Republican Guard move south of Baghdad to block US

Reuters | Wednesday, April 2, 2003

[JohnHuang2]

Republican Guard move south of Baghdad to block US

SOUTH OF BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 3 (Reuters) - Units of Iraq's Republican Guard were moving south from Baghdad on Thursday to try to block a U.S. advance and to reinforce positions around the capital's airport, U.S. military sources said on Thursday.

U.S. spy planes had spotted the Iraqi reinforcements moving south from the capital during the night, the sources told Reuters correspondent Luke Baker.

He said that U.S. forces, about 19 miles (30 km) from the southern outskirts of the city, were firing rockets north at the Iraqi positions.

[JohnHuang2]

Wednesday, April 2, 2003

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[JohnHuang2]

U.S. spy planes had spotted the Iraqi reinforcements moving south from the capital during the night..."

Another turkey shoot comin' up...;)

[SamAdams76]

It is apparent that the "elite" Republican Guard are not very intelligent.

[js1138]

Hold fire till they're all out in the open. I sure hope these are not conscripts.

[JohnHuang2]

Nope, not at all.

[RoseofTexas]

Hell, lets send out invitations to Syria, Jordon and Iran to join the PARTY! :)

[spokeshave]

Soon be dusk....and no moon....the night belongs to us

[RightWhale]

to reinforce positions around the capital's airport

Saddam Hussein International Airport, probably. An excellent place for a major battle. Lots of open space, no civilians.

[joesnuffy]

This on the advice of their Russian military advisors..?
Maybe Pootie Poot is helpin us after all

[dalebert]

I thought we had alredy destroyed them?

[RGSpincich]

Best news I've heard all day and it's been a pretty good day.

[Brett66]

This is laughable, the morons are coming out of their defensive positions to be chewed up by the meat grinder that is the 3rd ID.

[Vigilantcitizen]

"Another turkey shoot comin' up...;)"

Or a good, old fashioned rat killing, feed barn style.

[Interesting Times]

These boys are seriously light on clues.

[JohnHuang2]

Yes, indeed ;)

[SCHROLL]

CNN (Fox deprived and it sucks) says it's the last four remaining units of the Republican Guard. Now's the time to be on the lookout for the chem/bio attack once the Marines, A 10's, and Apaches get through chewing up this bunch.

[colorado tanker]

You noticed there is no moon right now, too? Something tells me this fight is happening just as Gen. Franks envisioned it - taking on the RG's in front of Baghdad in the dark.

[maui_hawaii]

How many soldiers are in a "Unit"?

[LS]

This is the 2003 equivalent of Ulundi or Omdurman, where third-world armies kept coming into the open to be slaughtered by a western army of superior firepower, training, and morale.

[Taxbilly]

Must be those suicide boomers I’ve read about.