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

24 APR 03 | An.American.Expatriate

[RummyChick]

it will be hard to beat the truck with the forklift on the back on fire chase

that cop throwing out the spike strips was pretty gutsy

[Dog]

Shep ......saying we are covering Breaking News!!!!

BwwwwwwwwwwAAAAAA!!!!!

[Dog]

Psssssssssst Shep a Dodge Van on a freeway....is not breaking news......a firefight in Baghdad is...

[Dog]

Shep reliving the forklift chase....LOLOL!!!!!!

[Carolina]

Shep reliving the forklift chase....LOLOL!!!!!!

A tire blew out!!!

[RummyChick]

I heard him say something about the wildest one he had ever been involved with but I didn't hear which chase he was talking about

[Dog]

The idiot drove into a parking garage..

[Carolina]

He took the exit!

[RummyChick]

that is a big parking garage...I guess he thought that he might be able to take cover since he wasn't going to go much farther on a blown out tire

[Dog]

Shep is going back to the news...

[Carolina]

The muffler fell off....LOLOLOLOLOL!!!!

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

TexKat...you know what all the really negative terrorists and tyrant wannabe's seem to have in common? REUTERS!

[Carolina]

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

Wings! Mmmmmmm.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

 

04/24/2003:  Cooperation Key for Coalition Success, Hailston Says  
WASHINGTON, April 24, 2003 – The key to the success of Operation Iraqi Freedom was the outstanding cooperation among all of the services and coalition partners, the top Marine in the command said today. Speaking from his headquarters in Bahrain, Marine...

04/24/2003:  Iraqis Need Work, Paychecks, U.S. Administrator Says  
WASHINGTON, April 24, 2003 – American officials are working to reconstitute Iraqi government ministries and get employees back to work and receiving paychecks, the man charged with getting Iraq running again said today. Jay Garner, director of the Pentagon's Office of...

[TexKat]

Iran Rejects US Meddling Allegation

VOA News

24 Apr 2003, 15:33 UTC

A top Iranian official has rejected U.S. suggestions that Tehran is interfering in Iraq's transition to a new government.

Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi says Iran has no role in Iraqi affairs and is not seeking to promote the role of Shi'ite Muslims, who make up the majority of the population in both countries.

Mr. Kharazi made his comments Thursday, at a joint news conference with visiting French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin in Tehran. He also stated that Iran would defend its borders, one day after the U.S. Central Command said U.S. troops have started patrols near the Iranian border in northeastern Iraq.

On Wednesday, White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said the United States has made it clear to Iran not to interfere with Iraq's road to democracy. The White House was reacting to a New York Times report that Iranian agents have entered southern Iraq to build ties with Shi'ite Muslim clerics,with an eye towards advancing Iranian interests.

The newspaper, citing U.S. intelligence reports, says some of the Iranian agents belong to the military wing of an Iraqi exile group called The Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq. The group gets training and support from the Iranian government. Spokesman Fleischer did not confirm the report but said anyone outside Iraq intending to create what they believe is best for the Iraqi people would likely fail.

Asked about the report, Mr. Kharazi said Thursday that the group (also known as the Badr Brigade) is an Iraqi movement and does not include any Iranians. Jay Garner, the retired American general in charge of Iraq's reconstruction, told reporters Thursday, that Iran has influenced recent Iraqi protests against the U.S. presence in the country.

U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said earlier this week that an Iranian-style government dominated by conservative Shi'ite Muslim clerics would be inconsistent with the democratic principles Washington hopes a new Iraqi government would adopt.

http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=759FA137-A566-47C3-BC097C463E1647AC

[Carolina]

Ah, ha! So here's the source of "the most ridiculous..." statement from this morning.

Garner also spoke briefly about political unrest in Iraq. When a reporter asked if he's concerned about the possible creation of an Iranian-style Islamic government in Iraq, his response was, "That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard in my life."

"'Probably not,' is the answer," Cross added, to chuckles.

Those roving Iranian agitprops better listen up.

[retrokitten]

Spokesman Fleischer did not confirm the report but said anyone outside Iraq intending to create what they believe is best for the Iraqi people would likely fail.

LOL!! Ari is so awesome!

[retrokitten]

Australian SAS reveal the war they fought

[TexKat]

Fox is covering a Car Chase........

This has definitely not been a boring news day. All we need now is is Scott Speicher to be rescued, confirmation of the dindings of the Hussein trio and for Baghdad Bob to surface with one of his speeches (lies)to top the day off.