*** 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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[ztiworoh]

Look on FNC, our men inside the city, civilians casually walking by

[Fledermaus]

She's so uncouth, she'll probably come on and apologize and explain why it was a bad choice of words and make it worse.

[johnnyd]

LOL!!!

[Fledermaus]

CBS cam finally off night vision...I can see the giant twinkie!

[ztiworoh]

Giant Twinkie??? Nadler's on the Bag Cam??

[BagCamAddict]

Re: Saddam's video walkabout vs. the arrested white-haired scientist:

After pausing it and looking at him compared to the photo, I'm not so sure it's him. Same color hair and mustache, BUT, the guy on the still photo has a pretty thick receding hairline. This guy in the rally has a buzzcut, but I'm not seeing a bad receding hairline.

... if that video walkabout was shot in 1991, then he might not have had a receeding hairline at that time. 12 years does a lot to a man's hairline!

[Fledermaus]

He'd look more like that mosque on viagra

[umbagi]

So? Post 'em anyway...

JenniferTheBreathlesslyBabblingBeachBlondeBabe is utterly impossible to catch with her mouth closed and her eyes open; they're mutually-exclusive conditions for her.

Anyway, here's one blowing Dog a kiss:

P.S.: I'll leave the rest here, for a while...

[Otta B Sleepin]

I don't think it will be long at all before we see them in action.

I've always had the feeling the 4th ID would be on the move sooner than anyone expected. I'll bet it's been driving them crazy to be stuck in travel mode while the fight to free Iraq goes on without them.

[Fledermaus]

the eyebrows on the guy walking around BAG were larger and fluffier than the one reading in the studio

[knak]

what happened in baghdad? I had to leave for a bit. Is that smoke?

[finnman69]

CNN: Centcom reporting 2 marines killed in Cobra Helicopter Crach

[SoldiersGirl]

Shep is feeling frisky tonight

"Greg Kelly's in Baghdad, Did you hear that Greta?? We haven't had(sometging) in BAG since 1941, and no bells whistles or alarms from the AP"

[Mo1]

Greg Kelly says they are in Bagdad, deserted, no resistance.

None? .. where are they?

[ztiworoh]

Yeah he sounded...excited

[Timeout]

I have a feeling we're gonna be up late tonight...watchin' the cam waitin' for the parade to roll by!

[section9]

I get it.

Saddam has his sights on the Prestige target. He's lost his International Airport. Named after him. Think how that makes him feel relative to other Arab leaders. They get to keep their international airports, their Roman Tubs, their bought and paid for intellectuals, their gutter press, and their Executive Chef kitchens with the Viking Stainless Steel 48" Professional Cooktop.

Saddam is pissed! Hell, not even Ronald McDonald got treated this bad...

Okay, well, maybe Saddam gets a little bit more respect.

Anyhoo, Saddam really wants the airport back. He wants a battlefield success to wave in the face of the rest of the Arabs. So he doesn't give a flying rat's fingernail about Saddam City. They're all Shi'as anyway. Let the Americans deal with them.

Methinks Saddam's attention is fixed on the damn airport. That's why were moving in so fast.

Be Seeing You,

Chris

[TomGuy]

Shep is passionate, easily excited....I like him.

[honeygrl]

"Shep is feeling frisky tonight "

Thank god it's finally Shep back on the air.. he's such a cutie that I don't mind watching him report even when there's nothing new being reported.

[Allan]

Here is an amusing little tid-bit I just picked up from WABC.

Why are the US forces allowing the Iraqi Minister of Information
to continue broadcasting his propaganda?

Because after his ministry was bombed
he moved to the El Rashid hotel
where all the western journalists are staying.

Thus the western journalists inadvertently are acting as human shields.