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

*** Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - Day 16 - Live Thread ***
Multiple ^ | April 4th 2003 | Various

Posted on 04/03/2003 9:00:37 PM PST by 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.

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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, Ragtime Cowgirl for her Exclusive Live Transcription Service (tm), the AdminMods for their tolerance, mhking for the video links, and, of course,...

TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iraq; iraqifreedom; live; situationroom; war

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To: Tree of Liberty

5-7 miles Id estimate

3,921 posted on 04/04/2003 8:55:43 PM PST by ztiworoh

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To: Capitalism2003

That blog is just like Aaron Brown tonight (or any night).

3,922 posted on 04/04/2003 8:55:46 PM PST by Socratic (A little questioning couldn't hurt.)

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To: Timeout

"we keep seeing the tanks with at least one man up top outside the hatch. Does he stay up there, even in battle? I always thought they all hunched down inside.

Yes, and no.

See, it's very hard to see clearly looking out through the reflector/periscopes that ring each hatch. yes, you can see, but not real weel. Side vision is gone, the "big picture" is gone. (Imagine trying to drive if you could see, but only through a rolled up cardboard tube.) The image viwers (TV/low-light TV/infrared) are better,but they too aren't as clear as sticking your head out. Against tanks. It's not much more dangerous - since their shells are so large the tank blast protection is only good against the specific point that the shell hits (assuming a sabot type penetrating round.) Against a HEAT round, the closed hatch would protect you much better. Against infantry? YOU GOT TO BE BUTTONED UP. Else a grenade or machine gun can get you. That's why tanks work with friendly infantry against enemy infantry. The friendly troops keep the enemy troops far enough away that the tank is protected. In turn, the tank kills enough enemy infantry far enough away that friendly infantry can stay safe(r).

3,923 posted on 04/04/2003 8:55:49 PM PST by Robert A Cook PE (ABBCNNBCBS (continue to) Lie!)

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To: Tree of Liberty

Some dude on Leno is eating a jar of mayonnaise with an ice cream scooper. Ach! 7000 Calories!

3,924 posted on 04/04/2003 8:56:17 PM PST by Petronski (I'm not always cranky.)

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To: CurlyBill