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***Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - Day 11 - LIVE THREAD***
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| 30 Mar 2003
| An.American.Expatriate
Posted on 03/29/2003 9:01:35 PM PST by null and void
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:
To all who helped this get started, thank you!
Special thanks to An.American.Expatriate for staring the daily threads, Mo1 for the screamer, the AdminMods for their tolerance, mhking for the video links, and, of course, Belly Girl...
TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: freedom; iraq; iraqifreedom; war
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To: vapatriot98
Have you heard anywhere that our SF are:
using civilians as human shields
and strafing them if they try to flee
Kidnapping children to coerce parents to cooperate
poisoning the local water supply to reduce resistance
taking up positions in hospitals, private homes and schools
faking surrenders so they can shoot their "captors"
...did I miss anything?
Attacking the enemy command and control is a legitimate war aim. Using civilian populations to do so is terrorism.
Does that help clarify things for you?
721
posted on
03/30/2003 5:24:42 AM PST
by
Timeout
(...an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm--GWB inaugural address)
To: nicmarlo
Do these people have a sign in sheet at the border or something? All homicide bombers wanna-bes please sign in here. Have a nice day!
To: Green
you can't get rid of Julian, he never stops...... he just won't go away
723
posted on
03/30/2003 5:25:38 AM PST
by
The Wizard
(Saddamocrats are enemies of America)
To: The Wizard
724
posted on
03/30/2003 5:26:29 AM PST
by
mhking
To: vapatriot98
next time our SF goes in on a mission we should tell them to take off their local clothing and wear their uniforms instead..We don't want to be called terrorist I see others have taken you to task for this, but let me add that our SF troops work directly against political/military targets, and do not "engage" civilians. Terrorists do the opposite.
It appears to me that you are inclined to draw false moral equivalences.
725
posted on
03/30/2003 5:27:07 AM PST
by
Cboldt
To: AFPhys
LOL! I have to focus..stay away from FR 'til the briefing ends. YOU can sub for me anytime...interpret
and correct. Thank you!
I thought this morn was a change in daylight savings time. 6 am...not gonna make it. (^:
726
posted on
03/30/2003 5:27:10 AM PST
by
Ragtime Cowgirl
("Our troops are performing as we expected - magnificently. The outcome is not in doubt." Gen. Franks)
To: mhking
Tony Snow will have an entire half hour on Fox News Sunday with Rummy today.
To: null and void
Reporter --not sure what network, due to pool feed, but showing up on MSNBC webcam---getting ready to report. Said he was uncomfortable standing there due to planes flying overhead. Could be interesting report:
mms://lv-msnbc.msnbc.com/msnbc2
FYI
728
posted on
03/30/2003 5:27:44 AM PST
by
TomGuy
To: Right_in_Virginia
how about a different show...I have to mute his voice......
729
posted on
03/30/2003 5:28:02 AM PST
by
The Wizard
(Saddamocrats are enemies of America)
To: mhking
I pinned this guy down earlier, he claimed to be S.F. but after a few volies he shut up. His S.O.D. is 3/11/03.
He changed his tone when I pointed out some inside things about S.F.
To: glock rocks
Howdy, fella. Beautiful morning here.
731
posted on
03/30/2003 5:28:40 AM PST
by
B4Ranch
(Keep America safe! Thank the troops for our freedom.)
To: TomGuy
CNN has on a "sleep deprivation" expert.
He looks like he's been up all night Freepin'.
732
posted on
03/30/2003 5:28:55 AM PST
by
Timeout
(...an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm--GWB inaugural address)
To: Right_in_Virginia
I thought the question to Brigadier General Vince Brooks this week and who does the briefing to be both condescending and patronizing. The dweeb was talking to a GENERAL, for pete's sake, not some buck private or 1st Looie. I thought Vince handled the question well, but it was insulting.
733
posted on
03/30/2003 5:29:32 AM PST
by
Catspaw
To: Timeout; mhking
I've pinged several ex-specops guys to his disgusting comment.
734
posted on
03/30/2003 5:29:36 AM PST
by
Vigilantcitizen
(Godspeed Ronald Young. Douglas county is praying for you to make it home.)
To: mhking
735
posted on
03/30/2003 5:29:43 AM PST
by
Quilla
To: mewzilla
Do these people have a sign in sheet at the border or something? Wouldn't that be nice if it were the case? I honestly wondered myself, "now, how do they know who of the thousands of people going into Iraq is a suicide bomber?"
To: PSYCHO-FREEP
He changed his tone when I pointed out some inside things about S.F.LOL - Most newbies that spout off don't realize the caliber and quality of folk who inhabit FR. Although we're armchair reporters/generals, for the most part, we do what we're talking about (and many of us have personal experience/knowledge too)....
737
posted on
03/30/2003 5:30:52 AM PST
by
mhking
To: B4Ranch; glock rocks
. Beautiful morning here. NOT HERE! It's SNOWING again.......aaaaaaaaaaaaaargh.
To: viligantcitizen
I do have a question regarding his remarks. SF often wear civilian clothes for clandestine operations. If I'm not mistaken that is allowed under the conventions of war as long as they're not targeting civies. Right?
739
posted on
03/30/2003 5:32:12 AM PST
by
Timeout
(...an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm--GWB inaugural address)
To: abnegation
"I'm
deeply
saddened"
740
posted on
03/30/2003 5:32:52 AM PST
by
ChadGore
(288,007,154 Americans did not protest the war today)
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