***Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - Day 23

Iraqi Ambassador Mohammed Al-Douri, in his last day at the United Nations, said he could no longer work in the United States while it was "destroying, ravaging and killing" his countrymen.

Did anybody ask him to?

I'm late back and far behind, and will catch up in a few. Glad I could add to your vocabulary. Great American word....GUZINTA.

Nam Vet

Event and Link Collection : April 11, 2003

Times are Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)

The Beeb's news at a glance <-- Link (get your quick updates here)
Capture of (possibly) mobile biological weapons lab
Evaluation of underground nuclear lab at Al Tuwaitha
Heavy fighting for stategic base (Al Qa'im) near Syria (NYT 12:44 AM) <-- Link
10 Suspects in USS Cole Attack Escape Yemen Prison (Guardian UK 7:54 AM) <-- Link
Entire Iraqi 5th division surrenders (AP 6:50 AM) <-- Link
Mosul taken
Moving toward Kirkuk
Iraqi leaders trying to flee
CENTCOM produces a list of wanted Iraqi (ex)leaders (AP 9:50 AM) <-- Link
The "deck of cards" <-- Link (All cards on one page - 720 Kb)
Text of CENTCOM presser <-- Link
Many Transcripts (Rumsfeld, Clarke, Fleisher, etc) <-- Link
Rumsfeld Transcripts (all Rumsfeld, all the time) <-- Link
Abu Garet prison complex, capacity 15,000, found empty
Oil lines near Kirkuk have been secured
11 shipping containers of posible chemical weapons unearthed near Karbala
GWB "strongly urges" Syria to not harbor Iraq leaders (3:45 PM)

Good Reads

Eason Jordon confronts CNN's application of journalistic ethics (NYT 12:16 AM)
Bill Gertz: CIA catalogs Iraq weapons violations
Mark Steyn: Movers and shakers have moved on to the next 'disaster'
"Your Crow is Served" (GWB serves crow - Cartoon)
Bagdhad Bob's fan club, with quotes
Great collection of Baghdad Bob assertions
Another collection of Baghdad Bob's quotes
Is the War Plan Flawed? (Cartoon)
Judicial nominations and Democratic duplicity <-- Estrada/Owen: very good read

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