Posted on 04/02/2003 10:25:42 AM PST by Diogenesis
GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 4/3/03 - Rescues, Najaf, Nasiriyah, Arbil, Umm Qasr
BREAKING: Freed behind Enemy Lines - POW Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch BREAKING: Freed in Az Zubaya - Black Watch BREAKING: Baghdad - Republican Guard palace + BREAKING: Najaf - cache of Iraqi weapons from Saddam's military school BREAKING: Nasiriyah - Battle lines BREAKING: Nasiriyah - captured Iraqi military base BREAKING: Nasiriyah - WMD-suits, masks and ammunition which were found at military installation BREAKING: Nasiriyah - freed Iraqi bedouins BREAKING: Arbil - Atropine injectors left by retreating Iraqis BREAKING: Halabja - New sheriff in town BREAKING: Mosul - Kurdish Peshmerga inspect wreckage BREAKING: Umm Qasr - Iraqi training compound with more chemical and biological equipment BREAKING: Umm Qasr - acoustic influence mine seized BREAKING: al-Faw- gas masks and weapons found BREAKING: Amman, Jordan - thousands of temporary passports
========= Freed from Behind Enemy Lines =========
Heroes rescued POW Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch. Three Cheers.
In Palestine, W.Va., family and friends celebrate at the home of Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch's parents.
========= Freed in Az Zubaya =========
BINGO : D NOTICE SALUTE
In Az Zubaya, heroes of the Black Watch with
freed hostages, originally from Kenya. Until saved, these truck drivers were kidnapped 10 days ago,
but rescued by the British gallant champions.
BINGO : IRAQI RETREAT AND EVIDENCE OF ARMS CACHE
In Az Zubaya, an arms cache found at the "school".
========= Baghdad =========
In Baghdad, at the coalition air strike. Increasing shock and awe.
In Baghdad, the soon-to-be-ex-Republican Guard palace.
In Baghdad, from space.
IRAQI MISSILES IN BAGHDAD -
In Baghdad, on the trail of Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammad Said al-Sahhaf,
who has been moving to share or take power since Saddam assumed room temperature.
Just south of Baghdad, doomed enemy Iraqi troops wait for the US to advance.
FReepers, can you tell where their gear comes from?
========= Najaf =========
BINGO : IRAQI RETREAT AND EVIDENCE OF WMD
In Najaf, heroes of the 101st Airborne Division, took a cache of
Iraqi weapons from Saddam's military school.
=========== central Iraq ===========
Army multiple rocket launcher lights up the desert
for freedom - American style.
In central Iraq, heroes and inspectors of the 101st Airborne Division,
secure an Iraqi truck full of missiles or shells.
========= Karbala =========
Near Karbala, Iraq, heroes of the 3rd Infantry division,
use American technology on the Iraqi Republican Guard.
========= Nasiriyah =========
In Nasiriyah, the enemy Iraqis.
In Nasiriyah, Marines heroes of the 1st Battalion.
In Nasiriyah, Marines heroes of the 2nd Battalion, and champions everywhere.
Near Nasiriyahr, heroes of the 15th U.S. Marine Expeditionary Unit
took an Iraqi military base.
In Nasiriyah, the military installation taken from the Iraqi militia and Republican Guard.
BINGO : IRAQI RETREAT AND EVIDENCE OF WMD
In Nasiriyah, the WMD-suits, masks and ammunition which were found at the military installation.
In Nasiriyah, an Iraqi arms cache goes up during controlled explosion.
In Nasiriyah, heroes of the 15th U.S. Marine Expeditionary Unit round up Iraqi prisioners.
In Nasiriyah, the 15th U.S. Marine Expeditionary Unit
cleans up the signs of terrorism.
In Nasiriyah, Marines and sailors from the 4th Civil Affairs Group
hand out food and medical aid.
In Nasiriyah, freed Iraqi bedouins cheer Coalition forces.
========= Somewhere between Southern Iraq and Baghdad =========
British heroes fire sidewinder missile at an Iraqi bunker.
British commandos fire at Iraqi positions
========= Arbil =========
BINGO : IRAQI RETREAT AND EVIDENCE OF WMD
In Arbil, Kurd Peshmerga holds an atropine injector left by retreating Iraqis.
Atropine is a drug used in combating the effects of some chemical or biological agents.
See "The Rock".
Somewhere north of Arbil, paratroopers from the US Army 173rd Airborne Brigade
convoy past Kurd Peshmerga fighters.
========= Halabja =========
BINGO : IRAQI TARGET OF WMD FREED
In Halabja, ~238 miles northeast of Baghdad, Kurds are now almost free of
Saddam and his WMD which murdered so many thousands of them.
Today there is a new sheriff in town in Halabja.
========= Mosul =========
GROUNDTRUTHING ALERT AND MORE IRAQI WITHDRAWAL
In Mosul, Kurdish Peshmerga fighters inspect the wreckage
after the US airstrike on what was the once enemy-occupied village of Shamamer.
========= Umm Qasr =========
In Umm Qasr, arms seized from local homes .
BINGO : IRAQI RETREAT AND EVIDENCE OF WMD
In Umm Qasr, gas masks, Geiger counters, nerve gas simulators, and protective suits
were found at the captured Iraqi training facility. Look at the posters.
Bandito reported that on one wall was scribbled in Bic pen, "H. Blix was here".
In Umm Qasr, at the UN headquarters where there was support of terrorism
but where Iraqis are now FREE because of the USA, and slowly realizing it.
In Umm Qasr, another massive arms cache abandoned by Iraqi soldiers.
They were blowed up good.
In Umm Qasr, at the rail crossing.
BINGO : IRAQI RETREAT AND EVIDENCE OF WMD
In Umm Qasr, another Iraqi training compound with more
chemical and biological equipment, which were ignored by the UN and Koffi's Klowns.
BINGO : IRAQI CAPTURE
Weapons cache left by the Iraqi army,
secured by the Coalition Maritime Interdiction Operation (MIO)
and Vessel Board Search and Seizure (VBSS) teams,
Note the acoustic influence mine and other mines camouflaged
inside a shipping barge or as oil barrels on deck.
In Umm Qasr, the metal scrapyard.
BINGO : IRAQI RETREAT
Somewhere south of Basra, British heroes lay explosives to detonate more munitions
than many in the Coalition carry.
BINGO : IRAQI RETREAT AND EVIDENCE OF WMD
Near the al-Faw peninsular in southern Iraq,
more gas masks and weapons found in an Iraqi trench.
========= Amman =========
BAD MOON OVER JORDAN
In Amman, Jordan, at the Iraqi embassy, thousands of temporary passports are prepared.
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END OF TRANSMISSION 04/03/03 .......... K
THERE IS A NEW INSPECTOR IN TOWN.
THERE IS A NEW INSPECTOR IN TOWN.
Looks like the Russians have been making a killing in the arms trade (so to speak)
What I want to see is what (or who) the Russians have in their embassy in Baghdad. That is the only safe place to hide valuable things there. Too many signals that they are hiding someone important - like Saddam or his sons.
Best to our soldiers. May they prevail.
GREAT STUFF!!!
"The Force is strong in this one..."
I noticed the same error. The Sidewinder is an air-to-air missile, although I think it is used as surface-to-air in some configurations.
That's most likely a TOW missile (surface-to-surface) -- wire guided by the launcher.
Speaking as a novice milsurp gear collector, the web gear in the photo where you pose the question of origination looks like some czech gear I've seen. Could be russian too, but the color is wrong (I think).
And yes, I did notice the crop circle. Maybe those reports of Saddam having Alien WMDs is not just imagination? There is that helmet, after all....=)
Many of Diogenesis' pics are also collected at
Iraqis Celebrate Their Liberation: Resource Thread for Pictures & Links
British heroes fire sidewinder missile at an Iraqi bunker.
Unless there's something I don't know about--quite possible--a "sidewinder" missile is an air-to-air weapon, not ground-to-ground.
What a tremendous rescue effort!
Those crazy Special Forces guys are at it again. They know that they are just supposed to be marking targets down there and here they are, foolin around again.
LOL!That guy in the front looks like he's wearing a Storm Troopers helmet from Star Wars!!
WOW! What was that?
UPDATE:
STRIKE VIDEO:
Strike Videos from the DoD News Briefing, Wednesday, 02 Apr 2003
A surface to air missile facility is struck
A surface to air missile facility is struck - Download mpg file here
An Iraqi Kurd peshmerga fighter looks at an Iraqi distance guide for heavy artillery with the name of his village marked in territory newly acquired by Kurds after a defensive retreat by Iraqi government forces south west of Arbil, northern Iraq, April 2, 2003. U.S. Marines bombarded Kut, a key city on the Tigris river, on Wednesday, in what appeared to be a renewed advance toward the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
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