US Operation underway in Baghdad

CNN

[nwctwx]

Dozens of explosions reported, CNN says it is a US operation...

[kerouacbal]

unfortunately at work CNN is on 24 hours a day so I am forced to watch it. Fox doesn't suck at breaking news there more selective then CNN as to what breaking news is. I have seen CNN have a banner up that says "BREAKING NEWS". No breaking news.

[Semper Paratus]

Hot Artillery...pinpoints exact location of rocket attack and quicly returns fire

Instant negative reinforcement, I love it!

[HAL9000]

AFP via Babelfish -

Five explosions shake the center of Baghdad (coalition)

Five explosions shook Wednesday evening the center of Baghdad, indicated to the AFP a coalition spokesman.

"We heard five local explosions towards 21H00 (18H00 GMT)", declared the spokesman with the headquarters of the coalition located in the old palate of deposed president Saddam Hussein, in the center of the Iraqi capital.

"We are inquiring and we do not have anything more for the moment ", it added.

[finnman69]

The deluded DUmmies are convinced this officially turns Iraq into Vietnam.

[Grut]

They're called "keyboard commandos".

Actually, I like FCVs (Fierce Combat Virgins).

[Coop]

You cannot deny that something needs to change, and the leaders recognized that and hence the new action that you see.

Pssstt! 1) You don't know what's going on. 2) Offensive operations are not new.

[nwctwx]

surely linked to the Bremer departure. But why? Why did he have to leave for this to start?

That's a good question, one of our campus journalists had some ideas in today's school paper... but I won't go there. ;)

[John H K]

Counterbattery radars aren't really very new at all.

[Frank_Discussion]

LOL! I can hear it now at terrorist central:

Achmed: "Ha! We got the infidels, and they'll neeeeever find us in time to hit back!! Bwuuaaahaaahahahaaa!"

Ackbar, Achmed's buddy: "Uh, what is that whistling noise?"

Ba-WHAM!

[muleskinner]

Sounds like they took out a building suspected of being a storage area/safe house for local terrorists.

Someone set them up the bomb!

[kinghorse]

What happened? Did the bot break? The title should be

"Explosions heard in Baghdad"

and it should be reposted daily.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

U.S. forces launch operation, explosions heard in central Baghdad -AP Breaking News
(11-12) 10:55 PST BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- U.S.-led coalition forces launched a military operation in Baghdad late Wednesday, setting off a series of explosions that rumbled through the center of the Iraqi capital. In Washington, a ...

[John H K]

Look out for the media obsessively asking them if they consider this "major combat" and whether they lied about the "end of major combat operations."

[Coop]

Counterbattery radars aren't really very new at all.

No, no!! They just thought of them during yesterday's urgent meeting!!

[areafiftyone]

The deluded DUmmies are convinced this officially turns Iraq into Vietnam

Oh they think our soldiers should all join hands, throw down their weapons and sing Kumbaya. They are waiting for the Iraqi casualty list to come on so they can say Bush is a murderer.

[areafiftyone]

The deluded DUmmies are convinced this officially turns Iraq into Vietnam

Oh they think our soldiers should all join hands, throw down their weapons and sing Kumbaya. They are waiting for the Iraqi casualty list to come on so they can say Bush is a murderer.

[Tree of Liberty]

Fox FINALLY covering this.

[John H K]

Hmmm....there seems to be quite a bit of overlap, but not completely between the "keyboard commandos" and the "armchair war criminals" too.

[cyncooper]

The dufus on CNN just asked "is this the appropriate thing to

Let's be HAPPY when the correct observation is made on CNN. Nothing to knock.