***Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - Day 23 - LIVE THREAD***

Everywhere! | 11 APR 03 | An.American.Expatriate

[Timeout]

I'm sending an email to CBS telling them how much we have appreciated their webcam.

Thank you for providing the BagCam during Operation Iraqi Freedom. My friends and I at FreeRepublic.com watched it constantly.

We became fond of the man who tended the camera...we named him "Achmed", since he never said his name for us to hear. We would appreciate it if you could pass along to him our gratitude and admiration for the times he ignored potential danger and showed up to do his job.

Our hats are off to "Achmed" and his assistants for a job well done.

Why don't we all send one asking them to send along our regards to Achmed. Crobnson has sent one and gotten a reply. Let's make Achmed feel good, huh?

CBS News...go to the "feedback" button at bottom of page

(I'm holding off on mentioning Liz and Annie and Richard...don't want to detract from the Achmed message)

[BagCamAddict]

Is this old news?

You can view the "Most Wanted" deck of playing cards at the DOD website:

http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Apr2003/g030411-D-6570C.html

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Fox showing military complex in Baghdad (equivalent of our Pentagon) and their ministry of intelligence with and underground tunnel/space with endless (seemingly) file drawers of information on individuals in Iraq. Obviously saying these are files kept from spying on Iraqi citizens. But the complex is massive - one of the barracks having been struck by a Tomohawk missile. But, It is clear that this complex is quite critical and quite important and I hope we will do whatever it takes to be sure we get everything out of there we need for intelligence gathering, etc. Seems we need an army of translaters whom we can trust. (I am sure they are working on this). And fast.

[tentmaker]

"On the day Saddam Hussein falls, there will be dancing in the streets of Baghdad. The country will not implode. Military analysts will ponder a victory that was less costly than many projected."

Robert Zelnick 3/18/03

http://www-hoover.stanford.edu/pubaffairs/we/2002/zelnick_0302.html

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

See my new tag line. I cheered out loud, too. (^;

Another positive unintended consequence of this war:
Senate Panel Hears that Ignorance of U.S. History Poses Major Security Threat

[texasbluebell]

Great tag line! Love it!

[The Wizard]

To be Saddam and the virgins.... right?

[LPStar]

Seems we need an army of translaters whom we can trust. (I am sure they are working on this). And fast.

Maybe Freepers should take up Arabic for this purpose out of patriotic duty - seriously. I know it would take a while to get up to speed, but reading Arabic-language documents is going to be significant for the next several years or longer.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

WHAT DID CNN KNOW AND WHEN DID THEY KNOW IT!

 

Hugh Hewitt may be lurking...he just said this! LOL. Will Hillary stand up and wave the article around, shrilly comdemning CNN?

[ztiworoh]

I have a very close friend who's from Pakistan, he's lived here since he was 2, but he speaks Arabic fluently, he often has translated things for me from the news... comes in very handy

[BagCamAddict]

Seems we need an army of translaters whom we can trust. (I am sure they are working on this). And fast.

I'd guess that there are about 20 million liberated Iraqis who will volunteer for these jobs.

[cyncooper]

This chatter that Hussein was dead was asked about at the Pentagon briefing.

Rumsfeld deflected by saying he is not convinced either way and they hear chatter of both dea and alive...But the reporters must have sources saying the chatter leans heavily toward the one conclusion.

[retrokitten]

Anti-War Leaders Fear US Fast Food Threat to Iraq

These people kill me. I guess they would be happy if we were all wearing bustles and tri-corner hats, y'know to preserve "American culture".

[The Hon. Galahad Threepwood]

Mansoor Ijaz still thinks that there is probably weapons-grade plutonim at Tuwaitha.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Uzma Bashir is a millionairess

...and a wanker, absolutely!

Thanks for the heads up. Investigations into abettors will continue for decades. I wouldn't walk around in downtown if I were Dan or Kofi any time soon.

Good work, A.i.T.

[ztiworoh]

First they claim we're destroying the cultural art that is Saddam's memorials to himself, and now this

Have these people no shred of common sense???! How do they manage to inhabit the same world I do and succeed?

[ChadGore]

Re: What happened??
Someone set us up the bomb

[Miss Marple]

There is another thread currently going that says Putin has announced he would seriously consider forgiving all debts owed to Russia by Iraq. This, of course, puts Schroeder and Chirac in a terrible spot.

So, maybe Putin and Bush are playing a very deep diplomatic game. Forgiving the debt is pretty good, and Chirac will have a hard time, because he will look bad if he doesn't, and he will look bad if he does.

I am remembering that Russia opened that oil field and started shipping to us. Maybe our purchase of Russian oil will make up the difference over the long haul, and France will have it stuck to them once again.

It is something to think about, anyway.

On the other hand, Putin may be trying to save his relationship with the US and simply saying something to get back in our good graces, and I am indulging in wishful thinking.

We'll just have to wait and see.

O'Reilly hitting the New York Times headlines and is getting ready to show tapes of the most ridiculous pre-war predictions!!! Must-see TV!!

[The Hon. Galahad Threepwood]

Steve Harrigan's Fox News caravan got attacked in Baghdad. Lots of people were cheering them, and suddenly a bunch of young Iraqi males attacked their cars with blunt instruments. He doesn't really know why.

I figure they thought he was Robert Fisk.

[retrokitten]

O'Reilly hitting the New York Times headlines and is getting ready to show tapes of the most ridiculous pre-war predictions!!! Must-see TV!!

Thanks for the heads up!