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***Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - Day 17 - LIVE THREAD***
EVERYWHERE!!! | 5 APR 03 | An.American.Expatriate

Posted on 04/04/2003 9:04:16 PM PST by null and void

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Good Morning.

This is the Daily Thread of Operation Iraqi Freedom - LIVE THREAD.

It is designed for general conversation about the events of the day. In depth discussion of events should be left to individual threads - but links to the threads or other articles is highly encouraged. This allows us to stay abreast of the situation in general, while also providing a means of obtaining specific information.

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Special thanks to An.American.Expatriate for staring the daily threads, Mo1 for the screamer, the AdminMods for their tolerance, mhking for the video links, Ragtime Cowgirl for her Exclusive Live Transcription Service™, and, of course, Belly Girl...


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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: baghdad; freedom; iraq; saddam
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To: All
A funny story emailed me from a friend who recently moved to Hawaii and has been concerned about the terrorist threats from AQ announced against Pearl Harbor.

Aloha!
Boy do I have a story for you....those of you from Hawaii will get a great chuckle.....late last night, @2am, our dog starts barking like I have never heard him bark before, and a noise had woken us both up. (hubby was working the night shift) I couldn't really remember what the noise was that woke me up, but knew it was a loud banging noise. And then I heard it again....but louder. So as our (nameless) dog is going nuts with his hair standing up on his back, I look outside the bedroom window. That window faces Pearl Harbor, and as I look out past the houses, I see what appears to be big flashes of light coming from the area of Pearl Harbor, along with LOUD booming noises. So of course my first thought is "Oh my gosh, we are getting bombed....hubby is working tonight....and forgot his cell phone at home!" :( I had no idea what to do. I called my neighbor to verify I wasn't having a nightmare but her machine picked up.

So then I called 911! They said "police, fire, or ambulance" and I said "I dunno who I need, but there are big booming noises and flashes of light coming from Pearl Harbor" and so she transferred me to police, only for me to hear "all operators are busy, please hold". How the heck is 911 gonna put someone on hold?!!? So I got more scared thinking that the police were flooded with calls about this. So I hang up and call back, only to get the same thing. So as the noises are getting louder I call a third time. They said "police, fire, or ambulance" and I said "this is the third time that I have called and there is something going on and I need to know what. It looks like explosions at Pearl Harbor. I am home alone and please just tell me if I need to get in my car and get away from here!" And the lady said "Maybe it is just military exercises" and I said "No, you don't understand, the whole sky over there is lighting up!! And the booming is shaking my house!" So she put me through to 911 .............only for me to get the same "all operators are busy" message!! So that freaked me out even more!! So she patched me thru to someone else and by this time I am in hysterics! I am crying hysterically and totally overwhelmed. The guy said "the operator said you are hearing explosions?" And I said "I don't know what it is, but it is loud, shaking my house and lighting up the sky. My husband is working tonight, I am home along with my dog and don't know what the heck is going on!!!" And he said, in the most polite, kind calm voice "Ma'am, it is a thunderstorm". hahahahahahahahaha. And of course I was like "you aren't lying to me are you" and he said "no, ma'am, I am not. you aren't from here, are you?" and I said "no" and he said "ya, they get pretty bad here" and I said "I am sooooooooooooo sorry, but in a time of war, and what I saw, it was hard not to get freaked out" and he said "I understand." I am sure I am the talk of the dispatch office today . But I was so stinkin scared!! That is the scariest moment in my life!!!

So hubby comes home this morning, and I said "Babe, that was the scariest night I ever had" and he said "what happened" and I was like "um, did you hear the commotion last night?!?! " and he said ya. and I said "did you know it was thunder right away?" and he said ya. SO I told him about my 911 calls and he couldn't believe it. He said "you didn't give them your name did you?" hahahaa.
And the storm got closer and was over our house for about 3 hours.............so scary!! The whole house was lighting up and shaking badly. I don't like thunder and lightening as it is...........it always freaked me out as a child..........but this was like none other I had been in!!! Let's hope tonight there is no more thunderstorms!!

P.S. I was sure that hubby had his cell phone tonight when he left for work. :)
4,861 posted on 04/05/2003 8:34:51 PM PST by rolling_stone
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To: cajungirl
SNL " we have captured five saddam lookalikes and two divisions of republican gaurd lookalikes"
4,862 posted on 04/05/2003 8:34:55 PM PST by AlextheWise1
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To: Lauratealeaf
I didn't think it too funny, either. They run down Bush to much for me.
4,863 posted on 04/05/2003 8:34:56 PM PST by bornintexas
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To: bluefish
Berney Mac is on as the host. He's got a pretty spiffy suit on.
4,864 posted on 04/05/2003 8:35:38 PM PST by Cate ((LET FREEDOM RING!!!!))
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To: bluefish
well if you think about it, the kids in our streets { not the grown ups} are being used, they don't know it. Their kids are ignorant and told lies all the time. I hope they get to know the truth but I don't see them as going to hell.Saddam is surely there awaiting susan Estrich and Eleanor Clift who are Satans mother in law and sister in law.
4,865 posted on 04/05/2003 8:35:44 PM PST by cajungirl (no)
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To: Lauratealeaf
Not funny.

Nope. I've gone back to watching the BagCam.

4,866 posted on 04/05/2003 8:35:50 PM PST by Timeout (...an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm--GWB inaugural address)
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To: bornintexas
I didn't think it too funny, either. They run down Bush to much for me.

They used the same old liberal script/talking points.

4,867 posted on 04/05/2003 8:36:03 PM PST by Lauratealeaf (God be with our troops and President Bush)
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To: glock rocks
their equipment should be unloaded and ready for them to saddle up, in kuwait?

Yes, but they did not all leave together. They went out in installments. The remainder are shipping out tomorrow. It was just like my son who is with the 3rd ID, his unit just shipped out this past Tuesday and arrived in Kuwait Wednesday.

4,868 posted on 04/05/2003 8:36:16 PM PST by TexKat
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To: dogbyte12
No, only M-80's on the 4th of July.
4,869 posted on 04/05/2003 8:36:36 PM PST by Armed Civilian (Extremisim in defense of liberty is a virtue and moderation in pursuit of justice is no vice.)
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To: Armed Civilian
"Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice, moderation in pursuit of justice is no virtue."

- Senator Barry Goldwater.
4,870 posted on 04/05/2003 8:37:14 PM PST by glock rocks (pray for our men and women in harm's way -- God bless America)
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To: Straight Vermonter
LOL!!! Full insurance coverage.
4,871 posted on 04/05/2003 8:37:46 PM PST by Armed Civilian (Extremisim in defense of liberty is a virtue and moderation in pursuit of justice is no vice.)
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To: cajungirl
aaagghhh... estrich and clift both? That is pure evil.
4,872 posted on 04/05/2003 8:38:24 PM PST by Cate ((LET FREEDOM RING!!!!))
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To: glock rocks
I saw him say it, on tv, and the flap after like it was something horrible to say. I still don't see what was so horrible about it.
4,873 posted on 04/05/2003 8:38:34 PM PST by cajungirl (no)
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To: Cate
LOL,,Hell ain't for sissies.
4,874 posted on 04/05/2003 8:39:59 PM PST by cajungirl (no)
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To: Armed Civilian
If I worked for my father in law I think after a few weeks HE would be needing insurance coverage. LOL
4,875 posted on 04/05/2003 8:40:02 PM PST by Straight Vermonter (http://www.angelfire.com/ultra/terroristcorecard/index.html)
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To: BagCamAddict
Since when did truth have anything to do with the perceptions of the Islamic public? This will be forever recorded as "the time that Iraq took back the airport" whether it happened or not. Look at how IRNA writer of it: Baghdad status still normal on 17th day of war.
" Based on the news heard in Baghdad, the invading forces have suffered heavy casualties during the retaking of the airport by the Iraqi forces, so that they were forced to retreat from it, but they later pounded the airport from the air and the land."

That's not Baghdad bob writing, he has cousins in Iran and every other part of that region, and sympathetic dull-minded masses throughout the Islamic world.

4,876 posted on 04/05/2003 8:40:27 PM PST by EaglesUpForever (Ne messez pas avec le US)
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To: Cate
Berney Mac, and his hammer.

Terrorist mess wit us, it's hammer time.
4,877 posted on 04/05/2003 8:40:50 PM PST by cyberian_cartoon (What's the frequency, Kenneth?)
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To: Jackie-O
MSNBC-Reports are that the good guys think Saddam ordered RG NOT to retreat back into B-dad for fear of a military Coup.

I know Jackie-O, but that sounds funny, Saddam is not in Baghdad, at least not alive.

4,878 posted on 04/05/2003 8:41:24 PM PST by TexKat
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To: rolling_stone
Oh My Gosh!!
LOL
I just moved to Texas from Hawaii and the storms there are pretty crazy...or so I thought until I got here.

By the by, another tornado watch tonight, but I'm not freaking out...I haven't made chili, so the tornado is like an hour or 2 from me :-)
4,879 posted on 04/05/2003 8:42:07 PM PST by SoldiersGirl (Land of the Free..because of the Brave)
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To: SoldiersGirl
Beans or no beans in the chili? It is a test.
4,880 posted on 04/05/2003 8:42:36 PM PST by dogbyte12
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