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It's great to see you have something of your own to say. Doesn't matter that it makes little sense. It's your own.
And there was me thinking that you were looking for the starring role in the "Joe Dick Instant Link Show".
Not strictly news, but I just heard a military commentator say on Sky that the reason the soldiers can go up to 40 days without a bath is - baby wipes!
Sorry, double post! 
Off topic - look forward to that JessieD 
Take care flying over the battleground.
Take care flying over the battleground.At least 150 Iraqis killed in major battle near Baghdad
US forces are reported to be in a major land battle with Iraqi forces between the holy cities of Karbala and Najaf, 50 miles from Baghdad.
More than 150 Iraqis were killed when they launched an attack on US troops, the Pentagon said.
CNN reported from the Pentagon that the Iraqis, probably members of the Republican Guard's Medina Division, had suffered up to 500 casualties.
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_764584.html?menu=news.wariniraq
US forces are reported to be in a major land battle with Iraqi forces between the holy cities of Karbala and Najaf, 50 miles from Baghdad.
More than 150 Iraqis were killed when they launched an attack on US troops, the Pentagon said.
CNN reported from the Pentagon that the Iraqis, probably members of the Republican Guard's Medina Division, had suffered up to 500 casualties.
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_764584.html?menu=news.wariniraq
Further north, the Pentagon reports that a major battle has taken place between Karbala and Najaf, with between 150 and 300 Iraqi casualties.
A defence official said Iraqi ground forces had tried to hit US forces of the US Seventh Cavalry with rocket-propelled grenades.
A couple of pieces of US equipment were damaged but there are no reports of US casualties.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2886805.stm
A defence official said Iraqi ground forces had tried to hit US forces of the US Seventh Cavalry with rocket-propelled grenades.
A couple of pieces of US equipment were damaged but there are no reports of US casualties.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2886805.stm
DarthSydodyas
rusting
DS - looks like they could be right
Anti-war activists have, this morning, used their bodies to stop a
convoy carrying bombs as it was making its way from the bomb 'depot',
RAF Welford in Berkshire, to RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire.
1 Bombs stored at RAF Welford include the MK-80 series 'dumb bombs'.
These are free-fall, non-guided, general purpose 500-2000 pound bombs
used in bombing operations where maximum blast and explosive effects
are desired
Anti-war activists have, this morning, used their bodies to stop a
convoy carrying bombs as it was making its way from the bomb 'depot',
RAF Welford in Berkshire, to RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire.
1 Bombs stored at RAF Welford include the MK-80 series 'dumb bombs'.
These are free-fall, non-guided, general purpose 500-2000 pound bombs
used in bombing operations where maximum blast and explosive effects
are desired
Barking_Mad
Non sibi sed omnibus
BBC reports air raid hitting Baghdad market has caused lots of casualties.
Horrible as the news of civilian deaths in Baghdad is, there is another item of news today.
Humanitarian aid is being distributed in Safwan.
War is full of the most extreme contrasts.
Humanitarian aid is being distributed in Safwan.
War is full of the most extreme contrasts.
Catpain Choas
New Member
Limited humanitarian aid in Safwan is the term used!
Keep the images of the shredded bodies of the Iraqis out of news, keep the number of dead soldiers and their bodies littering the desert out of the news, while pumping out propaganda for the sake of the pampered western audience of the news reels of the cleanest war, with no casualties!
Basra has been under an artillery barrage now approaching 48 hours. No power, and limited water supplies, while the city is termed as a military target (means they can raze it to the ground now). However they are at pains to point out that humanitarian aid is being distributed (wonder how many bottles of water has been given out?)!!!!!!!!
Keep the images of the shredded bodies of the Iraqis out of news, keep the number of dead soldiers and their bodies littering the desert out of the news, while pumping out propaganda for the sake of the pampered western audience of the news reels of the cleanest war, with no casualties!
Basra has been under an artillery barrage now approaching 48 hours. No power, and limited water supplies, while the city is termed as a military target (means they can raze it to the ground now). However they are at pains to point out that humanitarian aid is being distributed (wonder how many bottles of water has been given out?)!!!!!!!!
consumer135
Member
Al-Jazeera TV says no signs of Basra uprising
KUWAIT, March 26 (Reuters) - Al-Jazeera television said on Wednesday there were no signs of unrest in the southern Iraqi city of Basra despite British reports that an uprising against President Saddam Hussein may have started there.
"The streets of Basra are very calm and there are no indications of violence or riots," Jazeera's Basra correspondent Mohammed al-Abdallah told the Qatar-based network.
"There are no signs of the reported uprising. All we can hear are distant explosions in the southeast, and we believe fighting is going on there."
Jazeera is one of few international networks with a correspondent in Basra, Iraq's second city where British forces on Tuesday attacked specific targets and captured a top official of Saddam's Baath party.
Later, British chief-of-staff Major General Peter Wall said there were indications a revolt might be underway in Basra, a Shi'ite Muslim stronghold.
Reports of unrest first came from British reporters near the city, but these were denied by Iraq's information minister.
KUWAIT, March 26 (Reuters) - Al-Jazeera television said on Wednesday there were no signs of unrest in the southern Iraqi city of Basra despite British reports that an uprising against President Saddam Hussein may have started there.
"The streets of Basra are very calm and there are no indications of violence or riots," Jazeera's Basra correspondent Mohammed al-Abdallah told the Qatar-based network.
"There are no signs of the reported uprising. All we can hear are distant explosions in the southeast, and we believe fighting is going on there."
Jazeera is one of few international networks with a correspondent in Basra, Iraq's second city where British forces on Tuesday attacked specific targets and captured a top official of Saddam's Baath party.
Later, British chief-of-staff Major General Peter Wall said there were indications a revolt might be underway in Basra, a Shi'ite Muslim stronghold.
Reports of unrest first came from British reporters near the city, but these were denied by Iraq's information minister.
consumer135
Member
..but
British forces at the gates of Basra engaged in fierce battles Tuesday with more than 1,000 Iraqi militia fighters in support of what the British said was a civilian uprising developing against Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in the key southern city. The streets of Basra were quiet Wednesday morning, and British forces were considering when and how to enter the city, British officials said.......An anti-Saddam resistance group based in Iran, the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, confirmed the revolt. “We confirm an uprising is taking place in Basra, but we cannot give more details for the time being,” said Mohamed Hadi Asadi, a spokesman for Shiite group.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/890574_asp.htm?0cv=NB10
who to believe who to believe?
British forces at the gates of Basra engaged in fierce battles Tuesday with more than 1,000 Iraqi militia fighters in support of what the British said was a civilian uprising developing against Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in the key southern city. The streets of Basra were quiet Wednesday morning, and British forces were considering when and how to enter the city, British officials said.......An anti-Saddam resistance group based in Iran, the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, confirmed the revolt. “We confirm an uprising is taking place in Basra, but we cannot give more details for the time being,” said Mohamed Hadi Asadi, a spokesman for Shiite group.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/890574_asp.htm?0cv=NB10
who to believe who to believe?
Kaka Tim
Half Arsed and Slapdash till I Die
The amount of aid that has gone in was described by a Channel 4 reporter as enough to support about 1000 people - for one day.
Basra alone has a population of 1.5 million.
The death toll in basra is likely to be in the thousands - a combined effect of bombing, lack of water and the likely lynchings by Shia militants of anyone remotely associated with the Ba'ath Party once the city is captured.
I fear that very soon the uk forces will attack the city in force - something they have been trying to avoid due to concern over suffering large numbers of casualties.
a bloody mess - and Baghdad will be even worse.
well done tony. well done george.
Basra alone has a population of 1.5 million.
The death toll in basra is likely to be in the thousands - a combined effect of bombing, lack of water and the likely lynchings by Shia militants of anyone remotely associated with the Ba'ath Party once the city is captured.
I fear that very soon the uk forces will attack the city in force - something they have been trying to avoid due to concern over suffering large numbers of casualties.
a bloody mess - and Baghdad will be even worse.
well done tony. well done george.
consumer135
Member
provocation
call me sick, I was anti war but actualy I want 'our' troops to stay in now not even if they take heavy casualities and inflict civilian deaths but rather especialy if they take heavy casualities. Why? so that we can lay the myth of a bloodless war finally to rest. So that we truely realise how we are lied to.
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori.
call me sick, I was anti war but actualy I want 'our' troops to stay in now not even if they take heavy casualities and inflict civilian deaths but rather especialy if they take heavy casualities. Why? so that we can lay the myth of a bloodless war finally to rest. So that we truely realise how we are lied to.
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori.
consumer135 mentions the supreme council for the islamic revolution.
I heard one of their guys on radio 4 this morning.
I cant help thinking they'll want a piece of any post Saddam Iraq pie if they assist in his downfall.
They are backed by Iran, an "axis of evil" country that already has militias moved into northen Iraq.
Are the US really counting on assistance from the kind of person who labels them "the great satan"?
This isnt to mention the complications of the Turks and the Kurds or the distinct possibility of a Shia / Sunni civil war.
What a sorry fucking mess, as predicted by just about everyone with a passing knowledge of the region.
Still, george and tony must know best.
I heard one of their guys on radio 4 this morning.
I cant help thinking they'll want a piece of any post Saddam Iraq pie if they assist in his downfall.
They are backed by Iran, an "axis of evil" country that already has militias moved into northen Iraq.
Are the US really counting on assistance from the kind of person who labels them "the great satan"?
This isnt to mention the complications of the Turks and the Kurds or the distinct possibility of a Shia / Sunni civil war.
What a sorry fucking mess, as predicted by just about everyone with a passing knowledge of the region.
Still, george and tony must know best.
Louloubelle
Well-Known Member
Bush is on TV now live from Florida on Sky News delivering a sickeningly smug speech (in reality just bigging up all the US generals and troops and lots of thanking 'Gard' and inane rhetoric), with hoardes of sycophantic Americans applauding and screaming approval at regular intervals. 
I feel sick. I want to turn if off, but feel that my suffering this spectacle is minimal compared to the amount of suffering this war has, and will, generate. 
Bush has just claimed that there are now 48 nations in the 'coalition'. didn't say who they are though
I feel sick. I want to turn if off, but feel that my suffering this spectacle is minimal compared to the amount of suffering this war has, and will, generate. Bush has just claimed that there are now 48 nations in the 'coalition'. didn't say who they are though
Miss Caphat
I want it that way
ignore this please.
70 to 120 Iraqi military vehicles have left Basra and are heading south. The allies are reporting "successfully" attacking them. No-one is sure what the Iraqi intentions are.
Edit: Just on BBC News
Edit: Just on BBC News
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