***Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - Day 9 - LIVE THREAD*** ^

Multiple | 28 March 2003 | Various

[An.American.Expatriate]

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 on the weekend, to all of you for keeping these threads alive, the AdminMods for their tolerance, mhking for the video links, and, of course, Belly Girl...

[Nam Vet]

Washingtonpost.com Cakewalk in Iraq by Ken Adelman Wednesday, February 13, 2002; Page A27

The Guardian (U.K.) Trust Tony's Judgment by William Jefferson Blythe Clinton March 18, 2003

Nam Vet

[Doohickey]

For those incapable of searching for "silkworm missile" at google.com, I present the following:

The Haiying-1 (HY-1), Silkworm is a Chinese-made, anti-ship, surface-to-surface missile system. The Silkworm has a maximum range of 95 kilometers.

The Silkworm is derived from the Societ SS-N-2 Styx.

It was originally developed as a coastal defence missile. The missile was later modified for launching from Luda Class destroyer and other surface ships.

NATO Designation : CSSC-2. CSS-N-1.

[Consort]

...Silkworm.

[pitinkie]

Too true. Anyone have a link that works?

[cactusSharp]

uhhh cool if there was a line we could all just do a day...hehehe...good eye

[Right_in_Virginia]

Sounds like they are NOT blaming us.

I thank you for the clarification...with a relieved heart.

[Not A Snowbird]

Looks like a 3.4 just east of Fairbanks? A decent shaker. I'm a native Californian (dont' tell my neighbors) so I don't get too excited unless it's at least 5.0. You guys sure rock and roll up there!

[glock rocks]

to die for.

we have people at work who drive 45 minutes round trip to fetch a dozen.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Thank you!

[clouda]

Will Daschle be deeply saddened by the "market strike" or the KC missle????

LOL!

I'm sure senator KKK Byrd will weep for the "market strike".

today I weep for my country

[Timeout]

Silkworm is an anti-ship missile. As to whether it was on the banned list, there's an interesting conundrum.

If it were fired FROM land and hit land, then it might be considered a "surface to surface" missile, which was NOT banned....except for range. If a surface to surface missile exceeded 150 km, then it has a range exceeding Iraq sanctions.

That's the conundrum: Is it a surface to surface? And if so, does one judge its legality by the missile's possible range, or by the range it actually travelled (which we don't know yet.

[Merdoug]

*laughing!* Yep! I know what you mean! Those funny cars, the funny buildings, the dogs barking and the roosters crowing,...and who can forget the morning prayers!

[GOPyouth]

He'll weep deeply..

I'm still waiting for Hussein to attempt to lob these missiles into Israel.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Thanks, and sorry, I didn't even think of using google.

[Henchster]

That looks like it! Here's a link to some pictures I posted on the KC missile thread of the pieces there, and they look like parts from one of these. I'd post the photos here, but they're a little big, and we've been told to be bandwidth aware on these threads.

Pieces Pictures Post 278

[cactusSharp]

that does it...that endorcement should be on tv

[cactusSharp]

hey look freepers my post reply is a pic of SHEETS

ole SHEETS Byrd...how does it SHEETS ?

[7 x 77]

People are saddened and weepy and you make jokes.

[cyncooper]

Here is the link to my post about it at #27, and your post is #14. You and I then had links in our posts to the original threads:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/878157/posts?page=27#27

[Dog]

I was just thinking.....

Saddam had the world's press clucking over the "market bombing" and now one of his minions just screwed up....they fired a missile into a fellow arabs capitol to kill civilians.

Saddam is not very PR savy after all...