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Live Contact Report: 3rd ID - Just After Crossing the Euphrates
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| Chris Kelly
Posted on 04/03/2003 12:33:49 AM PST by Mark Felton
Convoy stopped. Fairly light exchange of fire right now. Chris Kelly reporting.
TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chriskelly; firefight; iraqifreedom; roadtobaghdad; televisedwar
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To: Fitzcarraldo
Hard to say. A lot of fire external but not through the hatches. Suggests the gear on the outside caught fire, but the hull was not penetrated.
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To: Diddle E. Squat
Six miles from Baghdad!
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posted on
04/03/2003 12:46:37 AM PST
by
Timesink
(When was the last time YOU remembered we're on Code Orange?)
To: Mark Felton
Firing at some flashes of light up by some palm trees. Looks like they lost communications for now.
Greg Kelly back on, said they took care of the Iraqis by the trees.
Ollie North back on...
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posted on
04/03/2003 12:46:47 AM PST
by
piasa
(Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: Fitzcarraldo
The fire was on the side(left).
Not very vulnerable there, even for that missle.
I wonder if it was a molitov cocktail.
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posted on
04/03/2003 12:47:15 AM PST
by
Cold Heat
(Negotiate!! .............(((Blam!.)))........... "Now who else wants to negotiate?")
To: Timesink
Fire was on the side. Mostly gear and treads.
Reuters reporting that they are SIX miles outside Baghdad.
Ollie on now.
BTW, that guy anchor looks like a marionette with all that pancake makeup and shiny lipstick. Someone needs to tell the dude that a little makeup goes a long way. I swear he looks like the guy in Cabaret.
To: wirestripper
From what was said, it sounded more like the tank fire had more to do with a mechanical problem than with enemy contact
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posted on
04/03/2003 12:49:25 AM PST
by
piasa
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To: so_real
No, they don't. US no longer does body counts.
Suppress the resistance and move on.
If you go see if there are injured enemy over there then
you are obligated to take care of them.
Let the enemy handle his own wounded. It takes two enemy
troops to carry away one wounded one.
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posted on
04/03/2003 12:49:35 AM PST
by
konaice
To: wirestripper
The tracks have rubber treads which will burn with thick black smoke.
If the fire is only treads and gear, then the tank could be up and running within an hour or two.
Again there was no sign of smoke coming up from the hatches.
To: Timesink
Is this a
(a) skirmish
(b) scuffle
(c) fight
(d) battle
(e) scrimmage
(f) brush
(g) attempt
(h) combat
Please let me know before I get too excited. Thankyou. ;)
To: piasa
I wonder if they were carrying some extra diesel and a tracer got it. The hatches were closed and no body seemed concerned. I dunno.
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posted on
04/03/2003 12:51:30 AM PST
by
Cold Heat
(Negotiate!! .............(((Blam!.)))........... "Now who else wants to negotiate?")
To: konaice
Actually I think the rule of thumb is that 1 injured soldier effectively lowers the fighting capacity of the enemy by 3-7 soldier equivalents.
Not only are men required top carry away wounded, and then treat and transport them, but the sound of screaming and dying men saps the resolve and the will to fight of their colleagues.
To: ganeshpuri89
Didn't see the medal -- have to look closer next time.
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posted on
04/03/2003 12:52:47 AM PST
by
so_real
To: Diddle E. Squat
"BTW, that guy anchor looks like a marionette with all that pancake makeup"
Yeah, fox has overkill lighting in that studio, everyone looks like ghosts.
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posted on
04/03/2003 12:53:22 AM PST
by
konaice
To: WSGilcrest
none of your list, it is a :
(i) exchange
To: Mark Felton
No Booms on the the BagCam...yet!
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posted on
04/03/2003 12:55:58 AM PST
by
Pro-Bush
To: Mark Felton
3id 6 miles out!
To: Mark Felton
Fox says troops at Baghdad Airport - readying for major battle!
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posted on
04/03/2003 12:56:30 AM PST
by
itzmygun
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