[Cboldt]

Event and Link Collection : April 8, 2003

• The U.S. may have gotten Saddam and his sons! (MSNBC) <-- Link
• Al Jazeera Baghdad hit <-- Link
  Al Jazeera reporter dies of injuries <-- Link
• Ministry of Information hit <-- Link
• Coalition tank fires one round at at "journalists' hotel" <-- Link
  A coalition tank fired on the 16th floor of the Palestine Hotel, apparently believing that a sniper had been firing from the top of the building. injured.

  Sky News version of Palestine Hotel hit <-- Link

• NY Time Summary of Events of April 7 & 8 <-- Link
  Reuters summary as of 9 AM (Baghdad) <-- Link
• Marine helicopters rescue 2 U.S. soldiers lost in the desert for 7 days <-- Link
• David Bloom consulted doctors 3 days before he died <-- Link
• A-10 hit by hostile missile near Baghdad, pilot ejected and okay <-- Link
• US Marines (I MEF) secure Rashid Airfield (3 miles SE of Baghdad Center) <-- Link
  Fighting related to securing Rashid Airport <-- Link
• Bush and Blair make statement after their meeting <-- Link
  Text of Bush and Blair statement <-- Link
  Bush Meets With Blair to discuss postwar Iraq <-- Link
• Small entry of coalition forces into Baghdad from the north
• AP reporter asks when we'll stop the looting. War must be over!
• British Telegraph reporter asks why the coalition doesn't research the number of civilian casulaties and spoon feed the information to the press (I ask why doesn't the press do it's own job)

Baghdad City Maps

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/baghdad_nima_2003.jpg <-- 1.6 Mb
http://www.stripes.com/02/dec02/baghdad.pdf <-- 440 Kb

Good Reads

Ralph Peters: Proof Positive
Mark Steyn : The butcher of Baghdad is out of tricks (Quagmire follow-up)
Coalition troops defy orders, give water to civilians

[BagCamAddict]

Al-Jazeera correspondent Majed Abdul-Hadi said ``astonishment, concern and fear'' were gripping journalists after al-Jazeera and Abu Dhabi offices were targeted.

Is this the same as SHOCK and AWE ??

[LouisianaJoanof Arc]

re# 2003 Thank you so much!!!!!

[epluribus_2]

Arab press questions Iraq post-war unity
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/888020/posts

My thought for the day from a thread noone might read:

A postwar, unified Iraq may not be all that different than a postwar, unified United States with cultures as different as East Coast Uppities, Left Coast Loonies, Midwest Flatlanders, Bible Belt Folk, Cajuns, Texans, S.W. Americanos, Southern Hospitality Folk, Hillbillys, Rappers, and Lake Wobegon Lutherans.

They can make it work if they stop acting like three year olds with RPGs.