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So, where are the Iraqi soldiers? - Lindy - 3/29/2003 6:50:17 PM
- Re: Will they gather their forces and come in behind to ambush us? - D. Spires - 3/29/2003 9:09:33 AM
  - Iraqi army - Tom Brosz - 3/29/2003 9:47:09 AM

SARS update - LJ - 3/29/2003 6:38:10 PM

A story - LJ - 3/29/2003 6:27:02 PM

an interesting read from the press of the 'evil ones' - Davin L. - 3/28/2003 5:09:00 PM
- "And now, who will help me eat this bread?" --Little Red Hen (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/28/2003 7:13:22 PM
  - You know, I cringe every time you use this analogy - alcaray - 3/28/2003 7:26:41 PM
    - You might be reading too much into it. - Tom Brosz - 3/28/2003 7:41:18 PM
      - Try "The Grasshopper and the Ant" - Mary Anne - 3/28/2003 9:51:09 AM
        
        Re: La cigale et la fourmi (Jean de la Fontaine) - Raoul - 3/28/2003 11:13:14 AM
        
        If I can believe my ancestors..... - R.L. - 3/29/2003 6:15:52 PM
        
        Re: Jean de la Fontaine - Mary Anne - 3/29/2003 1:40:22 PM
        
        Re: Jean de la Fontaine - Raoul - 3/29/2003 3:43:59 PM
        
        Do they even teach that fable in school anymore? - Lee - 3/28/2003 11:06:22 AM
        
        Purple Dinosaur Tells Ant & Grasshopper Story N/T (n/t) - Mark Eby - 3/28/2003 2:41:55 PM
        
        Re: Purple Dinosaur Tells Ant & Grasshopper Story N/T - Marcia - 3/29/2003 2:54:51 PM
        
        So he keeps fiddling around? :) nt (n/t) - R.L. - 3/29/2003 6:06:31 PM
        
        Howabout this version? - Davin L. - 3/28/2003 10:17:47 AM
        
        Re: Howabout this version? - Tom Brosz - 3/28/2003 12:05:22 PM
- The last two paragraphs tell the real story - Larry J - 3/28/2003 5:15:04 PM
  - Re: Reconstruction - Raoul - 3/28/2003 5:34:30 PM
  - Re: The last two paragraphs tell the real story - Davin L. - 3/28/2003 5:22:44 PM

Signs that Saddam's terror state is losing its grip on Iraqis - Matt Burley - 3/29/2003 3:36:14 PM
- Heh, heh. - Bowser - 3/29/2003 4:28:07 PM
  - Perfect Example Of The Denial Mentioned By The Exile - Mark Eby - 3/29/2003 5:41:01 PM

Rumsfeld news conference - Tom Brosz - 3/28/2003 6:50:31 PM
- Re: Wallace - Raoul - 3/28/2003 7:36:27 PM
  - Re: Wallace - gbaikie - 3/28/2003 1:57:27 PM
- I heard that one - FrankC - 3/28/2003 7:33:48 PM
  - Re: Dr Strangelove - Raoul - 3/28/2003 8:53:55 PM
    - Obviously Living Too Close To France - Mark Eby - 3/28/2003 2:30:51 PM
      - Re: IHT's publishing partnerships - Mary Anne - 3/28/2003 4:24:42 PM
        
        Re: IHT's publishing partnerships - Mark Eby - 3/28/2003 5:08:45 PM
        
        Re: No - Raoul - 3/29/2003 10:16:24 AM
        
        PS - Mark Eby - 3/29/2003 5:00:48 PM
        
        Re: PS - Raoul - 3/29/2003 12:10:53 PM
        
        Sure With Constant Surveillance By US and UK - Mark Eby - 3/29/2003 12:48:37 PM
        
        Re: Sure With Constant Surveillance By US and UK - gbaikie - 3/29/2003 1:56:31 PM
        
        It's called Being Prepared - Mark Eby - 3/29/2003 4:44:39 PM
  - Re: I heard that one - Tom Brosz - 3/28/2003 7:54:40 PM
  - I heard his remarks on Syria on NPR - Mary Anne - 3/28/2003 11:19:52 AM

Report: Rumseld Ignored Pentagon Advice on Iraq - Bowser - 3/29/2003 12:00:18 PM
- Try and get your stories straight - Tom Brosz - 3/29/2003 2:18:48 PM
  - Poor boy! - Bowser - 3/29/2003 4:17:20 PM
    - Re: Poor boy! - ebnelson - 3/29/2003 4:50:27 PM
  - LOL! Yes! Rumsfeld said... - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/29/2003 2:57:33 PM
    - YOu up for the job, Bowser? Bound to do a better job... n/t (n/t) - LJ - 3/29/2003 4:09:20 PM
- Re: Report: Rumseld Ignored Pentagon Advice on Iraq - Raoul - 3/29/2003 12:49:29 PM
  - If they used the term "Vietnamization", then they don't know what they were talking about. - Larry J - 3/29/2003 1:05:02 PM
- Re: Report: Rumseld Ignored Pentagon Advice on Iraq - p - 3/29/2003 12:33:31 PM
  - Re: Report: Rumseld Ignored Pentagon Advice on Iraq - LJ - 3/29/2003 4:17:42 PM
  - "Thank the gods for Rums. " - Buck Galaxy - 3/29/2003 3:28:41 PM
  - Is this the same Rumsfeld who is now threatening Syria and Iran with military action? n/t (n/t) - LJ - 3/29/2003 2:12:42 PM

Time to end the "embedment" experiment? - Tom Brosz - 3/28/2003 12:42:51 PM
- ALL I want to know is when the HELL did Geraldo.... - R.L. - 3/28/2003 6:24:40 PM
  - Brilliant war planning, Rob..... - davin l. - 3/29/2003 4:35:07 PM
- Reporters are trying to outdo eachother... - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/28/2003 1:09:36 PM
  - Agree with your heading, but not your interpretation... - Tom Brosz - 3/28/2003 1:16:44 PM
    - Well it depends who you listen to - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/28/2003 3:06:47 PM
    - Most Still Sound Better Than Those At Home - Mark Eby - 3/28/2003 2:10:10 PM
      - Re: Most Still Sound Better Than Those At Home - Larry J - 3/28/2003 2:21:11 PM
        
        Like "Does The Chinese Lettering Suggest Anything?" - Mark Eby - 3/28/2003 2:35:34 PM

Sanctions Should Have Been Given More Time - Mark Eby - 3/28/2003 2:33:19 PM
- Re: Sanctions Should Have Been Given More Time - Raoul - 3/29/2003 1:55:20 PM
  - Thanks For The Evidence Backing My Claim - Mark Eby - 3/29/2003 4:32:19 PM
- Mark, you miss........ - Lindy - 3/28/2003 4:50:20 PM

Yet another U.N. member does us a big #@$%& favor... - Tom Brosz - 3/28/2003 7:10:03 PM
- Uh that was Kuwait city, not Beirut - Buck Galaxy - 3/28/2003 7:23:21 PM
  - D'oh! Time for bed, I think. - Tom Brosz - 3/28/2003 7:47:12 PM
    - Isn't the Silkworm the same as the Exocet - FrankC - 3/29/2003 3:17:13 PM
      - Meant to be under Buck's (nt) (n/t) - FrankC - 3/29/2003 3:18:24 PM
    - Not ship-to-ship, ship to land. Go to bed pal :-) n/t (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 3/28/2003 7:55:41 PM

Jed Babbin - Tom Brosz - 3/29/2003 2:33:05 PM
- Sounds Kind Of Right Wing To Me - Mark Eby - 3/29/2003 3:17:24 PM

Friendly Exchange - No Fire - SDAi-Tech1 - 3/29/2003 2:19:17 PM
- Re: Friendly Exchange - No Fire - Tom Brosz - 3/29/2003 2:29:10 PM

CNN Reports Iraqis Doubt & Distrust US - Mark Eby - 3/29/2003 1:27:44 PM
- The Iraqis' greatest fear - Matt Burley - 3/29/2003 2:16:36 PM
- Re: CNN Reports the Pope is Catholic n/t (n/t) - LJ - 3/29/2003 2:09:32 PM

Back in homeland - R Lannoy - 3/29/2003 1:32:55 PM

Sheryl Crow Unsuccessful; War On Iraq Begins - p - 3/29/2003 1:25:34 PM

Update on explosions at marketplace. Both of them. - Tom Brosz - 3/28/2003 7:26:45 PM
- True Believers. - Bowser - 3/28/2003 7:52:31 PM
  - Re: True Believers. - Tom Brosz - 3/28/2003 8:24:17 PM
  - Re: True Believers. - McFly - 3/28/2003 8:23:17 PM
- BDA - RobVG - 3/28/2003 7:49:15 PM
- Next thing you know - Davin L. - 3/28/2003 7:39:44 PM
  - Re: Next thing you know - Larry J - 3/28/2003 7:52:01 PM
    - Re: Next thing you know - Tom Brosz - 3/28/2003 8:26:17 PM
      - Re: Next thing you know - Larry J - 3/28/2003 8:32:35 PM
    - Re: Next thing you know - pwokenyaw - 3/28/2003 11:15:22 AM
  - Evidence - Tom Brosz - 3/28/2003 7:49:52 PM
    - Re: Evidence with a big fat ALSO - Davin L. - 3/28/2003 9:00:51 AM
      - Re: Evidence with a big fat ALSO - Tom Brosz - 3/28/2003 12:02:32 PM
- Questions about CPE - Robert - 3/28/2003 10:38:46 AM
  - Hard to say - Larry J - 3/28/2003 2:11:54 PM
    - Re: Discrepancy... - Tom Brosz - 3/28/2003 6:54:34 PM
    - CEP? CPE? Who's on first? - Robert - 3/28/2003 3:57:51 PM
      - CEP was the term I always saw in the Air Force - Larry J - 3/29/2003 11:34:33 AM
        
        CEP it is - Robert - 3/29/2003 12:03:24 PM
        
        Re: CEP it is - Larry J - 3/29/2003 12:58:58 PM
- I wonder if the marketplaces just so happened to be in Shite neigborhoods. - Scott - 3/28/2003 9:09:59 AM

laser guided munitions - R.L. - 3/28/2003 6:04:06 PM
- This may be OBE - Larry J - 3/29/2003 11:57:46 AM

Suicide bombers in Najaf - Raoul - 3/29/2003 11:34:46 AM

How many of you would go over and fight if you had the chance? - Jacob Samorodin - 3/28/2003 8:57:08 PM
- Without a seconds delay. n/t (n/t) - Justin Kelly - 3/28/2003 3:07:59 PM
- Re: How many of you would go over and fight if you had the chance? - Mark Eby - 3/28/2003 2:18:55 PM
  - Sons....... - Lindy - 3/28/2003 4:28:24 PM
- Me. n/t (n/t) - ebnelson - 3/28/2003 2:01:07 PM
  - So, when you signing up Dik-Ed? (n/t) - Lindy n/t - 3/28/2003 4:22:46 PM
    - Thats out of line Lindy n/t (n/t) - Justin Kelly - 3/28/2003 5:05:56 PM
- I would n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 3/28/2003 1:40:26 PM
- Re: How many of you would go over and fight if you had the chance? - Larry J - 3/28/2003 10:20:59 AM
- I'm to old and lazy to fight, but I am envious of the embedded reporters... - Scott - 3/28/2003 9:03:32 AM
  - Well, at least your awake. - Jacob Samorodin - 3/28/2003 9:17:56 AM
    - Re: Well, at least your awake. - McFly - 3/28/2003 10:00:12 AM
      - We loved receiving those - Justin Kelly - 3/28/2003 3:10:03 PM
        
        Thanks Justin - Lindy - 3/28/2003 4:37:44 PM

What are good news sources? - Gary - 3/27/2003 6:30:48 PM
- Google News - far and away the best. - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/28/2003 8:32:27 PM
  - Google news is good and recommended - Gary - 3/28/2003 4:37:43 PM
    - Some tips... - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/28/2003 9:33:51 AM
- Cable news - Tom Brosz - 3/28/2003 8:30:28 PM
  - C-SPAN - RobVG - 3/28/2003 5:17:24 PM
  - I really like Fox for most news, - Lee - 3/28/2003 9:53:07 AM
    - Re: I really like Fox for most news, - REB - 3/28/2003 1:18:16 PM
- command-post.org is the best n/t (n/t) - p - 3/28/2003 1:14:57 PM
- Sorry - Tony - 3/27/2003 7:38:59 PM
  - NPR is biased - Gary - 3/28/2003 3:57:08 PM
    - Your list of "acceptable" sources already shows your bias, so no point arguing n/t (n/t) - Tony - 3/28/2003 4:11:14 PM
      - Believing NPR to be acceptable also limits scope for argument. n/t (n/t) - Gary - 3/28/2003 4:42:05 PM
    - Re: NPR is biased - McFly - 3/28/2003 9:06:02 AM
- Re: What are good news sources? - Raoul Lannoy - 3/27/2003 6:41:19 PM
  - Re: What are good news sources? - Tom Brosz - 3/27/2003 6:58:25 PM

Anti-war teach in - p - 3/28/2003 7:45:16 PM
- Re: Anti-war teach in - Larry J - 3/28/2003 8:19:51 PM
  - Thanks N/T (n/t) - Mark Eby - 3/28/2003 2:20:47 PM
- Re: Anti-war teach in - ebnelson - 3/28/2003 2:00:33 PM
- "a million Mogadishus" - FrankC - 3/28/2003 11:26:16 AM

Evidence of POW's and their possible torture - Scott - 3/28/2003 2:46:42 PM
- Re: Evidence of POW's and their possible torture - Bowser - 3/28/2003 5:47:18 PM
  - Re: Evidence - Tom Brosz - 3/28/2003 7:33:39 PM
    - Lessee. - Bowser - 3/28/2003 7:42:41 PM
  - Would you care to post a link to document that the UN committed attrocities in Korea? - Scott - 3/28/2003 5:59:09 PM
    - It happened - FrankC - 3/28/2003 6:27:39 PM
      - I don't doubt that it happened, but he seemed to imply that it was an accepted policy. - Scott - 3/28/2003 9:06:31 AM
        
        accepted policy - FrankC - 3/28/2003 9:50:10 AM
- Not a problem, the NYTimes et. al. will absolve the Iraqis - p - 3/28/2003 3:40:55 PM
  - Unfortunatly I suppose he's right...Why does the intenational community even bother calling them war crimes? - Scott - 3/28/2003 3:58:13 PM
- Is dressing as an enemy soldier really a war crime? - Lee - 3/28/2003 11:20:49 AM

No Evidence Iraq Has Used Banned Weapons - Don - 3/27/2003 2:09:58 PM
- Reading between the lines - Gary - 3/27/2003 5:59:27 PM
  - We would love for Saddam to use chem weapons! - alcaray - 3/28/2003 7:32:11 PM
    - Chemical weapons are very nasty - Gary - 3/28/2003 6:41:49 PM
  - Re: Reading between the lines - Don - 3/28/2003 1:40:32 PM
    - Time will tell - Gary - 3/28/2003 4:07:07 PM
- Try Adding WMD To Title To Make Accurate - Mark Eby - 3/27/2003 3:16:08 PM
  - Re: WMD - Raoul Lannoy - 3/27/2003 6:49:05 PM
    - But quite a few were launched at Kuwait... - Larry J - 3/28/2003 3:43:36 PM
- Re: No Evidence Iraq Has Used Banned Weapons - ebnelson - 3/27/2003 2:47:19 PM
  - Re: No Evidence Iraq Has Used Banned Weapons - Don - 3/27/2003 3:26:03 PM
    - Re: No Evidence - Tom Brosz - 3/27/2003 6:23:28 PM
      - Re: No Evidence - Don - 3/28/2003 1:34:13 PM
        
        Look at a map. - Tom Brosz - 3/28/2003 12:14:02 PM
  - Re: No Evidence Iraq Has Used Banned Weapons - LJ - 3/27/2003 3:00:00 PM

Reports of Al Qaeda in Basra - RobVG - 3/28/2003 7:31:07 PM

no further evidence needed to conclude Bush, Rumsfeld screwed up. - Buck Galaxy - 3/27/2003 2:28:42 PM
- Recommended reading for some perspective - Larry J - 3/28/2003 7:29:12 PM
- That's just not true. - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/28/2003 9:26:07 AM
- Re: no further evidence - Tom Brosz - 3/27/2003 6:21:22 PM
  - The 4th was already expected to go - Buck Galaxy - 3/27/2003 7:04:42 PM
  - The 4th could have just taken a shortcut through Syria.(n/t) (n/t) - RobVG - 3/27/2003 6:34:37 PM
- Re: no further evidence needed to conclude Bush, Rumsfeld screwed up. - Marcia - 3/27/2003 3:52:37 PM
- To early to make judgements - Don - 3/27/2003 3:35:03 PM
  - Re: To early to make judgements - Buck Galaxy - 3/27/2003 4:04:28 PM
    - Psy Ops - Don - 3/27/2003 4:24:04 PM
      - I respectfully disagree - Buck Galaxy - 3/27/2003 4:29:31 PM
        
        re: - Justin Kelly - 3/27/2003 6:16:44 PM
        
        "I would wager other elements of armor werer to be sent as well, but I guess it was not publicized so I didn't hear of it. " - Buck Galaxy - 3/27/2003 7:09:54 PM
        
        Your limited military knowlege is playing like a broken record - Justin Kelly - 3/28/2003 12:00:00 PM
        
        Your inability to accept the obvious is clear - Buck Galaxy - 3/28/2003 3:56:06 PM
        
        Re: I respectfully disagree - gbaikie - 3/27/2003 5:54:14 PM
        
        Not logical - Buck Galaxy - 3/27/2003 6:08:13 PM
        
        Not true - Justin Kelly - 3/27/2003 6:22:09 PM
        
        (this time with better punctuation) - Justin Kelly - 3/28/2003 12:03:52 PM
- Re: no further evidence needed to conclude Bush, Rumsfeld screwed up. - ebnelson - 3/27/2003 2:50:20 PM
  - Re: no further evidence needed to conclude Bush, Rumsfeld screwed up. - Buck Galaxy - 3/27/2003 3:17:55 PM
    - Check your math - ebnelson - 3/27/2003 3:29:45 PM
      - The 101st are infantry not armor - Buck Galaxy - 3/27/2003 4:11:46 PM
        
        Armor is important but it isn't everything - Larry J - 3/28/2003 4:26:56 PM

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