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Offline davidpt40

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« on: March 20, 2003, 10:23:28 AM »
3rd Marines is rolling towards it objective (baghdad?).  Bound to see some tank-to-tank action shortly.  Cross your fingers.
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« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2003, 10:27:26 AM »
Nothing on CNN yet... link?
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« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2003, 10:32:56 AM »
Fox News.  The correspondent with the 3rd marines was talking, there was a bunch of screaming in the background, and he said "I gotta go, were moving out".
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« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2003, 10:42:24 AM »
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?). Bound to see some tank-to-tank action shortly. Cross your fingers.


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« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2003, 10:43:34 AM »
I meant cross your fingers as in 'wish our troops good luck'.
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« Reply #5 on: March 20, 2003, 10:44:38 AM »
i hope our boys all come home safe...
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« Reply #6 on: March 20, 2003, 10:47:38 AM »
Fair enough. I just don't like to see voyeurism when people are about to die.
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« Reply #7 on: March 20, 2003, 10:57:48 AM »
Funny, it struck me instantly as best wishes for the troops and minimal loss of life/damage for both sides.

I think we're ALL hoping the Iraqi's will not fight for Saddam. It may be a forlorn hope, but it is certainly my hope.

Dowding, you immediately took it the other way, eh?
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« Reply #8 on: March 20, 2003, 11:01:31 AM »
Marines have started M109 Paladin artillery barage.  On FOX news now.
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« Reply #9 on: March 20, 2003, 11:03:19 AM »
I think Fox coverage is much better than CNN, and they seem to get information faster and more accurately.
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« Reply #10 on: March 20, 2003, 11:03:57 AM »
1st Marine Unit taking artillery fire now.
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« Reply #11 on: March 20, 2003, 11:07:03 AM »
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Originally posted by davidpt40
Fox News.  The correspondent with the 3rd marines was talking, there was a bunch of screaming in the background, and he said "I gotta go, were moving out".


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So here's a thumbnail list of how to watch out for mendacity and propaganda on your screen once Gulf War Two (or Three if you include the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq conflict) begins. You should suspect the following:

Reporters who wear items of American or British military costume – helmets, camouflage jackets, weapons, etc.

Reporters who say "we" when they are referring to the US or British military unit in which they are "embedded".

Those who use the words "collateral damage" instead of "dead civilians".

Those who commence answering questions with the words: "Well, of course, because of military security I can't divulge..." Those who, reporting from the Iraqi side, insist on referring to the Iraqi population as "his" (ie Saddam's) people.

Journalists in Baghdad who refer to "what the Americans describe as Saddam Hussein's human rights abuses" – rather than the plain and simple torture we all know Saddam practices.

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« Reply #12 on: March 20, 2003, 11:07:15 AM »
Is there a link I can get a Fox radio/TV stream from?

Dowding, stop insulting others by assuming they want to see blood.
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Offline davidpt40

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« Reply #13 on: March 20, 2003, 11:10:31 AM »
Getting confused here.  Sometimes the woman on FOX news refers to a unit as 3rd Infantry (which I assume is ARMY), but then she refers to it as 3rd Marines.  Are these the same things?
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« Reply #14 on: March 20, 2003, 11:11:06 AM »
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Funny, it struck me instantly as best wishes for the troops and minimal loss of life/damage for both sides.

I think we're ALL hoping the Iraqi's will not fight for Saddam. It may be a forlorn hope, but it is certainly my hope.

Dowding, you immediately took it the other way, eh?


Silver-spooned upbringing most likely...hows college Dowding? Be thankful its paid for, some of us had to pay for our own, son.
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