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***Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - Day 21 - LIVE THREAD***
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| April 9, 2003
| Various
Posted on 04/08/2003 9:03:27 PM PDT by An.American.Expatriate
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE
Shades of Jaws (We need a bigger boat)...
It will come down eventually.
2,421
posted on
04/09/2003 6:33:47 AM PDT
by
najida
(Ignorance is temporary, but stupidity is forever.)
To: SoldiersGirl
From Al-Jazeera, of all places!
"Journalists watched young men and boys sack the United Nations headquarters in the Canal Hotel to the east of the city centre. One witness saw looters ransack sports shops around the bombed Iraqi Olympic Committee building, formerly the headquarters of Saddam's elder son, Uday.
Residents threw flowers at the armoured column as it swept past, just three kilometres east of the central Jumhuriyya Bridge over the Tigris river. Joy at the apparent removal of Saddam Hussein was tangible, with one man beating a canvas portrait of him with his slipper.
Crowds threw flowers at the Marines as they drove past the Martyrs' Monument, just three km (two miles) east of the central Jumhuriya Bridge over the Tigris river.
Young and middle-aged men, many wearing soccer shirts of leading Western clubs like Manchester United, shouted "Hello, hello" as Marines advanced through the rundown sprawl of Saddam City and then more prosperous suburbs with villas and trim lawns.
"No more Saddam Hussein," chanted one group, waving to troops as they passed. "We love you, we love you." One young man ran alongside a Marine armoured personnel carrier trying to hand over a heavy belt of ammunition. An older man made a wild kicking gesture with his foot, saying "Goodbye Saddam".
Women waved from balconies, girls threw flower petals at young Marines leaning across gun turrets. One woman held her baby aloft. Tank crews picked the flowers from the tops of their fighting machines, smelt them and grinned."
To: Timeout
Comment #2,424 Removed by Moderator
To: Prince Charles
armor repositioning themselves
2,425
posted on
04/09/2003 6:34:10 AM PDT
by
avg_freeper
(Gunga galunga. Gunga, gunga galunga)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Considering that the UN is nothing but a bunch of thugs, the best we can hope for is that they simply dissolve.
Here comes the tank.
2,426
posted on
04/09/2003 6:34:17 AM PDT
by
steveegg
(Quagmire? What quagmire?)
To: redlipstick
that rope looks real good around his neck
2,427
posted on
04/09/2003 6:34:27 AM PDT
by
melodie
(I want my Bag Tee Veee....)
To: melodie; Queen of Excelsior
Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner!
To: TomGuy
.[sniffle] [dang allergies]You too, huh? I swear pollen just exploded in my living room when all the hugging started.
To: melodie
It's a British expression for exactly that!
To: rintense
Isn't this great!Yeah... We are such a good nation.
2,431
posted on
04/09/2003 6:34:36 AM PDT
by
Chemist_Geek
("Drill, R&D, and conserve" should be our watchwords! Energy independence for America!)
To: Prince Charles
There backing a tank up to the statue!!!!!
2,432
posted on
04/09/2003 6:34:37 AM PDT
by
Conan the Librarian
(I am a Librarian. I don't know anything....I just know where to look it up.)
To: Anamensis
That is a big ass statue.
2,433
posted on
04/09/2003 6:34:46 AM PDT
by
GOPyouth
(Heather Nauert and Belly Girl are all that are women!)
To: GOPyouth
Did I mention:
WOW?
...fade away, history at my doorstep...
2,434
posted on
04/09/2003 6:34:49 AM PDT
by
Kip Lange
(The Khaki Pants of Freedom)
To: Prince Charles
They'll probably take a victory lap around the square with the statue!
2,435
posted on
04/09/2003 6:34:54 AM PDT
by
POGIFFMOO
(illegitimi non carborundum)
To: no-s
One group of 4 tanks has the flight numbers of all hijacked planes on 9/11 painted on their guns!
2,436
posted on
04/09/2003 6:35:00 AM PDT
by
Timeout
(...an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm--GWB inaugural address)
To: AppyPappy
Wanker = masturbator
__________________________
I just pretend to my kids I'm not sure what it really means.
2,437
posted on
04/09/2003 6:35:02 AM PDT
by
fml
(freedom begins with W!)
To: Kip Lange
Both ends of the rope are now around the neck....
To: Howlin
Got Fox?
2,439
posted on
04/09/2003 6:35:14 AM PDT
by
MEG33
To: melodie
A Saddam necktie! Gotta love it!
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