23-03-2003 00:29									#361
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quote: Originally posted by GRU ... Any number would be just a rumor now. Iraqis are retreating, you can not count precisely...

The Americans should be able to do a very accurate count of the bodies they recovered after moving into captured positions. But of course they can't know how many who have been killed by air raids deep behind the Iraqi lines.

	23-03-2003 00:30									#362
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Interfax Russian news agency:

Deputy Foreign Ministry of Republic of Georgia said his country can not fuflil the request of United States to expel the Iraqi diplomatic personnel from the country. After detailed investigation, Georgia found they do not have the diplomatic relations with Iraq, so far, there is no Iraqi diplomatic personnel in Georgia.
:-)

OK, Yankees, now it's your time. See you!

	23-03-2003 00:38									#363
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20.29 GMT+1 Saddam appears on Iraqi TV. Expresses satisfaction with the performance of his troops so far.

Source TT -> Aftonbladet (link in Swedish)

http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/teleg...8535___,00.html

	23-03-2003 00:50									#364
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3ID engaged Lead elements of an Iraqi Republican Gaurd Division on the western banks of the tigris this morning according to FoxNews report on the front.


About 100 RG forces of the hammurabi opened fire on 3ID columns. The action was played live on Fox news with an "Embedded reporter" via Videophone. Iraqi positions were pounded into oblivion 2 US troops reported injured by Fox Reporter. Dozens of Prisoners taken, about 100 Iraqi's dead. 3ID is moving again.


*confirmed by Fox Videophone, but not on the wires*

	23-03-2003 00:51									#365
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quote: Originally posted by GRU http://www.strana.ru/news/174830.html (Russian link) Basra is still under control of Iraqis. Invaders captured just an airport of Basra.

GRU, are the Russians reporting from the Iraqi side of the line or just reporting Iraqi press releases?

	23-03-2003 00:53									#366
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2 Humvee's ambushed. 4 Marines dead (CNN) in Basrah. Iraqi attackers used RPG's and Grenades and fled after the ambush.

	23-03-2003 00:56									#367
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Peter Arnette (MSNBC)

Iraqi air defenses are re-shifting there batteries and moving them from Downtown and North of the city to the southern part of Baghdad.

	23-03-2003 00:57									#368
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Fox confirmed w/ pentagon: 4 Marines are NOT dead, but slightly wounded.

	23-03-2003 00:58									#369
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Does anyone have a link to a site listing what Allied units are involved? The CNN site lists a number of units, like the 1st Armored Division and 1st Cav, that we have not heard from in the current reporting.

Also, American reporters talks about the 3rd Division that is sweeping up the left bank of the Euphrates. However, the Brit Def. Minister said the unit was the US 5th Corps. A Corps implies two or three divisions. Could this mean that the two armored divisions are with the 3rd Inf. but no one can report on them?

Also, what is the makeup of the Marines on the right flank? One report said they were 50 thousand strong! That seems to imply that the bulk of the Marine Corp is involved.

	23-03-2003 00:59									#370
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latercera.cl : American & British forces at 15km to 20km south Basora (Basra). The city is still under iraqi control.

	23-03-2003 01:01									#371
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Hi Ned

The 3rd Infantry Division, 101 Airborne, elements of the 81st AB, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force.

Also British have the Desert Rats brigade and Royal Marines involved

	23-03-2003 01:03									#372
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UC-TV correspondants (16:10 Chile/20:10GMT): Baghdad sirens on. Near air strike over the capital city of Iraq.

	23-03-2003 01:08									#373
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Pentagon officials confirm 2 Iraqi Republican gaurd divisions still recieving some orders. Oil Slicks are confirmed lit.

	23-03-2003 01:25									#374
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Air Raid sirens again. No AAA response.

	23-03-2003 01:28									#375
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Pentagon: Iraqi RG Divisions around Baghdad are being pounded by Precison and Carpet Bombing.


http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast...main/index.html

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	23-03-2003 01:32									#376
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Pentagon: Basra not secured, but 3/4 surrounded. 11th Iraqi infantry division and the 6th Mechanized division are still inside and part of the Iraqi III corps. Negotiations continue for there surrender. But some fighting reported.

The 51st Division was part of the 3 Corps

story http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,81851,00.html

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	23-03-2003 01:54									#377
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Just another reminder folks...

This thread is for legitimate news stories ONLY...
Please provide a source, link, or text of story...

This thread isn't for rumors or commentary...

	23-03-2003 01:55									#378
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Roger....ill edit and post links

www.foxnews.com

	23-03-2003 02:18									#379
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Live briefing from pentagon says that Coalition forces will not assault Basra, but contain the Iraqi't there until they surrender.

Also: http://apnews.excite.com/article/20.../D7PUCJMG0.html

	23-03-2003 03:12									#380
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I don't have a link, but if I heard last night that the French would not release to the US and the UK money in French banks that are the proceeds of selling Iraqi Oil that is earmarked for the Oil-for-food program.

They also said they would veto any UN resolution that would permit the US and the UK to administer Iraq either during or after the war.

Any links would be appreciated.

	23-03-2003 03:27									#381
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,81847,00.html

	23-03-2003 03:28									#382
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21:37 (+1:00GMT)A large explosion plunged part of Baghdad in the darkness
www.tf1.fr/news

	23-03-2003 03:36									#383
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yeah I've heard that they are opposed to the US and Britain administering Iraq. HOW MANY DIFFERENT WAYS DO THEY WANT IT? If we're going to do the ditry work, France certainly isn't going to get a say in a post-war Iraq.

	23-03-2003 03:37									#384
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[All times GMT and approximate]

Saturday 22 March



1520: US troops largely secure the town of Nasiriya, with only a few pockets of resistance remaining, the BBC's Gavin Hewitt reports.


1500: President Bush says the US will accept "no outcome except victory", but he acknowledges the campaign "could be longer and more difficult than some have predicted."

1430: Three journalists with UK commercial TV network ITN are reported missing in southern Iraq after coming under fire on their way to Basra.

1415: An Australian journalist is reported to have been killed and several other people injured in a suspected car bombing near the village of Khurmal in Kurdish-held northern Iraq.



1820: Iraqi state television shows President Saddam Hussein chairing meetings with top government officials and expressing satisfaction at the performance of the Iraqi army.

1735: Iraq appeals to the United Nations to condemn US-led invasion. In a statement to the UN Security Council, Iraq says the invasion is a threat to world's peace.

1725: The Pentagon abandons plans for sending its 4th Infantry Division through Turkey into northern Iraq. The troops will now be sent through the Suez Canal.



2200: Iraqi TV reports fighting with US troops near the town of Najaf, 160 kilometres south of Baghdad. The TV said the local leader of the ruling Ba'ath Party was killed in the fighting

	23-03-2003 03:46									#385
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quote: Originally posted by Ned Any links would be appreciated.

Le Monde http://www.lemonde.fr/article/0,598...313899-,00.html (link on french).

	23-03-2003 03:47									#386
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Here a translation from the link above
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France will not accept a resolution tending to legitimate the military intervention and to give the American belligerents and English the capacities of administration of Iraq ". The president of the Republic say with firmness the "fastest possible return to the international legality" of which, it added, "we are, alas, left, with a war not approved by the Security Council".

	23-03-2003 04:24									#387
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1) US forces in Kuwait have been attacked in their camp. Intruder(s) threw grenades into their tents. Unknown casualties. (from CNN this hour)

This is what it will be like for US forces after tha war

[edit] latest: 10 injured.

2) The Coalition has abandoned plans to capture Basra; choosing instead to surround it. (from BBC World this hour)

This is important because the reason given is that civilian casualties will be too high as the Iraqi defenders are willing to defend it to the last. If this goes for all the strategically important cities (Basra, Tikrit, Baghdad) then sooner or later the coalition will be forced to storm a city to win the war. I suspect this is how the Iraqis think they can force a compromise (although it probably won't work it is their best shot).

	23-03-2003 04:41									#388
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00:43(+1:00GMT) Des bombardiers B-52 ont décollé de la base britannique de Fairford
00:43(+1:00GMT) B-52 Bombers took off of the British base of Fairford (Reuters)
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00:40 Selon l'armée américaine, l'attaque à la grenade contre ses troupes cantonnées au Koweit ont fait dix blessés

00:40(+1:00GMT) According to the American army, the attack with the grenade against its troops confined in Kuwait made ten wounded
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www.tf1.fr/news

	23-03-2003 04:44									#389
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Last Updated: Saturday, 22 March, 2003, 16:04 GMT

Exodus in northern Iraq

UNOHCI said many people were fleeing into nearby villages
Up to 500,000 people in northern Iraq have fled their homes ahead of the US-led invasion - and the movement is continuing, a UN aid agency has said.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2875843.stm
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	23-03-2003 04:54									#390
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Re the "shock and awe campaign"...

The ferocious onslaught left Saddam’s Republican palace, symbol of his iron grip on the country since 1979, in flames. One Iraqi man, who gave his name as Tashin, described the high-tech onslaught: "We saw a missile come in from the right, stop in mid-air, rotate 180 degrees and then slam into a building. A few minutes later we saw one come from the other direction and do the same thing."

http://www.arabnews.com/Article.asp?ID=24099