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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 01:05 PM Original message |
US military compound in Bagdad hit with 3 mortar misseles ...Pentagon |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. Press Blackout |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 01:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Keep an eye on Al Jazeera, they're not usually subject to blackouts |
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DuctapeFatwa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 01:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. They've been bombed twice, I don't think they'll defy a cover ban |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 01:23 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Nasty. I thought at least they'd be good. Nasty indeed. |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 01:31 PM Response to Reply #19 |
30. bush* on now calling these attacks in Iraq "TERRORIST ATTACKS" |
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DuctapeFatwa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 05:20 PM Response to Reply #19 |
76. The regime seized their cameraman at the scene of today's splosions |
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goforit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 05:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
77. We've had a press block out for 3 years............what else is new!!! |
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grytpype (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. Mortars are not missles. |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 01:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. i heard they (the media)don't know if it was "rockets or mortars" due to |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. Oh crap |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 01:13 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Or it could mean very high level persons injured/killed. |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
4. Geez! |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
5. What is a complete press blackout? |
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Dhalgren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 01:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. I just checked the MSNBC website |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 01:25 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. female anchor MSNBC said "Pentagon has ordered complete press blackout" |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 01:29 PM Response to Reply #11 |
28. I have NO idea. |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 01:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. it came from MSNBC...and now the whores comply...are talking about |
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peterh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
9. Actually folks…what ya heard… |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
10. Now they'll want the press to stop reporting on anything in Iraq |
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DoYouEverWonder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
12. So now they are announcing a press blackout? |
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ewagner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
13. Blacked out because |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 01:22 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. nothing has made "sense" since the 2000 selection |
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ewagner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 01:25 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. No argument there.n/t |
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DuctapeFatwa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 01:24 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. since the mortarman is more familiar with it than the Crusaders |
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ewagner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 01:27 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Could be that also....... |
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Sagan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
16. Press blackout? Excuse me???? |
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TeeYiYi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
17. Four US soldiers wounded . . . |
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peterh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 01:23 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. 4 Injured In Attack On US Headquarters In Baghdad |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 01:27 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. no spain announced withdrawl of personal yesterday..this iccident just |
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peterh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 01:33 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. yes...and 4 are reported injured... |
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ConcernedCanuk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
20. Mortar attack on US Baghdad HQ - Link - Ananova |
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ConcernedCanuk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 01:30 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. Three hurt in Baghdad blasts - another LINK |
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hang a left (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 01:32 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. I call bullshit!!! Why the blackout? I bet there is a ton of casualties. |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 03:44 PM Response to Reply #31 |
70. Strange!! |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 01:34 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Bremer?.."Pentagon orders complete press balckout" could it be Bremer |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 01:40 PM Response to Reply #29 |
38. Seems s bit |
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rdub (19 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
27. 17th in Press Freedom... |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 01:35 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. Actually the 17th was from a previous report..I believe the US is now |
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rdub (19 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 01:41 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. well that explains the blackout ;) |
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jwcomer (177 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 02:25 PM Response to Reply #34 |
52. 31 was for domestic reporting |
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kayell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 02:40 PM Response to Reply #34 |
55. And dropping fast |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 01:36 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. dupe ( don't know what happened there!) |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 01:36 PM Response to Reply #27 |
36. a second dupe ( I only hit post once, honest!) |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
37. is anyone listing to the bullshit bush is sprewing in CA about Iraq war??? |
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hang a left (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 01:41 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. yes just listening in the backround. He is such an asshole. |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 01:44 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Yes Bushevik Profits and Imperial Family Hegemony |
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qanda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 01:47 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Okay, I'll begin the outrage |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 03:57 PM Response to Reply #44 |
71. junior gets a big big woody ...... |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 02:12 PM Response to Reply #40 |
48. I heard that, too. |
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kayell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 02:43 PM Response to Reply #40 |
58. "they died for a cause greater than themselves" |
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amish_enforcer (157 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 03:09 PM Response to Reply #58 |
64. Nicely put! |
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kayell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 03:19 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. The more articulate response from Ted Rall |
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peterh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 01:54 PM Response to Reply #37 |
45. I got a two line recap…. |
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ConcernedCanuk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
39. These guys are going after HQ and compounds ! |
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northernsoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 02:23 PM Response to Reply #39 |
51. how long til we get a rerun of Beirut '83? |
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Hand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 02:59 PM Response to Reply #51 |
62. That could be next... |
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Gloria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 04:07 PM Response to Reply #51 |
74. People in Beirut are already saying the US |
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omshanti (851 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
43. This is scary!! Must be BAAAD if they ordered a blackout. |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 01:55 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. From what I've observed of this so far, |
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suegeo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 02:07 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. The coalition press? |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 02:16 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Sorry, I wasn't clear. Our military has people who serve |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 02:17 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. UPI had an embed on a medivac chopper Sunday |
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TeeYiYi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 02:31 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. Thanks for the link grasswire . . . |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 03:32 PM Response to Reply #54 |
69. Wow ... quite a telling story. |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 02:30 PM Response to Reply #47 |
53. The most interesting coverage I've ever seen has been from Harper's |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
56. That is where my friend Ray is staying.. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
57. delete please...must have hit enter twice |
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54anickel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
59. from aljazeer - not much but seems like several hits |
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Emboldened Chimp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 02:52 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. 20-50 vehicles? |
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spinbaby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 03:01 PM Response to Reply #59 |
63. Between 20 to 50 US vehicles? |
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amish_enforcer (157 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 03:12 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. thinking the same thing......but we have it under control... |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 04:07 PM Response to Reply #63 |
73. no kidding...don't these people know history? |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
61. Maybe this is old news for you folks, I don't know, anywho |
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amish_enforcer (157 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
66. MSNBC online link |
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Merlin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
67. Mortars have a range of only a few hundred meters. |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 04:04 PM Response to Reply #67 |
72. "The range on those mortars is several miles" |
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LittleApple81 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-03 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
75. kick, n/t |
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