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CNN reports that Iraqi column of vehicles leaving Basra have been mostly destroyed.
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Posted on 03/26/2003 11:57:31 AM PST by jacksonstate
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To: hobbes1
Betcha Spooky and Spectre were there.
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posted on
03/26/2003 12:05:53 PM PST
by
CholeraJoe
(OO-OOH Can't anybody see? We've got a war to fight.)
But Chris Ruddy keeps telling us that we are losing...
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To: camle
how about the 1,000 vehicle column coming down from Baghdad? has anything been done about that one? Not till they get further from civilians.
USAF. Highways of Death built while you wait.
So9
To: jacksonstate; RJayneJ; Luis Gonzalez; Howlin; Travis McGee; Dog Gone; AdamSelene235; JohnHuang2; ...
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Special Forces soldier: "Captain, I have cutoff the last fiber cable from Baghdad to Basra."
Captain: "Can you tap the Basra side of that fiber link with your sink kit?"
"Yes, Sir!"
Captain: "How's your Arabic?"
"Rusty, sir."
Captain: "Well, don't spend much time on it, just tap it and shout something stupid like: Saddam commands all Ba'athists in Basra to leave their urban cover and race out on the open highway tomorrow and Noon."
...Later...
Fox News: "A convoy of Iraqi armor was spotted racing away from Basra at Noon today, followed by fist fights among allied fighter pilots for who got the right to kill all of the easy targets..."
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posted on
03/26/2003 12:06:35 PM PST
by
Southack
(Media bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: freedomlover
Sounds like the T has been crossed.Now we just need to dot the i.
46
posted on
03/26/2003 12:07:05 PM PST
by
Semper911
(For some people, bread and circus are not enough. Hence, FreeRepublic.com)
To: brewcrew
Read further in my posting, I wonder if his command and control prepared for the contingency of his demise, or if he is such a huge mythological figure, that they never thought of carrying on, without his orders.
47
posted on
03/26/2003 12:07:07 PM PST
by
Pan_Yans Wife
(Lurking since 2000.)
To: leadpencil1
I don't know, I keep waiting to hear that it was all a trick, somehow. Maybe they filled the trucks with children or troops who wanted to surrender.
48
posted on
03/26/2003 12:07:10 PM PST
by
Eva
To: Cagey
but Coalition Forces expend more rounds than planned.Democrats call for tax hikes.
49
posted on
03/26/2003 12:07:19 PM PST
by
brewcrew
(It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into. - Jonathan Swift)
To: Servant of the Nine
i certainly hope that we can take that one out before it gets to us. our boys have been alomst non-stop combat for two days now and must be in dire need of a breather.
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posted on
03/26/2003 12:07:52 PM PST
by
camle
(no camle jokes, please...OK, maybe one little one)
To: Mister Magoo
Could they have been planning to try to cross over into Iran?
To: Pan_Yans Wife
You're right. I stand corrected.
52
posted on
03/26/2003 12:08:02 PM PST
by
brewcrew
(It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into. - Jonathan Swift)
To: Mister Magoo
"If I were an Iraqi soldier, I guess I would at least try to go out in flames." LOL! I think that is exactly what they are. Scott Ritter said we can't win this war. Sounds to me like there are a bunch of crispy RITTERS out there!
To: jacksonstate
As W.C. Fields observed while looking at an automobile wreck, "The resale value of those vehicles will be nil.".
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posted on
03/26/2003 12:08:20 PM PST
by
Yankee
To: lormand
Better them than us.
55
posted on
03/26/2003 12:08:50 PM PST
by
Diva Betsy Ross
((no more movies anymore))
To: The Vast Right Wing
Do you think that the Iraqi strategy was this:
(1) Wait quietly for coalition forces to get past Basra
(2) Send forces out from Baghdad and Basra simultaneously as soon as the coalition forces are in the open and far from Umm Qasr and their supply lines
(3) Close in on coalition forces in a pincer movement?
It seems like that was their strategy as soon as the sandstorm left a hole in coalition air support.
If so, their first big move may just have been decisively crushed.
56
posted on
03/26/2003 12:09:01 PM PST
by
wideawake
(Support our troops and their Commander-in-Chief)
To: Badabing Badaboom
They wenst into battle chating 'Saddam, Saddam, Sadaam'. The bombs started falling and they 'said damn'.
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posted on
03/26/2003 12:09:05 PM PST
by
gulfcoast6
(The most valuable gift you can give another is a good example.)
To: jacksonstate
Who would have thunk it?
To: jacksonstate
BOO-YAA!!!!!!!!!!
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posted on
03/26/2003 12:09:09 PM PST
by
Cassanova Frankenstein
(Cassanova Frankenstein sez: Support the racist white power structure; Vote Democratic)
To: Badabing Badaboom
If this was in obedience to orders from Saddam, his orders make about as much sense as those of old Adolf coming out of the bunker.
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