Posted on 04/04/2003 1:26:26 AM PST by Diogenesis
GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 4/4/03 -Raids on Baghdad, Palaces, Airport, STRIKE VIDEOS
BREAKING: Baghdad - Blackout - and crescendo shock and awe BREAKING: Saddam's Presidential Palace - raid BREAKING: Tharthar Palace - raid BREAKING: Chemical Ali''s House - taken BREAKING: Saddam Jessica Lynch International Airport - weapons hot BREAKING: STRIKE VIDEOS :
Apache helicopters, Iraqi tanks, anti-aircraft missile launchers,
meeting complex, An Najaf, artillery launcher, Karbala, communication facility, Ar Rutbah, bunker, Mosul,
armored personnel carrier, trucks and other vehicles, Al Amarah,
surface to air missile facility, fuel tank, radar
========= the ex-Saddam International Airport =========
Coalition forces enter the future Jessica Lynch International Airport.
At Saddam International Airport, the Iraqi Regime Command and Control Facility before and after air strikes.
At Saddam International Airport, the enemy side.
Saddam International Airport by Space Imaging's IKONOS satellite.
========= Just outside Baghdad =========
On the outskirts of Baghdad, the enemy Iraqi Republican Guard.
========= Baghdad =========
In Baghdad, Iraq, except for lights from a hotel generator, there is total darkness.
In Baghdad, more crecendo shock and awe for terrorists who don't get it.
In Baghdad, Iraq, at the Baghdad "International Terrorist Fair"
curiously guards spend a lot of energy guarding what appears to be rubbish..
Near Baghdad, Iraq, at Saddam Hussein's Presidential Palace. US Special Forces raided it .
In Baghdad, Iraqi foreign minister Naji Sabri
said he doubted the Coalition would even pass Karbala.
The other ruling regime spokeperson also agreed. (yada yada yada).
========= Baghdad burning fuel trenches =========
At the burning fuel trenches, Saddam's evil war crime continues to smoke..
Satellite images of Baghdad show plumes of black oil smoke.
========= Tharthar Palace =========
U.S. special forcesraided Iraq's Tharthar Palace, ~56 miles from Baghdad,
west of Saddam's hometown Tikrit.
========= `Chemical Ali''s House =========
Near Basra, Iraq, at the residence of Saddam Hussain's cousin, Ali Hassan al Majid al Tikriti,
known to his enemies as "Chemical Ali".
IRAQI FREEDOM
GROUND CONTROL MAP
AIR CONTROL MAP
STRIKE VIDEOS :
BREAKING: Strike Videos from DoD
DOWNLOAD THIS: CLOSEUP Apache helicopters striking Iraqi tanks and anti-aircraft missile launchers
Apache helicopters striking Iraqi tanks and anti-aircraft missile launchers - Download mpg file here
DOWNLOAD THIS: CLOSEUP Apache helicopters striking Iraqi tanks and anti-aircraft missile launchers
Apache helicopters striking Iraqi tanks and anti-aircraft missile launchers - Download mpg file here
DOWNLOAD THIS: CLOSEUP Apache helicopters striking Iraqi tanks and anti-aircraft missile launchers
Apache helicopters striking Iraqi tanks and anti-aircraft missile launchers - Download mpg file here
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an attack on an anti-aircraft artillery position
an attack on an anti-aircraft artillery position - Download mpg file here
DOWNLOAD THIS: CLOSEUP an attack on a meeting complex near An Najaf
an attack on a meeting complex near An Najaf - Download mpg file here
DOWNLOAD THIS: IT BLEW UP REAL GOOD AWARD
an artillery launcher near Karbala is struck
an artillery launcher near Karbala is struck - Download mpg file here
a communication facility near Ar Rutbah
a communication facility near Ar Rutbah - Download mpg file here
DOWNLOAD THIS: IT BLEW UP REAL GOOD AWARD
a bunker near Al Amarah is struck
a bunker near Al Amarah is struck - Download mpg file here
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an armored personnel carrier near Mosul is struck
an armored personnel carrier near Mosul is struck - Download mpg file here
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trucks and other vehicles are struck southeast of Al Amarah
trucks and other vehicles are struck southeast of Al Amarah - Download mpg file here
surface to air missile facility is struck
surface to air missile facility is struck - Download mpg file here
DOWNLOAD THIS: IT BLEW UP REAL GOOD AWARD
A surface to air missile facility is struck
A surface to air missile facility is struck - Download mpg file here
A fuel tank in a revetment is struck
fuel tank in a revetment - Download mpg file here
DOWNLOAD THIS: IT BLEW UP REAL GOOD AWARD
radar site in western Iraq is struck
radar site in western Iraq - Download mpg file here
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END OF TRANSMISSION 4/4/03 .......... K
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Most helmets will stand up pretty well to shrapnel (shell fragments more properly), unless the wearer is so close the explosion that he'd be dead anyway. This is more likely the result of .308" persuader fired by a coalition sniper. Hardly any helmet, and most especiall not a steel pot, will hold up to a bullet from a full power rifle, or even an underpowered assault rifle, at least at reasonable ranges.
Most certainly not, that's a U-2, most likely USAF, just on loan to the UN inspectors. I suspect by now its wearing its original paint job and is back in USAF service. If not, we do want it back, ASAP.
Yeah they do, but then again that's what we sent our troops to Vietnam in, 20+ years after WW-II.
God Bless them all!!
At least the C-130 might not be US, it might not even be a real C-130, but rather the commercial equivalent(L-100) . I suspect it is a C-130 though, but at least the C-130 is used by so many countries that there's a fair chance of this not being one of ours, the Brits or the Auzzies.
Only other country to operate U-2s was Republic of China (Taiwan) and I don't think they sitll have any, so the U-2 has to be one of ours.
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