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

Multiple ^ | April 8, 2003 | Various

[TheLion]

Thanks for posting that. I missed it on TV. We are lucky to have Ollie over there reporting. He understands the bigger picture.

[pitinkie]

Al Jazeera guy says his embedded journalists have all been threatened and many pulling out. Threatened by Military!

[spectr17]

Sodomy is a control freak. The way to spaz one of them out is turn their world upside down. Create chaos, confusion. Contest what they say or their rules.

[Severa]

Shouldn't be that much, I am on government base housing *L* It's a pretty sweet deal. For being a current cable customer, it brings my monthly internet bill to about $35.

[pitinkie]

Bob Simon says all you see on our news is our side of the war and not casualties..................

[retrokitten]

I imagine Richard/Pretty Chicken screaming alot like Nathan Lane in "The Birdcage".

[steveegg]

I'm on a T3 :)

Either you're at work or you're loaded up the wazoo. You've got my 1.6xT1 cable connection beat.

[smokeyjon]

You suck dude *L* Lucky s**t.

(grins stupidly)

[SoldiersGirl]

So, if we didn't zonk him, then you think he'll pop up sometime soon?

[RippleFire]

It starts at #2986

[Jaded]

Any bagcam audio? Tried CBS and PMSNBC, no audio.

[spectr17]

How about Baghdad Bob? What's his current status?

[pitinkie]

None

[AFPhys]

Col Hunt to dinner would assure an evening of high pleasure, for certain. Somehow I suspect the language would be a bit saltier than we see on FOX, too... at least after that second beer...

[steveegg]

Depending on the layout, the number of subscribers in the area does have a major effect on speeds. The other thing that I can think of is that your network connection may not be optimized for broadband. I used to remember how to fix that, but I don't anymore.

[smokeyjon]

Either you're at work

You are a winner. I'm actually fiber from my workstation all the way to the router. It's a consolation prize for working 6pm-6am shifts.

[RippleFire]

Here's an AJ joke - http://www.samizdata.net/blog/archives/003207.html#003207

There has been some speculation about why the Australian military contribution to the war in Iraq has not received anything like the coverage that the American (obviously) and British forces have.

Well the reasons are twofold: firstly, the size of the force is a great deal smaller as it is made up of the elite Australian Special Air Service (which is operating in conjunction with their British SAS and American Delta Force & SEAL counterparts)... and secondly the fact they are special forces means operational security is paramount. The Aussies are famous in Special Forces circles for their ability to survive without resupply for long periods of time, something very useful when operating behind enemy lines. Just how they do this is a closely guarded secret.

However there is another more... puzzling... aspect to the lack of news, considering the Australians are the only group to invite the Al-Jazeera TV channel to embed journalists with them. A recently broadcast signal from a Australian SAS unit 'somewhere in Iraq' made mention that they had run out of embedded journalists and could they send a couple more out, preferably less stringy ones this time. It is unclear what the significance of that last remark was.

[steveegg]

Bag audio's been toastified since at least a while before I got in today.

[spectr17]

[steveegg]

Nice (and I trust that you're either tight with the IT security or you are the IT security).