REAMOND
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posted on March 26, 2003 02:16:11 PM new
I thought this guy was in jail for trying to pick up a 14 year old over the internet ?
http://www.spacewar.com/2003/030326133943.wdmzmseg.html
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DeSquirrel
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posted on March 26, 2003 02:27:25 PM new
CNN is reporting that a 1000 vehicle convoy of Rep Guard troops is headed out of the Bagdad area toward our troops. This is a Godsend and will certainly produce a lot of pictures for some here to wring their hands about.
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REAMOND
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posted on March 26, 2003 02:29:48 PM new
I heard the same thing DeS.
I can not figure out why they would convoy anywhere. That plays into our hands big time.
It should be a Turkey Shoot.
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ebayauctionguy
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posted on March 26, 2003 02:52:42 PM new
I'm thinking the same thing. Sounds like the Iraqis are on a suicide attack.
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Linda_K
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posted on March 26, 2003 03:11:27 PM new
Really to Tony Blair's statement...about no more troops being sent? I heard this morning that we were going to send 60,000 more troops. hmmm...
I also heard that the stelth bombers left MO. this morning for a 7 hour flight to Iraq, bomb, then 7 hour return flight. Do we have no place for them to land? I know they can be refueled in the air...but it surprised me they'd be making a 'round trip' like that.
And could anyone please tell me if you've heard where in the world those 36 ships are currently? The one's that were docked near Turkey........
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trai
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posted on March 26, 2003 03:25:34 PM new
And could anyone please tell me if you've heard where in the world those 36 ships are currently? The one's that were docked near Turkey.
On their way but it will take up to four or more weeks for them to arrive.
CNN is reporting that a 1000 vehicle convoy of Rep Guard troops is headed out of the Bagdad area toward our troops.
last I heard was that this is just a false rumor.
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Linda_K
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posted on March 26, 2003 03:34:05 PM new
trai - Thanks.... four weeks huh? 
Rumor - I don't know if I should wish for it to be a rumor, or hope that it's true and they are heading south waiting for us to get them out in the open.
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mlecher
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posted on March 26, 2003 03:39:11 PM new
Looks like the News article has been taken down. It was because it was from some violent email attacks by that "reliable and impeccable" news source you Neo-conservative like to use, the WorldNetDaily.
Such a bunch of unbiased and even-tempered group aren't they? NOT!
"Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the citizenry into a patriotic fervor, for patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword. It both boldens the blood, just as it narrows the mind. And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the blood boils with hate and the mind has closed, the leader will have no need in seizing the rights of the citizenry. Rather, the citizenry, infused with fear and blinded by patriotism, will offer up all of their rights unto the leader and gladly so. How do I know? For this is what I have done. And I am Caesar."
- Julius Caesar
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neonmania
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posted on March 26, 2003 03:48:03 PM new
:: On their way but it will take up to four or more weeks for them to arrive. ::
Why 4 weeks? When the Nimitz left San Diego they were stating ix weeks for it to get to there. It doesn't seem like it should take 4 weeks from Turkey.
[ edited by neonmania on Mar 26, 2003 03:48 PM ]
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Linda_K
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posted on March 26, 2003 04:04:55 PM new
mlecher - CNN is Neo-conservative?
neonmania - I know....pisses me off so bad I could spit. [unlady-like behavior, I know] But those ships should have left Turkey's ports the instant the first vote was taken not allowing us to use the bases. I'm sure most here know what not having all those troops and equipment where it's needed NOW means. In four weeks this will either be over or we'll have taken a lot more casualities because of lower support.
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neonmania
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posted on March 26, 2003 04:29:42 PM new
Linda - I don't think it means quite as much as you are thinking because they would have been makina an assult from the north which would have had no eefect on the battles we have been involved in in outhern Iraq. I do think we should have left Turkey when the initial vote was held but in our arrogance we did not imagine that their democratic government would agree with the will of their people and not bend to our will. I think that that assumption is going to become very important in the future - our governemnt has to stop making assumptions that they can bend the will of other nations to theirs just because they want to.
At this point I'm more concerned with getting the carrier groups where they need to be because as the republican guard travels south to meet us halfway on our trek to Bagdahd, airal attacks will help tremdously in "thinning thee herd" and better the odds in our favor before the groups meet.
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REAMOND
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posted on March 26, 2003 04:32:41 PM new
The Iraqi armoured convoy will not need carrier aircraft to take them out, our forward based helicopters are what will be used, that is what they specialize in.
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neonmania
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posted on March 26, 2003 04:33:47 PM new
Question for those in the know - Can our planes already stationed out of Turkey take off in order to transfer to other bases or are they effectively hostaged by the decision?
[ edited by neonmania on Mar 26, 2003 04:34 PM ]
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neonmania
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posted on March 26, 2003 04:35:48 PM new
::The Iraqi armoured convoy will not need carrier aircraft to take them out, our forward based helicopters are what will be used, that is what they specialize in. ::
Well that's no fun - I want to see them being strafed 
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tomyou
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posted on March 26, 2003 04:45:16 PM new
They can do what they like, it would be a return trip that would cause the problems. About the 4 weeks. I would expect a military move in the north to secure a landing area and then the whatever essintial troops and heavy equipment needed can be air lifted in after a landing area is secured and also set up a northern front. Also the most "Hi-tech" of our companies is just now in the process of being deployed into Iraq. Do not be surprised if they are deployed on the northern front and you will see heavy media coverage on it so the the Iraqis will also see the coverage and be forced to make another move. The key is to checkmate them without having to lay siege on the inner city. You will also soon see the begining of attack on MRL's that are stationed in the civilian areas. This is what would most likley be used to launch the chemcial warheads and simply can not be left untargeted no matter where they are.
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bear1949
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posted on March 26, 2003 04:57:39 PM new
Neon....
Well that's no fun - I want to see them being strafed
We have A10's based in Kuwait that will do most of the strafing.. The sandstorms will delay the Apaches too much.
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REAMOND
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posted on March 26, 2003 05:01:16 PM new
We also have captured 2 Iraqi airbases west of Baghdad. I haven't heard if the bases are operational yet.
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ebayauctionguy
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posted on March 26, 2003 05:47:16 PM new
I don't know what the Iraqis are thinking. Whatever manages to get past our A-10's, artillery and Apaches, our M-1's and anti-tank missiles (on Bradleys) will finish up. The republican guard would be much more dangerous to us holed up in Baghdad.
I guess they are taking a beating from the air in their defensive positions and they decided that they better use 'em while they still got 'em.
Or maybe they're getting very confident. But I predict that republican guard unit will not exist a week from now.
That Ritter guy thinks we're going to lose? If the Iraqi's want a war of attrition, it's not going too well for them. The last reports I read was over 1,000 Iraqi soldiers dead and 4,000 POW's.
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profe51
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posted on March 26, 2003 08:22:35 PM new
newsflash...there is no Convoy. Interesting thing happens when you click on the link. Here's what you get:
This article has been removed after a series of violent email attacks against our company. These all appear to have originated from a right wing news site known as WorldNetDaily.com.My media company has no opinion one way or the other on this issue and merely reports the news from a very broad base of sources so people can make their own decisions on what they think.To attack news organizations for publishing information the reader might not agree with flys in the face of everything that this war is supposed to be about.When we publish a report from a DoD spokesman we are not attacked on mass by opponents of the war, but the minute we publish something that is not favourable to those supporting the war we are subjected to vicious attacks questioning our loyalty.
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Linda_K
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posted on March 27, 2003 07:19:12 AM new
US PLANES DECIMATE IRAQI CONVOY
NEAR NAJAF, Iraq, March 27 — American warplanes, including two B-52 bombers, decimated a large Iraqi column that was trying to use the cover of darkness and a sandstorm early Thursday to attack the U.S. Third Infantry Division about 80 miles south of Baghdad, U.S. commanders said.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/891508.asp?pne=msntv
One convoy that's no longer a threat.
[ edited by Linda_K on Mar 27, 2003 07:20 AM ]
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REAMOND
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posted on March 27, 2003 09:50:56 AM new
Apparently the precision bombing in the cities is working. Another convoy tried to leave Basrah and the Brits destroyed it.
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