***Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - 24 APR 03/Day 36 - LIVE THREAD***

24 APR 03 | An.American.Expatriate

[Mo1]

Operation Iraqi Freedom

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[DollyCali]

Her work here was finished. She went on to better. Much better.

And to those left behind..... much growth, wonderful memories, new beginnings.

so much depends on the individuals left behind. If they are half full cup people, they will usually do well. If they are half empty people. well, you know

Such is the process of life, death, new life.........

[sheikdetailfeather]

Rush reporting J. Garner having a backyard barbeque at one of Saddam's palaces. The menu: American hot dogs, hamburgers and Coca Cola! Everyone looked happy. Very happy.

[TexKat]

Just know that Powell wouldn't dare do that.

I don't know, who was that that walked out of last UN meeting. Sometimes one gets tired of toying around with all these people talking crap and threatning while at the same with outstretched hands. Just think about it how would you react.

Like Powell said they might force the US to make concessions not to their liking.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Dolly, FoxNews specifically mentioned Voinovich as one of the reasons President Bush is in Ohio (+ he gets to leave cynical DC and be around good people who support our troops and love our country). Pres. Bush probably knows exactly how much this will influence the Ohio Senator (not), but the people in Ohio will remember today when election 2004 comes around.

Is Voinovich up for re-election?

Sorry about the sleep problems. You aren't alone...you probably just feel it more than us less-active folks. (^;

[DollyCali]

Actually I feel pretty energized but know I am tired because my normal klutziness is even more pronounced.

Will probably take pooch Oliver & find a part of natl park to mountain bike ride for a few hours ..

Yes, I agree with you that the Pres is showing people who is good guys etc. As I said previously I am disappointed in him..He has a decent record (NOT perfect) in Ohio politics as Mayor and Governor .

As compared to Stephanie Tubbs-Jones, who is a total embarrassement to anyone with pride & an IQ over 30 in Ohio

[Carolina]

Rush reporting J. Garner having a backyard barbeque at one of Saddam's palaces. The menu: American hot dogs, hamburgers and Coca Cola! Everyone looked happy. Very happy.

LOL! I just had an evil vision of eastern Carolina-style pig pickin'.

[DollyCali]

Wonder if there will be pork in hot dogs?

Just heard that Voinovich was NOT at either Bush event.

Bush does not forget

Prior committments (bull s**t)

[DollyCali]

Ok, going to go off-line -- say no to internal desire to stay

Stand up

Get off my ever expanding fanny (downside of FReeping)

and do something on this beautiful sunny day !!!!

Catch you all later.

[Sacajaweau]

You know what's coming next......PIZZA & WINGS!!!!!!

[retrokitten]

You have mail!

[cyncooper]

Rush reporting J. Garner having a backyard barbeque at one of Saddam's palaces. The menu: American hot dogs, hamburgers and Coca Cola! Everyone looked happy. Very happy.

How fun. For the troops?

[TexKat]

Whats up with all these idiots, they all have death wishes. Just begging to be exterminated.

24 Apr 2003 16:36:30 GMT Hamas warns Palestinian cabinet not to end uprising

By Mariam Karouny

BEIRUT, April 24 (Reuters) - The militant Palestinian movement Hamas warned the new reformist cabinet on Thursday that any attempt to end a Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation would be met with widespread resistance.

Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and his prime minister-designate Mahmoud Abbas agreed on Wednesday on a new reform cabinet, defusing a power struggle and setting the stage for a new Middle East peace drive.

But senior Hamas official Mohammed Nazzal told Reuters that several Palestinian factions would not accept any attempt to end attacks by militants waging the 30-month-old uprising.

"Any Palestinian government that wants to be a tool in the hands of the Israeli occupation will not be confronted by one faction but by several forces, at the head of them Fatah," Nazzal said, referring to Arafat's Fatah movement.

"Any attempt to stop Palestinian resistance by force means that this Palestinian government has accepted to become a tool in the hands of the occupation and accepted to be in confrontation with the Palestinian people's choice," he added.

A Palestinian suicide bomb attack at an Israeli train station on Thursday that killed a security guard and injured 13 people was claimed by an armed faction of Fatah and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine -- underlining the difficulties Abbas will face in reining in militants.

At least 2,007 Palestinians and 734 Israelis have been killed since the uprising began in September 2000.

The United States and European leaders have welcomed the deal on a new Palestinian cabinet and signalled Washington would unveil a long-awaited peace plan designed to create an independent Palestinian state and lasting security for Israel.

Washington has said it will present the peace "road map" when Palestinians install a government committed to democratic reforms, purging corruption and ending attacks by militants.

The road map prescribes a series of steps leading to a Palestinian state by 2005 in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, territories Israel occupied in the 1967 Middle East war.

Nazzal said he did not believe the road map would lead to a Palestinian state, saying that by 2005 Israel will have built more settlements on Palestinian land.

"No one can deceive us and say there will be a Palestinian state because all the facts indicate that there will not be a Palestinian state," Nazzal said. "It is a bait offered to the (Palestinian) people so they stop their resistance because it has become a security obsession that gives Israelis no sleep."

Hamas is behind dozens of suicide bombings inside Israel and seeks the destruction of the Jewish state, in contrast with the two-state solution the Palestinian Authority publicly backs.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L24389484.htm

[TexKat]

MSNBC reporting Turkish Special Forces Team held by US near Kikurt.

[RummyChick]

shemp...you can tell the war is over
and up comes a car chase
we are back to Fox's stock and trade

[Aaron0617]

WHOOOO....CAR CHASE!!!!!

Looks like a good one...AWWW. He's exiting the expressway.

[Dog]

Fox is covering a Car Chase........BWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!

[Aaron0617]

crap...now this fools is going 65+ down residential streets

Now he's going the wrong way down a wrong way street. No good. Coppers gotta call this off.

[Aaron0617]

I'll give him credit. Good driving at these speeds in a van. He hasn't hit anything yet.

[najida]

Didn't they just say school was about to let out too?

[Aaron0617]

YESSS!!! WE'RE BACK ON THE EXPRESSWAY.