***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.

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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Special thanks to null and void for keeping these running over the weekend and Monday, to all of you for keeping these threads alive, the AdminMods for their tolerance, mhking for the video links, and, of course, Belly Girl...

[The Wizard]

This war is moving so well and so fast that the DOD doesn't even want to mention it....

[Peach]

AFPhys requested I re-post the George Will comments regarding the number of civilians who die in Iraq: George Will - War Will Kill Fewer Innocents Than Containment

[rumrunner]

That clip of the Apache looked like the same clip from the other day. I could be wrong, but even the empty chambers under the wing were the same I think.

Screen's a little fuzzy here so I couldn't make it out.

[The Wizard]

I would guess, 2 rings

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Marines pull feint, lure enemy into trap
 

[Dog]

2 rings.....I think.

[AZLadyhawke]

Yes, you're right.

Knew it was one or the other...I guessed wrong :)

[GOPyouth]

Analyst on Fox said just a minute ago that it looked like the same Apache as well. It was just done from a different camera. I'm almost positive that was the same chopper.

[chnsmok]

Seems like they shoot down that drone a lot.

[prairiebreeze]

I dunno. Not sure it was clarified to that extent, at least in the part that I heard.

Prairie

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

it's like a bunch of headless chickens....it may complicate efforts to cause mass capitulation

I agree, ken..but we're not blind. At the CENTCOM briefing this morn., Gen. Brooks said that we had contacts in the cities: "We have roughly 43 (Free) Iraqi forces (Iraqi citizens working w/us) divided into small froups 5-6 in squad, joined w/ civil defense units...they are being received rather well..." And that's just in Basrah.

These briefings allow the regular people like me to know more than the big time journalists who don't attend or listen...and thus, worry their audiences unnecessarily by making stuff up. Cads.

Headless chickens..not a bad term for anti-American W. journalists. (^;

Saddam & Sons = bunker-kill.

[epluribus_2]

tikrit is where saddam is from and where WMD/palaces/evil exist.

[Howlin]

..did you see the article about Fox beating CNN in the ratings, despite CNN's claim that they would "own the war coverage"..

No, but I did see an AD for CNN running on Fox last night, talking about their war coverage! During Shep's show.

[ken5050]

Good points, RC...my basic thesis is thayt a regimne like Saddam's, so tightly centered on one person at the top, kind of falls apart when he's toast, but it make take a few days/weeks to die of its own volition...remember, the Itraqis have been subjected to incessant propaganda for TWICE as long as the Nazis dominated Germany....even after Hitler committed suicide, the Nazis fought on ferociouisly for some time....Iraq will have to be give a huge bath to get rid of the Ba'aths...

[DollyCali]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/869820/posts?page=11#11


post 11


from G whose husband helped with patriot dev

[null and void]

Caught up!!!! - BBL...

[Peach]

Who is Ken Adelman?

[Howlin]

MSNBC showing pictures from "today" of Saddam.

[biblewonk]

Yes, they do care that 400,000 kids have died. That is why they want to "end the sanctions"!

Yes and that logic makes sense until you look deeper. Sadam is all too happy to hide his weapons behind civilians, even children, yes even 400,000 "sanction starved" children in an effort to make the US and Israel look bad. He would be all too happy to lose a million civies in this war! It would be a victory. The more of his people die the better for him! What a sick sumbitch.

[osires13]

Iraq forces In North Move Back 20 KM frin Chamchamal - BBC