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CNN: Iraqi leaders urging airport residents to charge the airport to confront coaltion forces
CNN
| 04/03/03
| Nic Robertson
Posted on 04/03/2003 12:56:27 PM PST by BaghdadBarney
Just overheard a CNN reporter (Nic Robertson?)reporting that folks inside Baghdad tell him that Iraqi government officials are driving around near the airport, using loudspeakers to urge civlians to leave their houses and go toward the airport to fight the infidels. According to Robertson's sources, people are acutually heading out there...
TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: airport; baghdad; baghdaddefense; battleforbaghdad; iraq; iraqicivilians; iraqifreedom; viceisclosing
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To: seamole
The logistics of 5 million people getting to the airport at once makes it impossible.
To: Iwentsouth
I can tell you have never been to JFK
Comment #63 Removed by Moderator
To: BaghdadBarney
We are Iraqi government
officials, leave your houses
and go toward the airport
to fight the infidels.
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posted on
04/03/2003 1:18:20 PM PST
by
WhatNot
To: CasearianDaoist
LOL - You are right!!! Or LaGuardia!
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posted on
04/03/2003 1:18:29 PM PST
by
areafiftyone
(Is he dead yet? He's dead Jim!)
Comment #66 Removed by Moderator
To: never4get
Iraqi commander: "fix bayonets"; Coalition commander: "Enter GPS coordinates"...
To: seamole
I doubt the 5 million people will show up at the airport, unless a peace marcher is doing the counting.
Nevertheless, your point is well noted.
To: BaghdadBarney
CNN: Iraqi leaders urging airport residents to charge the airport to confront coaltion forcesBoy, it always sucks to live right next to the airport.
To: BaghdadBarney
Good heavens - 5 million frenzied people descending on the airport at once? Do you realize how long that security line is going to be?
To: seamole
Somehow, I doubt this is going to be a major problem.
You may get a few dozen that charge the troops.
You will get many many dozens who immediately surrender, asking for protection from the guys who were urging them to go to the airport.
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posted on
04/03/2003 1:19:37 PM PST
by
William McKinley
(You're so vain, you probably think this tagline's about you)
Comment #72 Removed by Moderator
To: BaghdadBarney
Let's do the math, people. Earlier today, an Iraqi said that Fedayeen have gone to 'live' with ordinary citizens. That means when the loudspeaker guys tell the citizens to go to the airport, their in-house friendly fedayeen 'minder' puts a gun to their head, and off to the airport they go.
To: george wythe
I doubt the 5 million people will show up at the airport, unless a peace marcher is doing the countingIf they did that would be the mother of all marches.
To: NittanyLion
These people have been conditioned over the years to do what they're told, without the gun being pointed at them - because whenever they refused, they were killed or members of their family were killed.
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posted on
04/03/2003 1:21:19 PM PST
by
CyberAnt
To: lunatic12
scary, but good point.
76
posted on
04/03/2003 1:21:20 PM PST
by
toddly
To: seamole
If they get 5,000 citizens to go to the airport, I will be amazed.
77
posted on
04/03/2003 1:21:28 PM PST
by
William McKinley
(You're so vain, you probably think this tagline's about you)
To: johniegrad
LOL!!! No cab drivers in this neighborhood I guess!
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posted on
04/03/2003 1:21:58 PM PST
by
PhiKapMom
(Get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US)
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To: Badabing Badaboom
"But how can this be? The information minister said just this morning that the colation was hundreds of miles from Baghdad."
Well, Duh! It is an airport. Armies fly don't they? ~;^)
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