***Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - Day 8 - LIVE THREAD***

Various | 3/27/2003 | Me

[Centurion2000]

Good Morning.

This is the Daily Thread of Operation Iraqi Freedom - LIVE THREAD.

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[Straight Vermonter]

I have read the Geneva Convention and I can't recall anything about TV or media. I even went back and did a qick browse of the document. Can anyone give me a cite?

[mewzilla]

Haven't heard it. (Does that date me?) Only reason I know AC/DC is 'cause my little bro used to bang his head to it at very high volume :)

[steveegg]

Outstanding. What channel is it on so I can add it to the rotation?

[Wyatt's Torch]

As with all celebrities, I don't really care what he has to say about it. I am a huge golf fan and a huge Tiger fan. At least he said it on his own website and didn't go running around looking for a camera like the Hollywood idiots.

can't wait to see Tiger win his third straight Masters!

[Nam Vet]

I'm rather proud of the fact that I have NEVER seen little Georgie on This Week as an anchor. As a matter of fact, the very first time I saw 'Little Georgie' on that program was the first time and the last time. They were never much more than the left's propaganda (except for George Will), but once they put 'Little Georgie' as a commentator and now anchor, they have lost ALL claim as a serious political platform.

Nam Vet

[Cboldt]

Connie Chung took an asssignment with CNN. That might have started about a year ago, I don't know, because I don't watch it (have passed by it channel surfing tho'). Her CNN assignment has been terminated by CNN.

[steveegg]

Great report by Greg. Fred Thompson slamming Hollywood and the Leftist Media now on Fox.

[condi2008]

The primary trigger is "thirst," but "hunger" can be used in a pinch.

HaHa. But you know what I mean: They take a significant piece of ground or what? I'd like to join them.

[Timeout]

Connie "Just Between Us" Chung had a nightly program on CNN...until yesterday! Bwahahahahah! Cancelled.

[Catspaw]

MSNBC is now showing the "die-in." Fox had shown it previously while they were interviewing the injured Marine from Montana (I thought that it was tape).

The goal of the die-in is to tie up the rush hour. Now THAT'S going to gain them a lot of support, uh huh.

[An.American.Expatriate]

From the BBC - Iraq Latest: at-a-glance

[All times GMT and approximate]

Thursday, 27 March

1200: British tanks destroyed 14 Iraqi T-55 tanks in the Basra area on Thursday, a UK Ministry of Defence official says.

1145: British Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon condemns TV footage of two dead British soldiers as a "flagrant and sickening breach" of the Geneva Conventions.

1130: Powerful explosions are heard in central Baghdad after a series of loud blasts in the city overnight.

1115: A wounded US soldier tells a press conference in Germany that his unit expected "little or no resistance". He said he had encountered Iraqi soldiers wearing civilian clothes over their uniforms.

1000: Coalition forces plan to step up their operations in Iraq in the next three days as the weather improves, according to Central Command officials in Qatar.

0950: British Challenger tanks destroyed a column of 14 Iraqi T-55 tanks and four armoured personnel carriers south of Basra in southern Iraq on Thursday morning, a UK military spokesman says.

0900: Iraq's health minister says that 36 people were killed and more than 200 injured in the previous day's US and British air strikes on Baghdad. He adds that about 350 people have been killed and 3,600 injured since the start of US-led military strikes.

0855: A missile fired at Kuwait from southern Iraq is brought down by a Patriot anti-missile battery, according to Kuwaiti defence officials.

0845: American troops using tanks and attack helicopters engaged in heavy fighting with Iraqi forces at the town of Samawah, about 150 miles south of Baghdad and on a crucial supply route. Black smoke reported above the town.

0700: US military investigating reports that 37 Marines were injured when they were hit by fire from their own side near the city of Nasiriya. The incident happened after 30 Marines were injured in a surprise Iraqi rocket attack.

0651: British forces take Iraqi state radio and television off the air in the second city of Basra. The move effectively isolates Basra from any communications with the capital Baghdad.

0556: British Royal Navy says first ship bringing humanitarian aid to Iraq has been delayed by 24 hours because of the discovery of mines. The Sir Galahad was due to dock in the Iraqi port of Umm Qasr on Thursday.

0247: British Ministry of Defence confirms that two dead soldiers, whose bodies were shown in footage broadcast by al-Jazeera TV, are "probably" two Britons who went missing during a battle near al-Zubayr on Sunday.

0058: US Pentagon spokesman says intelligence reports provide "no conclusive evidence" that coalition forces were responsible for the bombing of a Baghdad market place on Wednesday which left 14 dead.

0053: At least 10 more explosions reported in Baghdad, along with the sound of anti-aircraft fire.

0010: Reports of huge Iraqi Republican Guard armoured column heading south from Baghdad are false, US military commanders say.

The movements of those reporting from Baghdad are restricted and their reports are monitored by the Iraqi authorities.

Reporters with the US and British military are restricted in what they can say about precise locations or military plans

[Lee'sGhost]

Wow! You're good. Thanks for the transcription brief.

[steveegg]

Did you check the 1977 protocols (the ones we're not a party to - one of the few good decisions of the Peanut Farmer)?

[Mo1]

Don't know about a party, but those pedestrians are taking their lives in their hands crossing the intersection.

You mean those speed bumps?

[An.American.Expatriate]

Look for terms such as "public". Remember the original convention was written pre TV!!

[Timeout]

PGA: The Players Championship:

Thu. ESPN 12:00-6:00 p.m.
Fri. ESPN 12:00-6:00 p.m.
Sat. NBC 2:00-6:00 p.m.
Sun. NBC 1:30-6:30 p.m.

LOTS of coverage! ( Leaderboard Here)

[mewzilla]

Well, while we're on the subject of the GC, what does it say about enemy combatants captured in civvies? At the press conference this morning I noticed that one of the injured servicemen said he allowed the 4 Iraqis he captured to take off the civvies they were wearing over their uniforms. Are there penalties for getting caught in civilian clothes?

[Daniel Ramsey]

I hope these folks realize they will have to remember this for the rest of their lives, what are they going to say when they are older and people ask what did they do to support the brave soldiers dying just so we CAN have freedom of speech?


And BTW, the BagCam is REALLY showing a LOT of smoke, must have been a fuel depot or something, its really blazing away!

[oceanperch]

Check your Freep Mail Mo1

[steveegg]

Thanks. I take it those times are EST.