***Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - Day 3-LIVE THREAD***

FreeRepublic - Day 2 ^ | 212 March 2003 | An.American.Expatriate/null and void

[null and void]

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, thank you!

[Dog]

Agree.....these two anchors are now flubbing their lines.

[Dog]

I have Fox on...

[Sacajaweau]

Saddam noted that he makes his contracts with the Russian Government. Our international contracts are with Gulf Oil or the such. Saddam mentioned this specifically in a speech a short while back.

[Nam Vet]

Najaf is only about 22 miles from Karbala. Things are really going to start heating up around there.

Nam Vet

[Peach]

Loss of power was caused from a bombs concussion.....per Fox

Is this regarding the anthrax? Didn't a soldier have instruction on him as well?

[slimer]

Just heard four Republican Guard Divisions around Baghdad.

[Timeout]

MSNBC has put up a board with photographs sent to them by families of service members. They ID one of the pictures and then read the message the family sent with it. Nice touch.

[Nam Vet]

I saw that too.....it's a hoot.

Nam Vet

[Dog]

No ......the lights went out in parts of Baghdad..

[kcvl]

Marines of the U.S. Marine Expeditionary Unit Fox Company 'Raiders' lead a group of prisoners of war on a road during the early stage of the push into southern Iraq to take control of the main port of Umm Qasr March 21, 2003. U.S. and British ground forces launched assaults into Iraq in a bid to topple Saddam Hussein. Photo by Desmond Boylan/Reuters

Check out this video of the car bombing which had the reporters in it...

Press Here It's to the right of the article.

[Toskrin]

Najaf is only 100 miles from Baghdad.

[Dog]

Could we land transport using that runway?? Is it long enough..

[Peach]

ROFL. I thought you said "loss of powder", not "loss of power". Oh, boy, I need a rest.

[The Wizard]

I wonder if the last explosions, which killed some lights, was done by Iraqis

[Redcloak]

Boom!!

[Sacajaweau]

Now they're saying that not only was the 4 dead report false, they can't even find an incident that matches.

[ChadGore]

They were'n't kidding when they said "Bagdad by monday"

[Dolphy]

Yes, but either that left Russia with a sense of indebtedness to Saddam, or a desire to keep the US out. It just seems Russia might have seen the writing on the wall and decided by joining the coalition they stood a better chance to protect economic interests in a post-Saddam Iraq.