Bush To Speak At 0200 GMT [9 EST, 6 PST]

www.stratfor.com ^ | Mar 19, 2003

[relee]

Official says Bush could wait to give "go" order and let Iraqi military "stare up at the sky for a little bit."

The General on Fox News said our troops are at great risk to scud missile attack while they are massed on the border. Once they start moving, they will be harder to hit with scuds.

I don't think we'll wait much past 8 PM.

[floriduh voter]

You go, girl. Everybody stay safe. At least tractor man has been removed from The Mall.

[sirchtruth]

Fox and Drudge just announced it too...

WHEN? I'm sitting right here watching Fox and didn't hear this?

Ok, am I deaf...Hello?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Foxnews says they were told by the pentagon that 6 did leave but were merely being repositioned!

See this:

B52's Leaving Fairford United Kingdom

[tomkat]

good to 'see' ya here again, lady !

[f.Christian]

Preview ...

Bush ...

t/o for inspectors ---

e-mail alert ...

The President has announced that as of today he is
agreeing to additional
inspectors to be deployed throughout Iraq.

"We will be sending 250,000 additional inspectors into
Iraq," the President said
in a news conference last evening.

The additional inspectors will include:

50,000 members of the 1st Infantry Division
25,000 members of the 1st Air Cavalry Division
50,000 members of the 101st Airborne Division
50,000 members of the 1st and 4th Armored division
with their M1A1 all-terrain
vehicles

Special air deliveries to aid the inspections will be
made by aircraft from the
5th Air Force Wing based in Diego Garcia as well as
from the USS Constellation,
USS George Washington, USS Abraham Lincoln, and USS
Enterprise.

The President further stated, "We believe that with
these additional inspectiors
the inspections should be completed in a few weeks."

[StockJock]

Story is still hot at StratFor. Wouldn't they have pulled the plug on the story by now if it was not confirmed.


http://www.stratfor.com/corporate/sitrep.neo?storyId=211809

[Cboldt]

I don't think they mind being wrong.

[Semper911]

Story is still hot at StratFor.
I don't think they mind being wrong.

We should at least wait until it is confirmed by Debka.

[steveegg]

Story is still hot at StratFor. Wouldn't they have pulled the plug on the story by now if it was not confirmed.

No. They don't pull much that is time-limited until it's physically impossible to be true.

[Jackie-O]

Thanks for the ping Tex, I'm watching a live shot of Bagdad right now waiting to see the tracers light up the sky..
God Bless our troops and their families!
Prayers to you and yours!

[Trust but Verify]

MSNBC said they had been given 'the lid' by the WH for tonight. What this means is that there will be no official WH photography for the remainder of the night. I take that to mean they have closed up shop and certainly no Presidential address is planned.

[BunnySlippers]

I'm trapped on the 25th floor of an office building in Brentwood, CA. Hundreads of protestors from UCLA have closed all of the streets ... I can't leave. Ack!

[Grampa Dave]

Now that you have compared the two. Davis is a ChIraq without any personality.

[dep]

nothing you can throw out the window? concrete blocks, maybe? cans of vegetables?

dep

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

WE'RE COMING FOR YOU

SADDAM THE BELL TOLES FOR YOU AND YOUR KIND

[steveegg]

Show's over <VBG>. Seriously, if I remember the WH timeline correctly, bombs will be impacting before President Bush speaks.

[sirchtruth]

I hope this means we are real good at deception and tactical warfare. A reporter on MSMBC just stated there is no indication war will start this evening.

It 3:30am in Iraq. That gives only 2.5 hours til daylight, not enough time for dark cover, I doubt it will happen tonight.

[Sandylapper]

Thanks for the heads up, TexKat. Prayers for our nation, our Prez, and our most precious asset, our men/women in service to this country.

[Jackie-O]

Bunny, hang with us here, sometimes you get more accurate reports on FR. We'll keep ya posted!