***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.

Please have mercy on us dial up limited FReepers! Limit the big graphics, post links instead. A breif description of what the graphic is would help:

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...

[this_ol_patriot]

We really need to get these guys off the air.

[ApesForEvolution]

Hmm. You would think anything incoming would have a data-trace which would be easy to identify very quickly. Thanks.

[Tree of Liberty]

Fox - back to the Iraqi health minister

[Mo1]

it was on their breaking news headline

[Tree of Liberty]

thanks

[Grenada]

I have yet to pipe up on this subject, but now I will. The same core of people have been on this thread, especially overnight. If we stayed on topic during slow news times, the thread would die. We still post war info when it happens, breaking news we see on TV or read on the internet. The reason these threads have thrived for 8 days is because of the new friendships that have been found here. Sure, we can stop all off topic posts, but then no one would be here and it would not matter. We are not only filling a need for news on this thread, but also filing a need to make friends and chat. If that is so bad, then lets make this the last day of this thread and go to a news only thread. Of course all news posted here will have already been posted 15 times on FR. If someone does not like the way this thread goes, they are more than free to make a news only thread and go there.

Amen to that. There are slow times and if we didn't chat there would be no new posts. When things happen, we stop chatting and get down to business. There are plenty of other threads that discuss issues SOLELY. True, they are not consolidated, but they deal with "just the facts".

We would never get over 2,000 posts if we stuck to the war. And I for one, like this thread just fine.

[texxie]

I'm litening and gettin ticked off again:((

this guy dares use the word barbaric???????????? HA

[JAFA]

There's a shortcut for that:
- Hold your cursor over the file you want to open
- right click
- choose "open with" option
- choose "choose program" option
- select window media player
- check little box that says "always open with this program..."
*Note will not work for real media type links or files

[this_ol_patriot]

36 Iraqi's killed in Baghdad raids last 24 hours. Boo hoo.

[Mo1]

In either case, do you have any more details?

Sorry, I didn't hear any other news

[texxie]

got it thx

[ApesForEvolution]

You can ignore them and they can ignore you. It's all about choices.

[An.American.Expatriate]

This may have been posted before, but here is a very detailed map of Iraq & Kuwait Map of Iraq

[TexKat]

CBS News | Troops Go Into 'Hunting Mode' | March 26, 2003 23:57:07