***Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - Day 11 - LIVE THREAD***

Everywhere! | 30 Mar 2003 | An.American.Expatriate

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Good Morning.

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[Poser]

At last! Now, all I need for a complete collection is post 4000.

[Green]

You got it!

[Poser]

I'm afraid I won't get 4000 today. Unless something exciting happens, we won't pass 3000.

[Cboldt]

The "Sitmap" has changed, but it appears to be an older one, not a newer one.

Sit Map 281222Z, as of moment of posting

[Sacajaweau]

The markets, this incident....Saddam getting rid of evidence and a few folks AND using it as propaganda (USA killing innocents).

Keep thinking about the picture of NYC and the twin towers on the wall in one of the marketplace stores. Terrorist cells?? If Saddam kills them, they can't talk.

[Daniel Ramsey]

On the FOX Bagcam it looks like the target had a sizable fuel supply, oil, diesel or natural gas, its burning big time!

[txradioguy]

Just had my own moment of "shock and awe" listening to the little reporter babe on ABC's "This Week" wanting to know why "Saddams atrocities haven't be doccumented more and reported on more than they have? Why haven't people been outraged at what he's done to bring us to this point?" The answers to that are so numerous it's not even funny. But go ahead gamg....insert your answer here ______________

[Thinkin]

The use of the term "Raghead" as a generic name for all Arabs is not acceptable and does not promote what America stands for in this conflict. How about..."there is some GUY standing in front of the cam...There is some GUY talking near the cam. Just a little common sense.

[oceanview]

what is this fire burning? it looks like it has some "fuel" behind it, a natural gas line? ammo dump? any thoughts, it doesn't look like your run of the mill fire after a bomb drop.

[pitinkie]

CLOUDA!!!!!!!!!!

[thedugal]

Yes thats true. Differentiation is going to be the hardest part of the war and post-war. The thing that bothers me the most is what to do with the Islaminazis once we have routed the Baathists. For now, I think we need to kill the thugs. Saddam's government is a criminal enterprise and his enforcers, whether they wear uniforms or not, are thugs.

[CasearianDaoist]

Actually the bio/chem suits were originally intended for eastern Europel that is why almost all of the NBC detechtion units in theater are from Europe, and Eastern Europe in particular. Make perfect sense. It goes to show how ignorant the pressers are. DO they imagine that we will issue chem suits in every pattern to every unit.

[Green]

Hard to tell from the darkness but it looks like black smoke..and lots of it!

[glock rocks]

that baby milk blowed up real good.

[oceanview]

this fire is being fed from something, maybe a gasoline line, but it is not spreading.

[Cboldt]

Just had my own moment of "shock and awe" listening to the little reporter babe on ABC's "This Week" wanting to know why "Saddams atrocities haven't be doccumented more

It's just idle babble on her part. The media has no intention of applying honest self-examination to their shortcomings and biases.

[dalereed]

How about "brains in diapers"!

[Jorge]

what is this fire burning? it looks like it has some "fuel" behind it, a natural gas line? ammo dump? any thoughts, it doesn't look like your run of the mill fire after a bomb drop.

It's not going out...clearly something is feeding the fire.

[txradioguy]

Could have hit an ammo supply bunker. That would give you a nice big fire.

[Green]

Well I submit that it has been reported and documented for many years. Unfort., our press and many other countries chose to ignore it. Even leading up to this war when the administration made painstaking efforts to talk about it at every opportunity, our press chose to still ignore it. Apparently, she has had her head buried in the sand along with the lot of them.