***Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - Day 14 - LIVE THREAD***

[commish]

A small bit of OO-RAH to start the day :

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- Air Force members from the 621st Air Mobility Group Tanker Airlift Control Element pose in front of a makeshift sign at a forward-deployed location in southern Iraq on March 28. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo) HIGH RES VERSION

[steveegg]

Thanks.

[johnb838]

Unfreakinbelievable. I got to get off of here or I'll never get to work. Later!

[Timeout]

We don't know if they'll be dropped on civilians or the RG.

Not really? He didn't really say THAT did he?

[LBGA]

Thanks all of you for your thanks. I'll pass them on to my son before he leaves this evening.

Please ping me if something big happens.

[Daniel Ramsey]

FOX is saying a "new" bomb is being used, a CBU 105? here is some info about what I have found on it.


http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/dumb/cbu-87.htm

[Sacajaweau]

Chem/Bio is scary for both sides. Do the Iraqis risk it backlashing on their troops or an accident causing THEM significant losses??

[Cboldt]

Reuters (among others) - U.S., Turkey agree on supplies for N.Iraq troops

Heheh, on your "day late, dollar short." Turkey is important, for many reasons. We sure don't want Turkey joining hands with France in the EU, plus all the "powder keg" issues around Turkey, all around Turkey.

[Mo1]

http://www.ejsmithweb.com/fr/ALLMEDIA.htm

http://cgi.cbs.com/video/video.pl?url=/broadcast/\*/livenews.rm

http://www.msnbc.com/m/lv/

[TomGuy]

Wonder if they will name the hiway-converted-to-airstrip outside Bagdad as Rummey Field or Franks Field?

[steveegg]

BUFFs taking off. And what does Sky Guy at the desk say? It's carrying bombs. We don't know if they'll be dropped on civilians or the RG.

Guess he needs a "reminder".

[Carolina]

He didn't really say THAT did he?

Oh, yeah. Yesterday, he kept on and on about the Wash Compost story about the checkpoint incident. Sky even animated it based on the article and kept playing, "You've just killed women and children," that was attributed to the officer on the scene.

So this is just the follow up of that same line. It makes me sick.

[Mo1]

I have the volume cranked all the way up and can hear it a little bit

the sound is not good today

[Cboldt]

Wonder if they will name the hiway-converted-to-airstrip outside Bagdad as Rummey Field or Franks Field?

Keeping with the spirit of this effort, the Iraqis should name it however they choose. That will be an interesting piece of fallout.

[Timeout]

Sound is good here. You might check your settings on your 'puter.

[Carolina]

I've turned up the sound up.

Sky showing MPs pounding Tony about post-war Iraq. How come America will run it? Boo hoo.

[GreyWolf]

Well, they haven't been able to blow the oil fields or the dams. Or shoot scuds at Israel. Maybe they won't be able to launch the chem bio either. Saddam may not have trusted the fedayeen with the NBC stuff.

If we are within 18 miles (as reported by FNC) aren't we inside the radius where if they use NBC they would themselves be within the kill zone. Within the red zone I would think that there is an inner yellow or green zone where release would be suicidal to the Iraqis. Of course, we are not dealing with rational people here.

[Timeout]

I'm on CBS...just realized you're on MSNBC. Good sound over here.

[Carolina]

I've turned up the sound up.

Sigh! Need more coffee. I'm just so mad at these mediots.

[Mo1]

Sound is good here. You might check your settings on your 'puter.

Duh ... oh yea I'm awake .. sure .. Where is the heck is the other pot of coffee .. LOL

Thanks .. it worked .. I can hear the cars now