***Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - Day 2-LIVE THREAD***

21 March 2003 | An.American.Expatriate

[An.American.Expatriate]

Good Morning.

This is the continuation Thread of Operation Iraqi Freedom - Day 1- LIVE THREAD.

It is designed for general conversation about the events of the day. In depth discussion of events should be left to individual threads - but links to the threads or other articles is highly encouraged. This allows us to stay abreast of the situation in general, while also providing a means of obtaining specific information.

To all who helped this get started yesterday, thank you!

[Mo1]

WOW ... sounds like he was hit hard

[tort_feasor]

I get up before 5 p.m. eastern, I napped at about 5 p.m. for 2 hours so i have a little juice left in me.

[SoldiersGirl]

What's the use of sending a $2 million missile into a $10 tent to hit a camel in the butt?
--George W. Bush

... going to war without France is like going deer hunting without an accordion. You just leave a lot of useless noisy baggage behind.
--Jed Babbin, former deputy undersecretary of defense in the first Bush administration

SPECIAL RETAIL ANNOUNCEMENT!!!
All Wal-Mart and K-Mart stores in Iraq will be closing on or before March 20th.

After that, they will all become Targets.
--Unknown (Please let me know if you know.)
The Iraqi forces are conducting the Mother of all Retreats.
--Dick Cheney, February 27, 1991

These keep me in pretty good shape too ...

[Carolina]

'Night, y'all. Hope we wake up to a liberated Iraq.

[Kadric]

Just seemed like a natural thing to do.

[Mo1]

Some of the Top Iraqi Officials have left and Some are preparing to leave ...

[Diddle E. Squat]

Top leaders fleeing Baghdad.

Reports of panic digging that hasn't been seen since Joe Millionaire.

[null and void]

FREEPERcussions....hehehe...new word

Good one. I think it will catch on

[RummyChick]

if they don't bomb these guys then they have given them safe cover to do whatever they are doing..so whatever they are doing might be part of the surrender

maybe they are looking for the sons
but saddam went out on stretcher
however, how do we know it wasn't a double
maybe they are looking for the real saddam

[meyer]

I wonder if we are putting a bigger presence up north than expected.

Jeraldo Revera in Turkey.

[Dolphy]

Now I am confused, when were they digging? Are they talking about presently digging or on the night it happened? Also, what's up with the French messing around with the Iraqi army and trying to negotiate a surrender?

[SoldiersGirl]

The Iraqi forces are conducting the Mother of all Retreats.
--Dick Cheney, February 27, 1991


you know, if Cheney get's to say this again, it will make my week.

[tort_feasor]

roflmao

[Mo1]

On the night hit did the surprise hit .. WED NIGHT!

[ztiworoh]

Ollie North is on!

[RummyChick]

digging now

[glock rocks]

FNC: senior security officials leaving baghdad as well.

hmmmm. iraq hierarchy begins to collapse.

[Dolphy]

Thank you...and I thought I was well rested:)