That is rain hitting the mic.. ... and the lens, now. I thought those two flashes on the right, earlier, looked more like lightening than 'splosions...
Event and Link Collection : April 7, 2003
- Baghdad Bob's Presser Comedy Routine <-- Link
- 3 ID takes New Presidential Palace and Presidential Palace (both on west side of Tigris) <-- Link
http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/news/photos/iraq/park/images/pic1.jpg <-- Charlie Co. Under the Crossed-swords
How the "New Palace" is being used by coalition forces <-- Link
U.S. forces barreled into the heart of Baghdad <-- Link - 3 ID takes Parade grounds, and shoots down statue of Saddam? on horse <-- Link
US Tanks rolling through Hands of Victory Monument <-- Link - 3 ID does NOT take the Ministry of Information Building <-- Link
- Marines moving into Baghdad from the west, 2 KIA <-- Link
- Pretty sure Chemical Ali was killed in Basrah <-- Link
- Iraqi missile hits 3 ID, 2nd Brigade communication unit <-- Link
2 US soldiers killed, 2 reporters killed (Spaniard & German). The German reporter was Christian Liebig, of the most-read German weekly magazine FOCUS (focus.de). The Spaniard was Julio Anguita Parrado, 32, of the newspaper El Mundo. - Basrah is "over the hump" <-- Link
- Citizens of Baghdad were reported to be taking matters into their own hands <-- Link
- II MEF rumored to have "uncloaked" northwest of Baghdad <-- Link
Sky News said that in the field there have been rumours that the II Marine Expeditionary (14,000 - 42,000 strong) is coming from the Northwest to launch a killing blow on Baghdad after wire reports noted that the Baghdad Government may fall in days, not weeks. - Several reports of Chem agents found (multiple locations)
- US marines discover "PLF faction's bomb-making facility" in Iraq
Agence France-Presse (AFP): Bomb-making facilities, chemicals, mortars, gas masks and AK-47s were found inside the 20-building complex to the east of Baghdad, said Public Affairs Officer Corporal John Hoellwarth [US Marines]. - Yahoo Has Hundreds of Photos of U.S. and U.K. Troops Being Cheered by Iraqis
- Tommy Franks visits the troops at 4 sites in Iraq
Links to Baghdad City Maps
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/baghdad_nima_2003.jpg <-- 1.6 Mb
http://www.stripes.com/02/dec02/baghdad.pdf <-- 440 Kb
Articles - Good Reads
Mark Steyn : The butcher of Baghdad is out of tricks (Quagmire follow-up)
Shock and Awe: The phrase first appeared publicly in the book of the same title by Harlan Ullman and James Wade in 1996, which came out of a report by the Rapid Dominance Study Group, an informal association of mainly ex-military men. The concept they put forward was, as Harlan Ullman explains it, one that involved "inflicting minimum casualties and doing minimum damage using minimum force". Shock and Awe is not about destruction but about power. By demonstrating such might that an opponent is stunned into surrender, and by concentrating on matters that reduced the ability to resist, it combines military force with psychological warfare. Their book argued that "The ability to shock and awe rests ultimately in the ability to frighten, scare, intimidate and disarm".
