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Title: 3rd Marines is moving in
Post by: davidpt40 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.
Title: 3rd Marines is moving in
Post by: Saurdaukar on March 20, 2003, 10:27:26 AM
Nothing on CNN yet... link?
Title: 3rd Marines is moving in
Post by: davidpt40 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".
Title: 3rd Marines is moving in
Post by: Dowding on March 20, 2003, 10:42:24 AM
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?). Bound to see some tank-to-tank action shortly. Cross your fingers.


Got your kleenex at the ready?

"Let's go diddly their skulls!"
Title: 3rd Marines is moving in
Post by: davidpt40 on March 20, 2003, 10:43:34 AM
I meant cross your fingers as in 'wish our troops good luck'.
Title: 3rd Marines is moving in
Post by: Hangtime on March 20, 2003, 10:44:38 AM
i hope our boys all come home safe...
Title: 3rd Marines is moving in
Post by: Dowding on March 20, 2003, 10:47:38 AM
Fair enough. I just don't like to see voyeurism when people are about to die.
Title: 3rd Marines is moving in
Post by: Toad 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?
Title: 3rd Marines is moving in
Post by: davidpt40 on March 20, 2003, 11:01:31 AM
Marines have started M109 Paladin artillery barage.  On FOX news now.
Title: 3rd Marines is moving in
Post by: Martlet 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.
Title: 3rd Marines is moving in
Post by: davidpt40 on March 20, 2003, 11:03:57 AM
1st Marine Unit taking artillery fire now.
Title: 3rd Marines is moving in
Post by: -dead- 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".


A timely reminder for all glued to their sets:
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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.

Journalists reporting from either side who use the god-awful and creepy phrase "officials say" without naming, quite specifically, who these often lying "officials" are.
Robert Fisk (http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/media/story.jsp?story=371412)
Title: 3rd Marines is moving in
Post by: Saurdaukar 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.
Title: 3rd Marines is moving in
Post by: davidpt40 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?
Title: 3rd Marines is moving in
Post by: Ripsnort on March 20, 2003, 11:11:06 AM
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Originally posted by Toad
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.
Title: 3rd Marines is moving in
Post by: Dowding on March 20, 2003, 01:02:12 PM
Do kindly diddly off, Ripsnort. I paid my own way through college and have the debts to prove it. I've had a job for three years since graduating.

Silver spooned? Bwahahahaha. I'm from Sheffield - steel city of England and lived in Barnsley - built on one of biggest coalfields in Britain. My father worked at a coking plant, my uncles worked down the pit.

Silver spooned? Oh my god, that is good. No, it really is.

Toad - I seemed to remember this guy asking for combat footage and starting several threads of that ilk. I assumed this was another one. Ever made any mistakes yourself?
Title: 3rd Marines is moving in
Post by: funkedup on March 20, 2003, 01:08:05 PM
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Originally posted by davidpt40
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?


No
3rd Infantry Division is Army
3rd Marine Regiment is USMC, part of 3rd Marine Division.
Title: 3rd Marines is moving in
Post by: funkedup on March 20, 2003, 01:10:34 PM
Enough with the personal attacks PLEASE
Title: 3rd Marines is moving in
Post by: Kanth on March 20, 2003, 01:11:33 PM
david last night they said that the US was striking south of Iraq

(I'm sure they meant south of baghdad)

so don't take anything too literally, those folks are a bit exciteable.

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Originally posted by davidpt40
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?
Title: 3rd Marines is moving in
Post by: Dnil on March 20, 2003, 03:06:05 PM
actually its the 3rd light armored recon battalion, part of 1st marine regiment.  They are a Lav-25 group.


go to http://www.globalsecurity.org for the current order of battle.
Title: 3rd Marines is moving in
Post by: Eaglecz on March 20, 2003, 03:44:06 PM
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Originally posted by Hangtime
i hope our boys all come home safe...


umm hope is useless in this matter

actualy did american goverment say how many bags they did order ?
Title: 3rd Marines is moving in
Post by: Wlfgng on March 20, 2003, 03:46:34 PM
enough to bag all the iraqi solders
Title: 3rd Marines is moving in
Post by: Eaglecz on March 20, 2003, 03:47:41 PM
anyway keep up good work.. at least i dont have to hang around all those news servers filled with adver.
Title: 3rd Marines is moving in
Post by: Hangtime on March 20, 2003, 05:31:34 PM
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actualy did american goverment say how many bags they did order ?


not to worry. we'll have enough for you too.