Tom SaDaschele Hussein
To: ewing
I guess this means Arnet's opinion isn't worth ----.
To: Bahbah
Didnt Mareen Dowd and Peter Arnett say we were in month long holding pattern, with Marines running out of food, gas and ammo?? (sarcasm on)
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posted on
04/02/2003 1:11:24 PM PST
by
ewing
To: DoughtyOne
The French reportedly replied, "Hey, we're not so bad, at least we held out for six weeks before we surrendered."
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posted on
04/02/2003 1:11:43 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: Bahbah
Tell me about it..This "Operational Pause" is bogging the troops down.
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posted on
04/02/2003 1:12:03 PM PST
by
Pro-Bush
To: Terpfen
When they get close in, break out the 12 Ga. shot guns.
To: ewing
Like my Daddy always says, "Looks like we made good time"
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posted on
04/02/2003 1:12:20 PM PST
by
TADSLOS
(Sua Sponte)
To: DoughtyOne
Just the outskirts?!?! Why the delay?!?! What a quagmire!
To: ewing
"Sunday or early Monday?"
Can someone post an Iraqi calendar ...
To: ewing
Things are looking good.
I wonder how far from downtown Baghdad the "outskirts" might be. Baghdad is a large as LA
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posted on
04/02/2003 1:13:01 PM PST
by
PoisedWoman
(Fed up with the liberal media)
To: w1andsodidwe
We probably out ran our supply convoy again and had to retreat so everyone could catch up. ;^)
To: seams2me
"I love that word "probing".
You must be a Proctologist by profession.
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posted on
04/02/2003 1:13:17 PM PST
by
duckman
(ta ra ra boom de ay, lets bomb SADDAM today.)
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