***Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - Day 21 - LIVE THREAD***

Multiple ^ | April 9, 2003 | Various

[Timesink]

A distinction should be made between those journalists who chose to 'embed' with the military under Pentagon authority, and those who are 'wild cards' hanging out at the hotel.

Even the embeds are on their own. The DoD rules make it very clear that no soldier is to lift a finger to save a reporter if there's a battle going on, and each embed had to sign their life away to be placed with a unit in the first place.

[Tree of Liberty]

Fox - Rick Levanthal's back on

[Tree of Liberty]

Fox - Rick on video phone. Marines dismantling a AAA gun. At least 6 AAA guns around him. Wants the enemy to engage them so fire can be returned. Iraqis running house to house to avoid detection.

[Slip18]

Seamole, these are tunnels you can walk through only if you know the right people. It is totally underground. There are miles and miles of tunnels.

I don't really know for sure, but I think they were built prior to WWII. I've never seen a book on it.

I remember being in Prescott, AZ, years ago, and they also had tunnels underground. They had a reason, though, and that was because the Chinese launderers used them to pick up and deliver laundry.

Tunnels have always interested me. Why are they used?

[fellowpatriot]

Just what in the he!! are they gonna talk about?

They need to get their talking points in order.

[Timesink]

Why are American armed forces referring to everything in kilometers?

[Fracas]

I know. My point was that the reporters with the military are 'official', and the ones in the Palestine Hotel are not.

The press will not get sympathy from the public, that's for sure. Frankly, I'd like to see Tommy Franks bring those guys at Qatar to the Palestine Hotel. LOL.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Anyone hear the story about Basra earlier? It seems they had water 90% restored to the city and some boneheads in the 10% got impatient, broke a main to get to the water wiping out most of the system . They now have a major outage again.

[Tree of Liberty]

An anchor on Fox last night that there was a subway planned for Baghdad during the mid-80's, but it never got completed, and that's where alot of the connecting tunnels come in.

[Tree of Liberty]

I'm guessing because of NATO

[Consort]

Because they are all in the same klick?

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

The metric system is an easier and more accurate system to use in land navigation.

[fellowpatriot]

It's part of the deal we had to make to get Tony on board. LOL

[Fracas]

Chuck Nash just talked about that. Did you hear him say it went past the railway station out into the suburbs...and to the restaurant that was hit yesterday?

[Tree of Liberty]

Anyone else think it's pretty dumb of Rick to not be wearing cammo? He really sticks out in that group by wearing a tan helmet and blue shirt and vest.

[bornintexas]

"Getting their talking points in order"

I think that Blair is pushing Bush on their UN involvement. I hope that Bush doesn't fall for it after the war, I'm afraid that it would hurt him at home.

[Tree of Liberty]

No, I wasn't paying attention. It must have been him that talked about it yesterday.

[SendShaqtoIraq]

"For all the gals out there here is a link to that picture turned around.
Here"

It looks like a picture of a paper sack. What's it supposed to be?

[thedugal]

why do I hear children on the Bagcam. Human shields? grrrr.. I hate Baathists.....