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Ollie North Reports Ground Fire
FOX News ^ | Today | Ollie North

Posted on 04/05/2003 10:54:34 PM PST by Arkinsaw

Ollie North just checked in. His choppers were out providing air support over the eastern edge of Baghdad for the 1st LAR. He reports they took heavy groundfire from BMP's which brought both helicopters in his group down. No injuries, Ollie not injured. But they are on the ground with LAV's around them trying to repair the damage to the choppers so they can get back to base.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: embeddedreport; iraq; iraqifreedom; olivernorth; war; warlist
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He sounded darn tired.
1 posted on 04/05/2003 10:54:34 PM PST by Arkinsaw
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To: Arkinsaw
War is a young man`s game, Ollie sounds exhasted
2 posted on 04/05/2003 10:59:22 PM PST by bybybill (first the public employees, next the fish and, finally, the children)
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To: Arkinsaw
Pray they make it back to base safely. I don't know how Ollie is holding up to the non-stop pace of this operation. A true hero.
3 posted on 04/05/2003 10:59:41 PM PST by dc-zoo
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To: Arkinsaw
Gratitude to God for spared lives.
4 posted on 04/05/2003 11:00:34 PM PST by MEG33
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To: Arkinsaw
He's sounded tired for a couple of days, now.

He's done some fantastic reporting.

Prayers for his, and the others, safety.

5 posted on 04/05/2003 11:01:20 PM PST by dixiechick2000
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To: Arkinsaw
Absolutely un-freakin'-believable!! Awesome report. I emailed FonNews' Brian Wilson earlier asking if Ollie was OK - he replied "as far as I know" - and within an hour of that - Ollie gives this report
6 posted on 04/05/2003 11:01:45 PM PST by Keith in Iowa (* * Common Sense is an Oxymoron * *)
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Hope Fox repeats the report....I missed it.
7 posted on 04/05/2003 11:02:41 PM PST by TheLion
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Wow....the last hour flew by didn't it???
8 posted on 04/05/2003 11:03:59 PM PST by LuvUSA
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To: Arkinsaw
Yeah, I heard his report. What a guy. It's a damn shame the Demoncats ruined his career in the military.

Just shows how deep their love for socialism really goes.


9 posted on 04/05/2003 11:04:52 PM PST by Jonez712 (I <3 America)
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Hope Fox repeats the report....I missed it.

Said they had 7.62 slapping into the skin of the birds and had to bring them down. Said the lead chopper was pouring out smoke. Said he would try to file the footage as soon as he got to a place where he could file any footage. They had LAV's providing ground security for them while the pilots tried to patch up the birds.
10 posted on 04/05/2003 11:05:36 PM PST by Arkinsaw
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To: LuvUSA
Ollie's F$%@ing awesome. He may be a little old, but i bet he can still shoot. It would be a shame if after all the conlicts that man has been in he has a chance of going down as a journalist?
11 posted on 04/05/2003 11:05:49 PM PST by LuvUSA
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"Wow....the last hour flew by didn't it???"

I allways like it when we get it back.
12 posted on 04/05/2003 11:07:04 PM PST by TheLion
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To: Arkinsaw
Thanks for the news! The action is far from over.
13 posted on 04/05/2003 11:08:22 PM PST by TheLion
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It's a damn shame the Demoncats ruined his career in the military.

True, but one of my fondest political memories is the way he showed up in his Marine uniform and totally destroyed those Democrats during the Congressional hearings.

14 posted on 04/05/2003 11:09:57 PM PST by DeFault User
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To: Arkinsaw
He sounded darn tired

I saw him on FOXNews this morning and he looked dog tired then! I hope he got SOME rest during the night, but it doesn't sound like it!

15 posted on 04/05/2003 11:10:58 PM PST by SuziQ
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Ollie is just getting his stide!
16 posted on 04/05/2003 11:13:11 PM PST by Delta 21 (Gunner...HEAT...Tank.....)
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True, but one of my fondest political memories is the way he showed up in his Marine uniform and totally destroyed those Democrats during the Congressional hearings

I agree - wasn't that great! I can still see him, standing tall, against all those senators who looked smaller and smaller as Ollie tore them apart.

17 posted on 04/05/2003 11:14:00 PM PST by jporcus
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He also mentioned that some Iraqi officer of very high rank tried to sneak past a checkpoint in a vehicle of some sort driven by a driver, and the officer had his pet dog with him. But the officer ordered his driver to go through the checkpoint without sdtopping... as they sped off they were shot at... aced the Iraqi officer, his driver, and to put it in Ollie's terms, "regretably, his dog."
18 posted on 04/05/2003 11:18:00 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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What a guy. It's a damn shame the Demoncats ruined his career in the military.

Forget about the Democrats. If it weren't for Republicans by the name of Senator John Warner (R) and Marshall Coleman (running as an Independent in 1994), it would have been Senator Oliver North (R).

19 posted on 04/05/2003 11:24:41 PM PST by LdSentinal
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To: dixiechick2000
He's going on 60 and he is in a helecopter that gts hit several times with bullets...they are forced to land in bad guy land, thank goodness there are some good guys to circle the wagons around while the pilots 'try to plug the holes' as Ollie said, I think I would be too damned afraid to get back in that bird!
20 posted on 04/05/2003 11:27:40 PM PST by Jewels1091
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