27-03-2003 03:58									#241
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What is your source or links BoshKo??
Send us links or source.. otherwise this gonna be a discussion thread...

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	27-03-2003 04:19									#242
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Moscow accuses Washington of destroying Iraq
" As Russia and other numerous countries had envisaged it, the war directly touched the Iraqi civil population and the infrastructures. The ceaseless bombardments cause more and more victims and destroy residential buildingsships ", clarified the Russian ministry.
" They say that the Iraqi people are oppressed by a tyrant, that these people must be freed and that the democracy must be installed in Iraq. Look now how they want to reach this purpose: by usingthe most powerful weapons of the history ", Igor Ivanov in front of the Russian Parliament beat
Here is some days, the United States had accused the Russian companies of having violated the embargo on the deliveries of weapons in Iraq by supplying to Saddam Hussein's regime of the military material, going of missiles antitanks to glasses of night-vision, by way of devices of blocking of satellite signals
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http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/

	27-03-2003 11:25									#243
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30,000 more troops to be sent to the Gulf:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/articl...-625152,00.html

	27-03-2003 12:20									#244
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Urgent news coming from www.irakwar.ru

Today morning American aircrafts have attacked a G.I. unit near En-Nasiriya being fooled by Iraqi commandoes. Numerous coalition rescue choopers are coming to the place.

EDIT: Aha, I see the following news item from BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/mi...ast/2890523.stm
Twenty US Marines are injured when Iraqi forces launch rocket attacks on their positions south of Nasiriya. US forces respond with a heavy air bombardment

P.S. Most probably, it is different view of the same accident.

EDIT: Al-Jazeera confirms the frinedly-fire accident. Coaltiion casualty toll is measured in tens.

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	27-03-2003 12:24									#245
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the Leader sh'iite oppositions has denied messages of the western MASS-MEDIA on the revolt which has ostensibly occurred in Basra against the Baghdad mode
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http://www1.iraqwar.ru/
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	27-03-2003 12:28									#246
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the CHAPTER IRAQ the Ministry of Foreign Affairs HAS DENIED STATEMENTS of USA About DELIVERIES of the RUSSIAN MILITARY ENGINEERING To IRAQ (translated from russian)
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http://www.itar-tass.com/

	27-03-2003 13:28									#247
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Reuters news....


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QUOTES
U.S. defence official on paratroop landing: "This is the
beginning of the northern front"
Iraqi statement on resistance: "The coming days will be more difficult and harsher on them (U.S.-led forces). By God they have no way out of this deadly trap except to admit defeat and flee."
Rumsfeld: "We are increasing the number of forces in the country every day. We're increasing them in the north, we're increasing them in the south and we're increasing them in the west."

CASUALTIES
* U.S.: 22 killed, two missing
* UK: 20 killed, two missing
* Iraqi military - no reliable figures
* Iraqi civilians (Iraqi estimates) - At least 175 killed

MILITARY ACTION

BAGHDAD: More huge explosions rock the centre of Baghdad overnight after a day of heavy air raids aimed primarily at the outskirts of the Iraqi capital.
Western aircraft attacked nine Iraqi missile launch sites
but it was not known if any of the weapons struck a busy street where at least 15 civilians were killed.

SOUTHERN IRAQ:
Britain says destroyed much of Iraqi column south of Basra.
U.S. troops fought a fierce battle with Iraqi forces for
control of a bridge over the Euphrates river close to Najaf.
U.S. Marines fought bloody skirmishes as their surge north towards Baghdad came under sporadic Iraqi attack. U.S. artillery fired back, allowing the Marines to get through Shatra after a two-hour delay and reach Qal'at Sukkar, about 100 km (60 miles) north of Nassiriya.

NORTHERN IRAQ: Around 1,000 U.S. troops parachuted into Kurdish-controlled north, taking an airfield without resistance. U.S. warplanes pounded Iraqi positions overlooking Chamchamal.

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sadly all this is not yet finished....

	27-03-2003 13:32									#248
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Messer Niccolò,

Correction for casualties:
Confirmed coalition death toll is equal to 47.
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/ir...ces/casualties/

Details of confirmed UK only casualties are here
http://www.operations.mod.uk/telic/casualties.htm

Note that official data about coalition casualties are very confusing. Read the following lines from CENTCOM's latest briefing and make your conclusion.'

http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/...ts/20030326.htm

"GEN. BROOKS: As a matter of practice, we just aren't going to announce numbers of casualties. I can tell you, any losses we've had have been very, very small."

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	27-03-2003 13:43									#249
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37 marines wounded by friendly fire - 6 vehicles destroyed

Friendly Fire (in Italian)

	27-03-2003 13:47									#250
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www.aeronautics.ru/news/news002/news079.htm

It is difficult not to not to notice the extremely overstretched frontline of the coalition. This frontline is stretching toward Baghdad through An-Najaf and Karabela and its right flank goes all the way along the Euphrates and is completely exposed. All main supply and communication lines of the coalition are going through unprotected desert. Already the supply routes are stretching for more than 350 kilometers and are used to deliver 800 tonnes of fuel and up to 1,000 tonnes of ammunition, food and other supplies daily to the advancing forces.

If the Iraqis deliver a decisive strike at the base of this front, the coalition will find itself in a very difficult situation, with its main forces, cutoff from the resupply units, losing their combat readiness and mobility and falling an easy pray to the Iraqis.

It is possible that the Americans are relying on the power of their aviation that should prevent any such developments. It is also possible that this kind of self confidence may be very dangerous.

Massive numbers of disabled combat vehicles and other equipment becomes a strategic problem for the coalition. Already, radio intercepts indicate, all available repair units have been deployed to the front. Over 60% of all available spare parts have been already used and emergency additional supplies are being requested.

The sand is literally "eating up" the equipment. Sand has a particularly serious effect on electronics and transmissions of combat vehicles. Already more than 40 tanks and up to 69 armored personnel carriers have been disabled due to damaged engines; more than 150 armored vehicles have lost the use of their heat-seeking targeting sights and night vision equipment. Fine dust gets into all openings and clogs up all moving parts.

The coalition command has effectively acknowledged its defeat in the information war with the strikes against the television center in Baghdad and now further strikes should be expected against television and ground satellite transmitters. The coalition is attempting to leave the Iraqis without information in order to demoralize them.

The extreme length of the resupply routes and the actions of the Iraqi reconnaissance units have created a new problem: the coalition command is forced to admit that it has no information about the conditions on the roads. Currently, as intercepted radio communications show, the coalition command is trying to establish the whereabouts of more than 500 of its troops that fell behind their units, departed with resupply convoys or were carrying out individual assignments. So far it was not possible to establish how many of these troops are dead, captured or have successfully reached other units.

	27-03-2003 14:26									#251
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Mar...3_bt158-03.html

DOD ANNOUNCES STATUS OF 507TH SOLDIERS
The Department of Defense announced today the status of 507th Ordnance Maintenance Company soldiers who were ambushed March 23 by enemy forces in Iraq.

2 dead
8 DUSTWUN
5 PoW

	27-03-2003 15:03									#252
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Russian State RTR TV:

37 wounded coalition troops are transported in Spain in mitary hospital. TV says that another 34 wounded troops are in Germany now. Totally, the known number of wounded, who has been evacuated in Europe, is equal to 71.

	27-03-2003 15:14									#253
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Summary of Iraqi claims done by Russian mass-media:

1) Iraq denied some of coalition PoWs have been executed.
2) Today more coalition PoWs and kiled servicemen would be shown in Iraqi TV.
3) Iraqi and Red Cross experts repaired partially water supply in Basra up to 50%.
4) 36 civialians dead last night in Baghdad due to coalition bombs. Total civilian casulty toll is equal to 350 dead and near 4000 injured.

	27-03-2003 18:14									#254
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http://www.kommersant.ru/lenta.html?id=64475
(in Russian)

Coalition commandoes confused Iraq and Iran.
March 27, a group of commandoes has been paradroped mistakenly to swamps of southern Iranian province Khozeestan. Both of sides, commandoes and citizen of small Iranian town Dorug, have been very surprized when see each other.

P.S. Shall I remind that at the beginning of war China has sent the exact address of their embassy in Baghdad to USA? :-)

	27-03-2003 18:44									#255
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Several Russian sources:

Red Cross is officially replied to request sent by Russian side that neither US nor UK delivered to them the exact information about the number of Iraqi PoWs. Besides, representatives of Red Cross are still not allowed to see these prisonners.

	27-03-2003 19:17									#256
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One day after hundreds of Slovenians hit the streets to protest the inclusion of their nation in Tuesday's U.S. war budget, Prime Minister Anton Rop said Washington goofed.

"When we asked for an explanation, the State Department told us we were named in the document by mistake as we are not a member of the coalition against Iraq," Rop told a hastily arranged news conference.

Slovenia was one of the states named in the $75 billion U.S. war budget which must be approved by Congress and includes grants to partners in the U.S.-led military action. Slovenia was slated to get $4.5 million from the budget, which Rop said will not be forthcoming.

"We are a part of no such coalition. We are a part of a coalition for peace," Rop said.

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	27-03-2003 19:41									#257
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Uncensored War News From The Russian GRU
Mar 26, 2003
Source: Russian GRU
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March 26, 2003, 1230hrs MSK (GMT +3), Moscow - As of the morning March 26 fierce battles have resumed in Iraq along the entire front. As was previously expected the sand storm has halted the advance of the coalition forces. Additionally, the coalition troops were in serious need of rest, resupply and reinforcement.
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http://www.jihadunspun.net/intheatr...list=/home.php&

	27-03-2003 20:28									#258
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Two Iraqi convoys decimated. The first one at times about 12 miles long near Najaf. Described as a "suicide mission". Some Iraqis were wearing US-style uniforms.

http://msnbc.com/news/891508_asp.htm

The column trying to break out from Basra was first attacked from the air, dispersed, and then was eliminated by British tanks in the largest Britihs tank engagement since WWII. Also described as a suicide mission.

http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100...ll&siteid=50082

	27-03-2003 21:43									#259
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On CNN, reporting from the Pentagon, US has issued deployment orders for an additonal 100,000 ground troops. The additional units include the 1st Armor, 1st Cav and two armored regiments. I also assume that it includes the 4th ID.

	27-03-2003 22:03									#260
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100,000?

It seems like they're expecting plenty of resistance even after the occupation is over.

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The Kurdish Radio says that the Iraqi army retreated from Kirkuk.

	27-03-2003 22:07									#261
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Eli, I suggest the reason is that they now expect to actually have to "take" the cities.

	27-03-2003 22:46									#262
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Big Red One (1st Infantry Division) is deploying in the North of Iraq:

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

	27-03-2003 23:45									#263
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Al-Jazeera has shown some new destroyed coalition equipment. Among them:
1 Apache chopper,
1 Predator UAV,
some armoured vehicles

They say this equipment was destroyed near Najaf in counter-attack of Iraqis. Coalition troops were defeated and caused to retreat in that counter-attack. No word said about Apache crew fate.

P.S. Drone of such type is definitely new loss. Regarding Apache, I personally have just stills, not film itself, and I can not recognize if it is the same Apache, which was downed several days ago or it is a new one. Any info would be welcome.

	27-03-2003 23:52									#264
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Was it in a grassy field? If so it may have been the same one...

	28-03-2003 00:06									#265
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DarthVeda ,

It was. The problem is the first one was downed in similar area. I know the S/N for first, but I can not see it for second.

Sorry I can not post a link to photos 'cause I am not sure that site will not add pictures of dead servicemen.

EDIT:
Now it is clear that war-picture sites are distributing the photoes of the same Apache, which was downed several days ago!

So, any news that the second Apache has downed shall be considered as a rumour only until either US military will confirm the second loss or some new photoes would be distributed.

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	28-03-2003 00:37									#266
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According to BBC World TV news, the US General in charge of the 5th Corps, William Wallace (sic!), has said that the Iraqis don't fight like the ones they wargamed. He also said that the advance isn't going as expected. This is in stark contrast to the Generals we see at the press briefings.

	28-03-2003 00:42									#267
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According to the Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dy...-2003Mar26.html), it was French-manufactured Coronet missiles that destroyed the 2 Abrams tanks yesterday. The same article also says that 30 Apache Longbows were "badly damaged" in the "hornet's nest" they stubled into when attacking the Republican Guard. Quote:

quote: In attacking a formation of about 40 Apache Longbows on Monday, the Iraqis staged a classic helicopter ambush first perfected by the North Vietnamese in the 1960s. As the lethal, tank-killing aircraft approached on a mission to destroy the Medina Division's dispersed armor, troops dispersed throughout a palm-lined residential area and opened fire with antiaircraft guns, rocket-propelled grenades and a wall of fire from rifles and other small arms. While the Longbow is equipped with a $3 million millimeter-wave radar that can target tanks and air defenses on the battlefield from five miles away, the $25 million aircraft is most vulnerable to troops who pop out from behind an obstruction as the helicopter is flying low overhead and open fire. The Iraqi fire was so intense that the Apaches had to break off their mission and return to base. With about 30 helicopters heavily damaged, only one went down in enemy territory. Its two-man crew was unharmed but was taken prisoner.

	28-03-2003 00:46									#268
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Hurricane, All of us would love to see that interview. Post a link ASAP.

	28-03-2003 00:59									#269
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Sorry, saw it on TV. They mentioned Washington Post had interviewed him, but I cant find it on their web page at least.

	28-03-2003 01:14									#270
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Ok found it. Here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dy...-2003Mar27.html

quote: "The enemy that we're fighting is different from the one we'd war gamed," U.S. Army Lt. Gen. William S. Wallace told Washington Post correspondent Rick Atkinson. Wallace is commander of the V Corps, which was tested by an Iraqi ground probe overnight. "We knew they were there -- the paramilitaries -- but we didn't know they'd fight like this," he said. Asked if this signaled a longer war than projected, he replied, "It's beginning to look that way."