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BREAKING NEWS!!! SADDAM ATTACKING PREMPTIVELY???
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Posted on 03/13/2003 4:59:55 PM PST by Drewman626

7:53pm EST

FoxNews Alert just reported that Iraqi troops have left Baghdad with heavy artillary and are heading south to the Kuwaiti boarder. More troops with SCUD missle launchers are heading west. The thought is that Saddam is about to attack our troops.

This is breaking news and details are few and far between.

TURN ON FOX


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To: steveegg
Looking at a map of Iraq, even if we did a "left hook", a westward deployment of troops would be a foolish defense against the US...

So, what do you think they are up to?

401 posted on 03/13/2003 7:07:55 PM PST by relee
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To: PhiKapMom
Is there any credibility at all to this report (in the headline) or is Fox just teasing audiences again?
402 posted on 03/13/2003 7:08:06 PM PST by Scott from the Left Coast
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To: Almondjoy
".. nukes going off all over Iraq.."

Oh, grow up! There are not going to be nukes in Iraq, even if Saddam launches chem or bio weapons. You heard it here first!

403 posted on 03/13/2003 7:08:34 PM PST by CatOwner
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To: PhiKapMom
Note how Saudi has been very quiet in all of this

I was just thinking about that today .. I haven't heard anything from Jordan either

404 posted on 03/13/2003 7:08:38 PM PST by Mo1 (RALLY FOR AMERICA - VALLEY FORGE,PA MARCH 16, 2003 1:00 PM)
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My prediction..If this is true, and their are troop and vehicle movement, bank on chem/bio being stashed in a few of them trucks. We hit it, unleash the chem/bio, saddam cries he was only trying to get it away from the city so HE could destroy it..now we have a huge problem on our hands..yada, yada, yada..

These that are moving are the fodder.

405 posted on 03/13/2003 7:08:39 PM PST by Michael Barnes
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To: 2Jedismom
Them moon shots makes it seem ta me we're messin around ta wait fer "All Fools Day!" (aka "April Fools!)
406 posted on 03/13/2003 7:09:26 PM PST by SierraWasp (This Yr., The Government's Gonna GIVE AWAY $350 BILLION !!! ASK LESKO!!! Dial 1-800-TAX-SUCK!!!)
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To: PhiKapMom
I seem to remember something about that.
407 posted on 03/13/2003 7:10:05 PM PST by steveegg (Clinton and Blair didn't get UN authorization to launch Operation Desert (Kill Impeachment) Fox)
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To: ABG(anybody but Gore)
"NBC gear is dreadful to wear in any weather, but in heat is the worst. It's tolerable in cold weather, but when you have to put that mask on, it's stifling and miserable."


You aint kidding man.
408 posted on 03/13/2003 7:11:15 PM PST by judicial meanz (If you sacrfice your freedom and liberty for a feeling of security, you dont deserve to be free)
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To: relee
So, what do you think they are up to?

What's roughly 120 almost-completely unprotected miles due west of Iraq?

409 posted on 03/13/2003 7:11:34 PM PST by steveegg (Clinton and Blair didn't get UN authorization to launch Operation Desert (Kill Impeachment) Fox)
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To: steveegg
Draw play?
410 posted on 03/13/2003 7:12:11 PM PST by P8riot (Looks like Deja Vu all over again)
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To: snooker

411 posted on 03/13/2003 7:12:34 PM PST by JustPiper (Pull out of the UN and drive into Bagdad)
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To: snooker

412 posted on 03/13/2003 7:12:34 PM PST by JustPiper (Pull out of the UN and drive into Bagdad)
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To: Mo1
I haven't heard anything from Jordan either

Considering that any Iraqi missiles that land short of Israel ends up in Jordan, I'm not surprised.

413 posted on 03/13/2003 7:12:38 PM PST by steveegg (Clinton and Blair didn't get UN authorization to launch Operation Desert (Kill Impeachment) Fox)
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To: P8riot
Thats what he tried doing at Al-Khafji in 1991, and all he succeeded in doing was getting his @$$ kicked.

That works for me. Diplomacy isn't working. If we're going to do this anyway, we shouldn't allow ANY movement that in ANY way increases the risk to our troops. He should be getting his @$$ kicked as we speak, or we should pack up and go home.

414 posted on 03/13/2003 7:13:20 PM PST by SJackson
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To: steveegg
What's roughly 120 almost-completely unprotected miles due west of Iraq

Our ships heading towards the Red Sea?

415 posted on 03/13/2003 7:13:46 PM PST by relee
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To: P8riot
You could say that. End-around also comes to mind.
416 posted on 03/13/2003 7:13:58 PM PST by steveegg (Clinton and Blair didn't get UN authorization to launch Operation Desert (Kill Impeachment) Fox)
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To: unix
We hit it, unleash the chem/bio, saddam cries he was only trying to get it away from the city so HE could destroy it..now we have a huge problem on our hands..yada, yada, yada..

I was concerned about unintentionally releasing these agents during a bombing operation and hurting our guys. I happened to speak with one of the generals in DS at a conference a couple of weeks ago and asked him about this. He told me not to worry as the heat from the bomb destroys the chem/bio component. He said that this factor makes these weapons very easy to destroy.

417 posted on 03/13/2003 7:14:13 PM PST by pbear8 ( sed libera nos a malo)
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To: DoughtyOne
If our troops get hit I want to level Pairreee! The GD frogs are the lowest form of life on the planet.
418 posted on 03/13/2003 7:14:20 PM PST by Righty1
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To: SJackson
Roger that!
419 posted on 03/13/2003 7:14:21 PM PST by P8riot (Looks like Deja Vu all over again)
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To: relee
Our ships heading towards the Red Sea?

That's closer to 180 miles, and the only country that has anti-ship missiles with that kind of range is Russia (we retired the TASM a few years ago).

420 posted on 03/13/2003 7:14:59 PM PST by steveegg (Clinton and Blair didn't get UN authorization to launch Operation Desert (Kill Impeachment) Fox)
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