Operation Iraqi Freedom - Day 1 - LIVE THREAD

20 March 2003 | An.American.Expatriate

[An.American.Expatriate]

This is a thread to collect all the breaking stories regarding the Libration of Iraq

[Fledermaus]

Ollie North was on this morning and early afternoon before CENTCOM shut down the embedded reporting.

[wwcj]

It says it expires on the 24th anyway. It would be good to leave it alone. That way we would get to see what the normal people think.

[Tree of Liberty]

Their up to version 9, but it has a VERY loose privacy policy and it's nearly impossible to uninstall

[momofsixgirls]

loaded up for me

[wwcj]

It says it expires on the 24th anyway. It would be good to leave it alone. That way we would get to see what the normal people think.

[woodyinscc]

I was not trying to berate you, or be condescending.

When I posted, everyone was trying to figure out why there
was no S&A yet!!

[The Wizard]

it appears the US is winning without S&A

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

The San Fran. protest party = human waste on parade. Compare these lost souls to the Sailor who wrote them a letter. He teaches them about the US Constitution and why this fight is most certainly in their name. Classy.

[ican'tbelieveit]

Oh yeah, I only voted once (decided not to dump my cookies)... but i noticed the numbers are gradually changing the other way. I think i saw it at 50.22% against. Now to 50.08%

[RummyChick]

with

[wwcj]

It's like that mind reading thing that was on here the other night. It knows what you are going to vote. Guess it's fixed! Get your tin foil hat and try again.

[July 4th]

Looks like no more war tonight - CBS went back to March Madness.

[Timeout]

I heard an amazing report on the radio this afternoon regarding the steps we've taken to avoid friendly fire, ID the bad guys, etc.

Reportedly, all friendlies have a "tag" on their helmet, vehicle, or other gear--which can be "read" and broadcast to CENTCOM, overhead planes, etc. I may not be explaining this correctly, but I got the impression it's like the supermarket scanner. The reporter said a commander can pull up a live view of the battlefield and our guy's "tags" show up green. The enemy shows up as red---body heat.


They said this view can even be pulled up by pilots about to attack. Has anyone else heard this??

[ican'tbelieveit]

Could that be what the shiny things are on the top of their helmets?

[Jackie-O]

I gotta believe that Iraqi leaders are dead or cut off from communicating with troops..little or no military reaction from Iraqi military.

[Jorge]

Thanks

[Timeout]

I assume so. The reporter said they "glow" under night-vision tech.

[Semper Paratus]

it appears the US is winning without S&A

Might as well save the ordance for the next operation.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Isn't Ollie with Rick Levanthal's group? Rick reporting now.

[slatimer]

I heard that on abc radio today as well...they can see all the allied troops cause they show up green due to thier helmets. Bad guys show up red from their body heat on sat.