*** Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - Day 15 - Live Thread ***

Multiple ^ | April 3rd, 2003 | Various

[An.American.Expatriate]

In honor of our Freed and the men and women who risked thier lives to rescue her!

Freed POW PFC Jessica Lynch - Army Photo	Freed POW PFC Jessica Lynch - Private Photo

Welcome to the Situation Room 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.

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Please have mercy on us dial up limited FReepers! Limit the big graphics, post links instead. A brief description of what the graphic is would help: To all who helped this get started, thank you! Special thanks to null and void for keeping these threads running on the weekends, Mo1 for the screamer, the AdminMods for their tolerance, mhking for the video links, and, of course,...

[PrivateIdaho]

WHAT THE HECK IS THAT????

I'm seeing alot of bats flying around. Is it possible your connection is a little slower and you're seeing a bat-trail?

[Sacajaweau]

Awe......

[Air Force Born]

Oops, sorry that was Bryan24, wasn't it?

[Carolina]

There's no honorable reason for any responsible journalist to choose to trust Iraqi Info Min. over Pres. Bush and CENTCOM. None.

Beret Boy vs. Gen. Brooks.

[gop212]

Exactly. That's the only way to finish off an inside straight flush. The "thank you for playing" was a nice touch too.

[Lonely NY Conservative]

I know that this is nuts, but what seems to be showing up on the NTV BagCam look exactly like "Rods" - those weird UFO type things. At the risk of sounding looney, maybe they actually do exist and are recon drones.

[mhking]

look exactly like "Rods" - those weird UFO type things

A little too much Art Bell?

[AppyPappy]

They are bat and bug trails.

[Consort]

The Warriors would serve as an excellent military/foreign police paradigm for dealing with dictators and thugs.

[PrivateIdaho]

CNN: Iraqi leaders urging airport residents to charge the airport to confront coaltion forces

But the Iraqi info minister said we were no where near Baghdad...

[Lonely NY Conservative]

Too much coffee on my part, no doubt. Apologies.

[Krodg]

What cam are you watching?

[Carolina]

More insanity: Central students stage walkout (Greeley)

One kid duct taped her mouth a la Martin Sheen.

[Air Force Born]

probably an improvment

[DonnerT]

Here comes the Massacre!

We fell for the trap.

[allodialman]

I notice that the traffice is going very slow compared to earlier.

[ChewedGum]

Everyday, we end up at this discussion at some point. I think perspective has alot to do with it. I picture the thread as a bunch of people sitting in a room, watching the news on 60 stations and trying to keep each other informed on what we are seeing. There is a fair amount of breaking news reported as well as lots of individual analysis (some well thought out, and some pretty far out there).

With all these people in the room, there is going to be a little 'chit-chat' going on - especially when news is extremely slow (which it has been for the last two hours).

I realize that other people see this thread as a 'headline news' type of thread. When news breaks, the number of posts per minute goes WAY WAY up. (i.e. the much delayed press conference on Tuesday night) But the off-topic posts pretty much drop off completely (they go underground like Saddam).

Personally, I can't watch headline news because when news is slow, you get to watch the same thing over and over and over. We had the discussion on about day 5 about maybe doing 2 threads. I think we are too late for that (how many days are left?). Instead we just need to realize that different people have different ideas and expectations for this thread and act accordingly.

How? Chatty Posters: By thinking about what you are posting. If you are thinking of posting - consider how off topic it is and also what news is breaking. If you have a hunch your post is not relevant, then don't post it. News Dogs: If someone posts something you think is off-topic...then ignore it, forget it, and read on.

Gum

[gop212]

Does IRAN really want a piece too? Come on, fellas.

http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20030403-024040-6730r

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

U.S. Marines battle suicide attacks in Kut ^

KUT, Iraq (AP) - U.S. Marines battled suicide attacks and dueled at close range with grenade-throwing Republican Guard fighters and Baath Party irregulars Thursday in this city east of Baghdad, but many civilians waved white flags and welcomed the troops. Some townspeople said they were grateful for the U.S. challenge to a regime they say was going door to door and giving young men a sinister choice: fight or die. "God help us because Saddam Hussein is killing us," said Kasem Fasil, an old man with a solitary jagged tooth. "...

[PrivateIdaho]

What cam are you watching?

I'm watching both CBS and MSNBC2 - they both have the same night-vision view but CBS's is a sharper picture with better sound.