Posted on 03/22/2003 4:38:06 AM PST by Diogenesis
GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 03/22/03 - Umm Qasr taken, Basra battles, Safwan - Iraqis cheer US liberators,
Al Faw taken, Baghdad - Evil becomes dust, Mosul and Kirkuk - explosions, Convoy
Chamchamal, Kuwait City - Incomings Analyzed, Amazing surrender @ DMZ, STRIKE VIDEO
BREAKING: Umm Qasr taken BREAKING: Basra battles BREAKING: Safwan - Iraqis cheer US liberators BREAKING: Al Faw taken BREAKING: Baghdad - Evil becomes dust BREAKING: Mosul and Kirkuk - explosions BREAKING: Convoy BREAKING: Chamchamal BREAKING: Kuwait City - Incomings Analyzed BREAKING: Amazing surrender @ DMZ BREAKING: STRIKE VIDEO BREAKING: Pictures you won't see on TV
========= Umm Qasr (aka Um Qasser) =========
In Umm Qasr, Marines replaces the Iraqi flag at the entrance to Iraq's main port.
In Umm Qasr, heroes AND Iraqis remove portraits of Saddam.
In Umm Qasr, Marines 'Raiders' during the early stage of taking Umm Qasr.
Marine hero takes injured off of the battlefield. All ok.
========= Az Bayer, Iraq =========
Heroes engage Iraqi soldiers in gunfire at the headquarters of the Iraqi 51st and 32nd mechanized infantry divisions.
More Iraqi officers and soldiers surrender..
========= Basra =========
Near Basra, Iraqi men wave white flags as they surrender. Battle ongoing now.
========= Safwan =========
BREAKING: Pictures you won't see on TV
US hero shares candy with Iraqi boys.
Locals, freed by the USA, cheered and kissed the US Marines and the US Allies
who liberated them.
Iraqi children, freed by the USA, today play in the Mesopotamia marshes.
Heroes guard surrendered Iraqi soldiers.
========= Rmeileh, south in the Gulf port of Basra =========
In Rmeileh, ~650 klicks south of Baghdad.
========= Al Faw =========
British Royal Marines, 40 Commando, help secure the al-Faw oil field
and help the injurded.
Near Al Faw, HMAS ANZAC fires Mk 45 gun as forces take the Al Faw peninsula.
More Iraqi prisoners.
========= Baghdad =========
In Baghdad, buildings of evil where thousands were raped, murdered, tortured,
become dust in the light of Truth, Justice and the American Way.
In Baghdad, Iraq, bridge over Tigris and (ex-) Ministry of Info.
Before:
========= Mosul =========
In Mosul and Kirkuk, explosions.
========= Pictures of the Convoy (Yesterday; no info today to protect our troops - Got that, Peter Jennings? )=========
From Kuwait to Baghdad, hundreds of thousands of heroes in convoy moving to free Iraq.
========= Chamchamal=========
In Chamchamal, Iraqi Kurds are ready to back the USA (unlike the Turks)
as their heroes prepare..
========= Kurdistan =========
Kurdish girls dance around burning tires near the Turkish- Iraqi border.
According to the Kurdish tradition people burn tires against evil spirits
to celebrate the Kurdish New Year (Now Ruz) which began Friday.
========= Ruweished refugee camp =========
At the Ruweished refugee camp near the Jordan-Iraq border.
Humanitarian aid planned by the USA.
The Jordanian Red Crescent runs this and this site may be used to let
Saddam's criminals escape (as the Red Cross did with US money in Afghanistan).
========= Kuwait City =========
In Kuwait City, a piece of a missile that was intercepted by Patriot batteries in Jahra.
Blix lied. Iraq lied. Annan lied. What else is new?
========= Amazing surrender - DMZ =========
Surrendering Iraqi soldiers, waving white flag, surrender to passing journalists.
========= White House =========
At the White House, war council.
THE STRIKE VIDEO
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They are excellent!
Another one for the scrap book!
Interesting note: Several days ago, I heard our troops were ordered not to give out candy to the children--with concern that the children would be drawn to the troops and be at risk in potential conflict situations.
Healing Wounds Medics from 40 Commando, Royal Marines treat an injured Iraqi after taking the Al Faw Peninsula on Friday morning. This photograph was taken using infrared vision equipment.
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