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***Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - Day 5 - LIVE THREAD***
Everywhere!
| 23 Mar 2003
| An.American.Expatriate
Posted on 03/23/2003 8:56:32 PM PST by null and void
Good Morning.
This is the Daily Thread of Operation Iraqi Freedom - 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.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bellygirl; iraq; iraqifreedom; moabodisdhu; saddam; war
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To: commish
FN: Rick Leventhal w/ 1st Marines, 3rd LAR: "We've been making a slow push north. First convoy passed us yesterday...heavy artillery, Marines....we're leapfrogging other units to get back to the front of the convoy...one of the things they are doing as they travel north...they're seeing people off in the distance, hiding, sand berms, mud huts...popping down behind the berms and running north...concerned about RPG, grenade launchers....just saw one on the road...continuing our push...a very large contingent of Marines heading north...The guys who are doing the fighting...they have the protective suits on, masks, they're ready to go...think it's (rumors of chem weapons) overblown...(resistence) it's been spotty...last night, maybe 5 minutes...other forces, yesterday early evening (meeting some resistence, not much)...constantly scanning, looking for possible threats, they will not hesitate to do that (open up w/machine guns) is they sense the person is going to harm them...we've seen a lot of helicopter support....constant...hum of jet engines overhead...we're told the air support is there when we need it...(job of one Marine is to call for air support - it will be there)...because of operational security I can't say ...we have seen a tremendous amount of heavy artillery and tanks (ours, I think)...(Capt. talking....light arms fire..10 clicks ahead)...because of resistence they met the other night they wanted the tanks up front...." COMMERCIAL BREAK?
4,681
posted on
03/24/2003 8:21:13 PM PST
by
Ragtime Cowgirl
("Our troops are performing as we expected - magnificently." - Gen. Tommy Franks)
To: DollyCali
yes, you are correct about the wind.
man, it almost sounds like they have decided to secure our guys in the chem proof tanks and the bradleys, and just drive them right in there head on and take them out.
To: Diddle E. Squat
klick = .6 miles
To: Anomaly in Illinois; Mo1
No, but these are good! Thank you so much ;)
To: Diddle E. Squat
1 click = 1 kilometre (km)
1 mile = 1.6 km
4,685
posted on
03/24/2003 8:22:20 PM PST
by
ONA-ASIS
(Aussies kick ass and take names!)
To: SoldiersGirl
what's B&A?
Couple of gay guys on the radio.
No, seriesly, go to wabcradio.com and go from there. They have a nightly radio show, It's taken me a long time to calibrate my gaydar to tolerate the timbre of their voices, but they do good journalism.
On the air now, except Alexander is off sick and has a sub.
4,686
posted on
03/24/2003 8:22:24 PM PST
by
don-o
(And monthly donators are my favorite Freepers.)
To: don-o
they are not gay, they are just new yorkers.
To: All
FYI Just checked and it appears that "Belly Girl" has not been picked as a name by any FReepers.
4,688
posted on
03/24/2003 8:23:12 PM PST
by
BulletBobCo
(Nuke 'em 'til they glow! Then nuke 'em again.)
To: DollyCali
You've go mail.
To: spectr17
HaHAAAAAA..
Just saw FNC-- Poor Rick Leventhal. I wonder if he'll make it through to Bagdad with the 1st Marines. Well it's too late for him to go back. It seems the only way out is to go in.
To: KE
worst three words in golf apply here "you're still away"
hehe
4,691
posted on
03/24/2003 8:23:46 PM PST
by
cactusSharp
(( if pc skills named us,I'd be backspace delete))
To: oceanview
LOL! YOU BAD!
To: oceanview
dunno ocean. Time will tell, I reckon.
Interviewing a Russian now, who is doubting that they will unleash chems.
4,693
posted on
03/24/2003 8:24:02 PM PST
by
don-o
(And monthly donators are my favorite Freepers.)
To: ONA-ASIS; spectr17
Thanks.
Rick's description of seeing lots of people spotted moving in and out among berms makes it sound like its becoming a lethal game of whack a mole.
Comment #4,695 Removed by Moderator
To: knak; KE
"I read somewhere that we could see a dime on a sidewalk with something, planes, satellites?"
Probably a U2. There's just too much atmosphere to get that precise from space. I'm not buying the license plate thing. In any case, that kind of telescope isn't any good at all through smoke and haze like they now have in Iraq.
They have to be using radar imaging of some sort.
4,696
posted on
03/24/2003 8:24:59 PM PST
by
Poser
To: BulletBobCo
FYI Just checked and it appears that "Belly Girl" has not been picked as a name by any FReepers. That name should be reserved for her. She'll be here soon enough, if not already. :-)
To: oceanview
Whatever, I've been told different.
4,698
posted on
03/24/2003 8:25:13 PM PST
by
don-o
(And monthly donators are my favorite Freepers.)
To: DollyCali
It looks like it's really bowing in Baghdad. The
SaddamCam is bobbing and weaving and there's a bunch of wind noise on it.
4,699
posted on
03/24/2003 8:25:37 PM PST
by
Redcloak
(All work and no FReep makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no FReep make s Jack a dul boy. Allwork an)
To: Carney Asada
I don't think Rick will be taking many camping trips after he gets homeUnderstatement of the day!
4,700
posted on
03/24/2003 8:26:09 PM PST
by
Fledermaus
(Saddemocrats on the Run!)
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