*** Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - Day 16 - Live Thread ***

Multiple ^ | April 4th 2003 | Various

[An.American.Expatriate]

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

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[Poser]

19 seconds on that one. 3.8 miles.

[TomGuy]

More huge blasts...

[Dog]

Explosions....again.

[Cboldt]

Has the II MEF vanished?

Still invisible to the west, by my reckoning. Could even be in Jordan. I've not tracked news of any elements of it being involved.

[Nam Vet]

That is fantastic Nully. 1000 lb. cement JDAMs. Weakest part of a tank (top). BOINK ! ! ! No mo' tank.

Nam Vet

[prairiebreeze]

Glows in the sky!!

[cibco]

"Yes ....its somewhere in theater is all CENTCOM will say..."

Will be interesting to see where they are when they "uncloak"...

[Jackie-O]

I love you..you make me smile with every post!
Tell your bride that Jackie-o says she is a lucky girl!
(WHO???)

[Consort]

All embedds have gone silent today..

They're in a dormant phase.

[ican'tbelieveit]

Didn't see flashes to go along with those booms.

[shezza]

Some of the talking heads mentioned that Saddam did these walkabouts fairly frequently during the 1991 bombings of Baghdad. He keeps boot polish on his hair to keep that virile he-man look (ha!), but I wonder if any of the others in the video can be matched to current photos/video to check their wrinkles/graying/weight/general appearances.

The "proof" that this tape was very recent was the smoke on the horizon from coalition bombing raids. But no bombed-out buildings were shown, even though that was the supposed purpose of the tour. And there was smoke a-risin' on the horizon during coalition bombing from January 1991 (and a walkabout in January would explain the heavy sweaters and leather jackets). So I'm wondering if perhaps this really is Saddam, but from Gulf War I.

[steveegg]

There goes the car alarm again.

[Dog]

Someone just opened up....

[TomGuy]

Loud booms....car alarm....large flash.

[chnsmok]

Holy cow!

[AppyPappy]

Huge explosion!

[retrokitten]

It's going on 5 am there now...

World Time Server.Com, Iraq

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Here

Cbolt: It's just you.

Me and Timeout.

(so there)

(^;

[Mrs.Liberty]

Heard a military analyst talk about this the other week. He was asked about the jury. Usually it is just a jury of officers, but the defendant can ask for a jury of his peers (enlisted). In the analyst's opinion, that would be a BAD idea, as the enlisted are known to take a harder line...are the "hanging" types, so to speak.

[commish]

WHOA that one was close.. set off someones car alarm