***Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - Day 20 - LIVE THREAD***

Multiple ^ | April 8, 2003 | Various

[Tree of Liberty]

Reporters growing some hairy ones. One just asked that since U.S. tanks were on the bridges and apaches were in the air to the North, shouldn't he surrender and sue for peace. Baghdad Bob say's the U.S. is who will surrender.

[BagCamAddict]

There is NO damage to the outside of the building

Soooo glad you mentioned this. Can anyone say BOMB ? Not missile, not artillery, but BOMB... planted INSIDE the hotel. Explosion INSIDE pushes walls OUT. Direct hit from OUTSIDE, TAKES WALLS OUT.

My vote is on a planted bomb. Remote detonate. Or suicide bomber. They're stepping up their propaganda that WE are killing journalists.

[blondee123]

Bin Laden tape surfaced, calling for suicide bombers in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Afghanistan & Bahrain.

[Mo1]

Well if that is the balcony/room they are airing is the one that was hit by a tank .. that is one hell of a shot .. because there is no damage to the outside of the building

[leadpenny]

MSNBC has Breaking: Tank Mortar hit top of Palistine Hotel.

Tank Mortar?

The script writers must be listening two Twitt.

[MEG33]

Ap saying we've been taking sniper fire from hotel..no confimation our guys fired on it..FOG of war reporting.

[Tree of Liberty]

See #1321. The tape seemed to get cut off short.

[this_ol_patriot]

Doesn't sound like he actually saw the tank fire a shot..

In his own words he did not but that doesn't keep him from suggesting it of course. Just like he just denied that snipers were in the building when CentCom said they were there.

[Tree of Liberty]

Could you cite that, please?

[leadpenny]

Sorry. That should be "to Twitt" It's one twitt not two.

[Mo1]

Soooo glad you mentioned this. Can anyone say BOMB ? Not missile, not artillery, but BOMB...

That is what I am leaning towards .. until further information is reported

[SirAllen]

And how much you want to bet they won't let anyone back in to examine if it was a bomb or not?

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

The media Clymers said that the reporters moved to the Pali Hotel because it was supposed to be safer. That doesn't match what we were told several days ago when the Ministry Of Information made the reporters move to that hotel. Nice try.

[Timesink]

Is it wrong of me to think that the tape of the REPORTER being carried out all covered in blood looks just like Rachel Corrie post-splat?

[hmmmmm]

*L* You have to give Bob some sort of credit, he never deviates from his message. He really could be an Amercian politician from that other party.

[nopardons]

You're RIGHT !

[SirAllen]

Now MSNBC reporting that the AP is reporting that the US says a sniper was sniping at them from the hotel and they are advising all journalists to hang white sheets in the windows.

[Tree of Liberty]

Other way around. Speculation that there was a sniper IN the hotel