GOTTA SEE THIS - War for End.Freedom -IRAQ 7/31/02 -Baghdad -33°20'19"N 44°23'38"E

7/31/02 | The valiant US military in the War for Enduring Freedom

[Diogenesis]

GOTTA SEE THIS - IRAQ 7/31/02 - Baghdad - 33°20'19"N 44°23'38"E

Strike Images, Maps, Targets, Past Maps and Targets, Links

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As Sec Rumsfeld said, it is very unlikely that Iraq will submit to the tough inspections needed.

So, here is background for the possible response that gossip says won't come until next year.

More here

=== MAPS====

Baghdad - 33°20'19"N 44°23'38"E

great map good map

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=== TARGET-RICH AREAS====

=== PAST KEY SITES====

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END OF TRANSMISSION 7/31/02 .......... K

[Diogenesis]

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[Pyro7480]

(Here's one quote I haven't seen used in a while) LET'S ROLL!!!! To Baghdad or bust!!

[Jason Kauppinen]

This is an impressive post. As far as the Sabre Arch monument goes... it's a target of questionable military importance, but Saddam designed it personally, so I hope it gets hit.

[LibWhacker]

Great maps and photos of potential targets, D! Bookmarking this for future reference.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Dear God:
I ask that no Airman, Coast Guardsman,
Marine, Sailor or Soldier
Feel alone or forgotten.
Please guide the people of Free Republic to
The USO Canteen Post Office
So they can e-mail a service man or woman today.
AMEN

[Publius6961]

but Saddam designed it personally, so I hope it gets hit.

Really?

I always thought that was the ugliest thing I'd ever seen, designed by man or beast.
About average second grade level, in any real country.
To make it crystal clear, about age 7.

[Jason Kauppinen]

Really? Yup, it was detailed in a special on Desert Storm up here in Canada. It's a monument to the Iraqi "victory" against Iran. All of the steel for the monument is from captured Iranian helmets (and possibly other equipment); and the arms are modeled after Saddam's.

[KneelBeforeZod]

anyone heard back from a anyservicemember? I sent some emails several months ago, but didn't hear anything. So I sent some more just now. I'm sure just getting some messages is great for some of them.

[GVnana]

I'm with you. It's ugly. It has to go. As long as we're going to be tidying-up the place, we might as well take out the biggest eyesore in town. (After Saddam himself, of course.)

[Lady Jag]

I'm with Pyro, LET'S ROLL!.

[Freemeorkillme]

Due to page load times, I'm linking all the cited maps off page.

In lieu of speculation on future attacks, let us revisit the 1st 24hrs of the war with this map of downtown Baghdad targets and the order in which they were hit http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/baghdad_usaf_91.jpg

Courtesy of the CIA Atlas of the Middle East, here is a national timeline(up to '93). Wonder what the next big date will be? http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/atlas_middle_east/iraq_timeline.jpg

All you "Close Combat" gaming series fans will appreciate this map. Its a Russian satelite image of Baghdad with 4 clickable quadrants broken down into know targets within each quadrant below the map. Good stuff. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/iraq/maps/baghdad/front.htm

Another CIA Atlas pull. This time an area comparison. Shows how much US soil Iraq's physical acreage could occupy. http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/atlas_middle_east/iraq_area.jpg

Here is a comprehensive FAS appendix on Targets in Iraq before 1990(keep in mind the number was purported to have swelled toward the war). http://www.fas.org/spp/military/docops/operate/ds/appendix.htm Quite impressive.


Let's hope for more of the same evisceration to come. Off with the mustache!

[ThomasMore]

Cool photos! Thanks Diogenesis! We must have a ton of surveillance info on Iraq. We've been collecting it for the last 40 years.

[Young Werther]

My first target is those crossed sabers. Drop those suckers ! The cruise missiles will take out power and command and control. The stealths hit the key buildings and barracks of the Army and Air Force. Then the BUFs come in with the JDAMs and "clean the clock"!

[b4its2late]

Can't wait to see pictures from those missles with cameras mounted on the front of them. Saddam sucking on a stogie, looking out his bay window, as a missle enters his field of vision then, kabbbbooommmmmmm!!!!!!!

[allrightythen]

Pictures of bombed out buildings makes me drool on the keys too. But are we ready for the blowback?

CIA Analyst Richard N. Cooper, now at Harvard, says that oil prices went from $15 to $40 per barrel as a result of Desert Storm. This precipitated a recession in 1991, and it could happen again.

Maybe its best that we play war on FR, and let the economy improve. Wada ya say Sar-jint.

[RayChuang88]

CIA Analyst Richard N. Cooper, now at Harvard, says that oil prices went from $15 to $40 per barrel as a result of Desert Storm. This precipitated a recession in 1991, and it could happen again.

Oh please!

The price of oil zoomed up to nearly US$40 per barrel after the original invasion of Kuwait but well before Operation Desert Storm started. In fact, when Desert Storm started in January 1991 the price of oil actually dropped quite a bit because the world knew we're finally doing something about the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait.