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Fox New Reports: Iraqi TV is Rubble
Fox News | 3-25-03

Posted on 03/25/2003 7:47:01 PM PST by Indy Pendance

Developing......


TOPICS: Breaking News
KEYWORDS: battleforbaghdad; iraqitv; tlam
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To: Indy Pendance
AND a GOOD one at that!
61 posted on 03/25/2003 8:09:13 PM PST by Calpernia (http://www.politicsandprotest.org/attack.swf)
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To: ewing
"CNN said Al Jazeera had been taken out as well."

Woohoo! Twofer!

62 posted on 03/25/2003 8:10:10 PM PST by AF68
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To: TomGuy
We control Iraqi TV.

All your signal are belong to us!

63 posted on 03/25/2003 8:10:11 PM PST by Doomonyou (Make your time...)
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To: blam
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/news/5481294.htm

New Series of Blasts Heard in Baghdad
HAMZA HENDAWI
Associated Press

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A series of explosions along with the sound of low flying aircraft was heard early
Wednesday, and the U.S. military said coalition aircraft struck the Iraqi state-run television.

Smoke was seen next to the information ministry and the Iraqi TV building.

The signal from Iraqi Satellite TV, which broadcasts 24 hours a day outside Iraq, went off the air around
4:30 a.m. (8:30 p.m. EST Tuesday).

Iraq's domestic television service was not broadcasting at the time.

At the Pentagon, a U.S. military spokeswoman said coalition aircraft struck the Iraqi state-run television
channel. Damage assessment was not complete, she told The Associated Press, speaking on condition
of anonymity.

On Tuesday, gray smoke from fuel fires and a swirling sandstorm enveloped Iraq's capital, where
intermittent explosions once again rattled residents who embraced life's simple routines even as
U.S.-led troops moved closer.

Garbage trucks rolled the streets picking refuse, which was piled high in some neighborhoods, while
public transportation buses were running normally. Traffic was on the increase, and more stores and
shops were open than at any time since the first missile hit Baghdad last week.

The smoke hanging over the city came not from those missiles, but from fuel fires set by Baghdad
authorities, an effort to obscure military targets in the city. Visibility was further hampered by a
powerful sandstorm that seemed to cover everything in the city with a fine coat of sand.

The sandstorm eased Wednesday morning.

U.S.-led troops were within 50 miles of the capital, setting up a seemingly inevitable fight for control of
the historic city of 5 million residents. Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf said his
countrymen were unshaken by that prospect.

The Iraqis "await surprises on how the American game of shock and awe will fail," al-Sahhaf said.

The wind in Baghdad became so wicked Tuesday that palm trees and traffic lights swayed madly, with
security men and police hiding behind sandbags - ordinarily military outposts - in search of respite.

At the height of the sandstorm, the explosions that echoed through the capital for most of the day
ceased.

More security and police officers were seen around the city than last week, and residents reported
members of Saddam Hussein's feared intelligence agencies were also posted on the streets.

The bombing Tuesday was on the outskirts of the city, with its echoes easily audible in the heart of
Baghdad. Some residents were busy digging new defensive trenches or expanding existing ones; some
were dug in the courtyard of the Iraq museum, home to priceless antiques.

Iraqi state television went off the air for about 45 minutes after explosions were heard in the city
Tuesday evening. There were unconfirmed reports in Baghdad that the outage followed a hit on a
television transmission tower north of Baghdad in Abu Ghareib.

Television, like state radio, constantly played patriotic songs and messages of support from Iraqis for
their president.

Tuesday's edition of Babil, a daily paper owned by Saddam's son Odai, featured back page photos of
decapitated bodies that it said belonged to Iraqi civilians killed in bombing raids. A day earlier, all
newspapers ran the text of Saddam's address to the nation on Page 1, accompanied by pictures of the
Iraqi leader.
64 posted on 03/25/2003 8:10:13 PM PST by Indy Pendance
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To: Indy Pendance
Sattelite station gone now as well.
65 posted on 03/25/2003 8:12:47 PM PST by finnman69
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To: Indy Pendance
Civilians were around the area, it was a Presidential decision.

Baby Milk Plant Alert!!!! The Iraqis will undoubtedly claim that many civilains were killed in this strike.....But they won't be able to show it!!! HA!!! They will have a great deal of difficulty communicating this. We have to keep them off the air!!!

66 posted on 03/25/2003 8:13:30 PM PST by CurlyBill
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To: Retrofire

BGM-109 TLAM
Tomahawk/Tactical Tomahawk
Land-Attack Cruise Missile

Photo of a US Navy submarine launched <i>Tomahawk</i> Missile begins powered flight after exiting the sea
Description: The Tomahawk Land-Attack Missile (TLAM) is the Navy's premier, all-weather, long-range, subsonic land-attack cruise missile deployed on surface warships and submarines. The TLAM/C (BGM-109C) variant is armed with a unitary conventional warhead, while the TLAM/D (BGM-109D) variant is armed with submunitions. TLAM is guided by an on-board Inertial Navigation System (INS) and a Terrain Contour Matching (TERCOM) system that correlates actual terrain contour with stored terrain contour. Additional accuracy is attained through multiple Digital Scene Matching Area Correlation (DSMAC) updates, which take digital pictures of the terrain and compare them with stored digital maps. The TLAM Block III upgrade improves accuracy and global strike capability with the addition of Global Positioning System (GPS) guidance capability, improved DSMAC IIA and increased range.

 

Tactical Tomahawk, the Block IV upgrade to TLAM, will preserve Tomahawk's long-range precision-strike capability while significantly increasing responsiveness and flexibility at significantly lower cost. The follow-on Tactical Tomahawk improvements include:
Artist Rendition of a TLAM Missile
  • in-flight retargeting

     

  • the ability to loiter over the battlefield and to respond to emergent targets

     

  • the ability to monitor the health and status of the missile in flight via satellite data link

     

  • Battle Damage Indication Imagery (BDII) capability that gives a digital look-down "snapshot" of the battlefield and sends it via satellite data link

     

  • GPS mission planning on board the launch platform, enabling the shooter to rapidly plan and execute strike missions against emergent battlefield targets

     

  • improved anti-jam GPS that minimizes the effects of jamming

     

  • a missile design that allows for alternative payloads, including smart submunitions, a penetrator warhead, and multiple response warhead.

 

Program Status: Tactical Tomahawk program was initiated in Fiscal Year 1998, and IOC is planned for FY 2004. Current plans call for the Navy to procure 1,353 Tactical Tomahawk missiles, which are projected to meet the current requirements, but this assumes no contingency usage or operational expenditures. Additional Tactical Tomahawk procurement is constrained by affordability.

 

Developer/Manufacturer: Raytheon, Tucson, Arizona.

67 posted on 03/25/2003 8:14:02 PM PST by dennisw
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To: finnman69
Fox: 8:00 et, off the air. columns of smoke, right behind ministry of information, news agencies were warned last night, 2 signals, one by satelite, civilians aren't allowed to have that, but it's not the only tv station. A son runs the other station. Pentagon confirms.

Sorry for typos.
68 posted on 03/25/2003 8:14:45 PM PST by Indy Pendance
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To: Latina_Abogada
Somebody bombed CNN!!!!!

Now, if they could just get BBC....

69 posted on 03/25/2003 8:17:26 PM PST by Cachelot (~ In waters near you ~)
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To: George W. Bush
I think there were 2 bombs. First was an E-bomb - didn't do the job! 2nd bomb was TLAM (Tomahawk Land Attack Missle).

The reason I say there were 2 is because the TV station went off the air this afternoon - and then came back on. Then, during Hannity & Colmes, there was this huge explosion and it was determined Iraqi TV was OFF the air.

At the time Dan was on the air - Iraqi TV was just struggling from the E-bomb thing - so Dan didn't know we were about to TLAM it!!
70 posted on 03/25/2003 8:18:04 PM PST by CyberAnt
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To: Indy Pendance
another station? That's no good. If we don't get both it would be worthless to get the other.
71 posted on 03/25/2003 8:18:07 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: Republican Wildcat
I didn't catch it too well, but he said something about the other station used for education, not very powerful...
72 posted on 03/25/2003 8:20:09 PM PST by Indy Pendance
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To: Indy Pendance
Saddam can do what I do when I lose my TV service;

Call the COX tech number and report an outtage.
73 posted on 03/25/2003 8:21:00 PM PST by 429CJ
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To: Republican Wildcat
Since returning from school from Spring Break, I no longer have Fox News, and it is driving me crazy.

For you and all the Foxless FReepers, I suggest you try the closed caption Fox News Channel feed on this IRC channel. Use mIRC or any decent IRC client to connect to it. Yeah, I know. It's IRC. But still better than CNN.

irc://irc.easynews.com/iraqi-freedom

If you have an IRC client installed, you understand that this is the #iraqi-freedom channel on the easynews.com network. Let me know if you need help.
74 posted on 03/25/2003 8:21:00 PM PST by George W. Bush
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To: Indy Pendance
If so, Saddam's going to miss the latest episode of West Palace.
75 posted on 03/25/2003 8:21:00 PM PST by Rocko
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To: Indy Pendance
BUMP
76 posted on 03/25/2003 8:21:06 PM PST by TLBSHOW (The gift is to see the truth......)
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To: Indy Pendance
The purpose could be shifted, I'm sure, and with the other station gone, that's the one everyone would be watching.
77 posted on 03/25/2003 8:21:17 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: sweetliberty
But ... it's empty at 5 a.m.
78 posted on 03/25/2003 8:21:38 PM PST by CyberAnt
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To: finnman69
Sattelite station gone now as well

BUMP
79 posted on 03/25/2003 8:21:54 PM PST by TLBSHOW (The gift is to see the truth......)
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To: CyberAnt
Hopefully.
80 posted on 03/25/2003 8:22:35 PM PST by sweetliberty ("To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.")
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