***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...

[lavrenti]

I'm not surprised. The Medina Division ceased to be an effective fighting force with the Apache attack on Sunday.

This was a mech unit that sent a quarter of its force against 3 ID on foot and in Toyota trucks on Tuesday.

All the naysayers are probably doing Daschles in their pants.

[Timeout]

Now you have to change your screen name to "Anonymous".

LOL! (just kidding)

[Fledermaus]

They could be smaller convoys to avoid attack...and we have total air power for cover.

[spectr17]

Ewwwwwwwwww beggie. Who's the FNC news babe?

[ztiworoh]

Think of it though, he's moving 25mph towards Bag, we've heard constantly that they were 50 miles out of Bag, Im no mathemetician, but that puts them IN the city in 2 hours

[spectr17]

Not Greta but the FNC babe who just did the update?

Lordy

[Redcloak]

All of the URLs I normally check for the live feeds seem kaput. I wonder if the building finally collapsed. Or perhaps the newsies are looking for a less exciting location.

[Fledermaus]

yeah, I was thinking about that. I wonder how close they'll pull up. Ten miles? Five miles?

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

FN: Greg Kelly w/ Army 3 ID: "Fedayeen militia were fighting hard...caused the 3ID a bit of a headache for a few days...there's no really telling how many are left...est. from 10-100 thous. 101st Airborne relieved us and we're moving out...rejoining the main brigade...continued push to Baghdad in several hours..." "not going really fast...maybe 25 mph...bldgs. fairly low....nothing more than one or two stories..." "We're just going from one brigade position to another brigade position..." Re. Fedayeen " they would just come at us in waves and they didn't seem afraid of dying..." "they come at us...in trucks..side by side..." (& Get killed). "The days are long. Sometimes the days are never ending....you eat when you can... but they've been fascinating..."

[Spunky]

"Clinton: "He is a threat. He's a murderer and a thug. There's no doubt we can do this. We're stronger; he's weaker. You're looking at a couple weeks of bombing and then I'd be astonished if this campaign took more than a week. Astonished."

I heard Rush reading this today. He said it is where all the media got the idea that this was going to be fast and easy.

#&@% *&$#% media. They will listen to a Clymer and not anyone who knows what they are talking about.

[Green]

Can't remember her name, but Shep sure flirts with her when she is on during his show. LOL!

[Fledermaus]

Ollie reported from a helicopter today that attacked 5 pouring out of a building. They all died.

[spectr17]

Sorry, where were we? I had to wipe the big drool puddle up.

[merrin]

Jane Skinner

[Vol2727]

Can't remember her name, but Shep sure flirts with her when she is on during his show.

I missed it but I'll bet it's Jane Skinner. He always goes on and on and on about her cooking brownies or something.

[Green]

Yep...that's her.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

I'd share a foxhole w/Ollie any time. (^;

[Vol2727]

LOL, you beat me by one minute. Yeah, it's Jane Skinner alright. The flirting gave it away.

[spectr17]

173rd airborne troops taking a break after insertion into N. Iraq.