Entering Baghdad - 7 Apr 2003 - Baghdad Bob
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YouTube News Playlist ^
American troops entering Baghdad, though unnoticed by Baghdad Bob. Multiple news networks.
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If Baghdad Wants Us Out, Let's Go!
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Townhall.com ^
| January 7, 2020 | Pat Buchanan
Fifteen years after the U.S. invaded Iraq to turn Saddam Hussein's dictatorship into a beacon of democracy, Iraq's Parliament, amid shouts of "Death to America!" voted to expel all U.S. troops from the country. Though
non-binding, the expulsion vote came after mobs trashed the U.S. embassy in an assault that recalled Tehran 1979. What provoked Iraq's Parliament into demanding the ouster of all U.S. troops? First, the five December U.S. strikes on Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces in retaliation for a dozen Kataib Hezbollah rocket attacks on U.S. bases, which killed a contractor and wounded four U.S. soldiers. Then came President...
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As Customers Battle High Bills, Xcel Could Battle Ballot Measure. ( Colorado )
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Westword ^
| APRIL 19, 2022 | Catie Cheshire
Jon Caldara, president of the Independence Institute, calls Xcel Energy the "corporate antichrist of Colorado,” and he blames state government and the Colorado Public Utilities Commission for helping the company achieve that title by giving it a virtual monopoly in metro Denver. The devil's in the details. The
PUC was established in 1913 to regulate electric street lights and telephones, among other utilities, replacing what had been the Railroad Commission. In the decades since, it's evolved into its current configuration. Headed by director Doug Dean, a former lawmaker, the PUC has three commissioners appointed by the governor to four-year terms:...
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AD 732, Battle of Tours: Charles Martel the ‘Hammer’ Holds The Line Of Battle
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War History Online ^
| 02/25/2018 | William Mclaughlin
The survivors retreated to their camp where they fled in the middle of the night, carrying mostly their prized loot. The
next morning, Charles was deeply concerned that his enemies were setting up an ambush, trying to get him to march downhill to more open fields.
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Vietnam. Battle of Ia Drang. The real battle that inspired the movie We Were Soldiers.
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youtube ^
| June 4 2012 | video
These are the people we should remember on Memorial Day. Hard fighting. Up
close and personal, at a big cost.
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The Biggest Tank Battle in History Wasn’t at Kursk: The Battle of Brody in 1941 was bigger [tr]
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War is Boring ^
| March 20, 2017 | Robert Beckhusen
A thousand coffee table books and countless hours of popular history programs have described the Battle of Prokhorovka, part of the Third Reich’s 1943 Operation Citadel, as the largest tank battle in history. Near
the city of Kursk on the Eastern Front, hundreds of Soviet tanks slammed into the 2nd SS Panzer Corps in an enormous conflagration of flesh and metal.
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The Real Battle, is The Battle For Your Mind – Watch Monmouth University Poll Release Today…
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The Conservative Treehouse ^
| October 17, 2016 | Sundance
What really scares the manipulators, people paid to deliver propaganda, is when the general public gains the necessary skill set to deconstruct their foolish efforts. Nothing
strikes more fear into the heart of a professional ‘gaslighters‘ than people who become inoculated against their objectives. Last Friday we noted, and predicted, an easily visible attempt coming from a notorious pollster who has been laid naked on more than one occasion: monmouth-poll-1Monmouth University polling is pure electoral psychological manipulation done by pollster Patrick Murray. Visit his twitter feed @PollsterPatrick and you will easily identify his progressive intents and objectives. patrick murray 1He/They...
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ANOTHER BATTLE WEEK: Defeat of the Rebels on the Bull-Run Battle-Ground; Our Losses Not Less than Eight Thousand (9/1/1862)
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New York Times - Times Machine ^
| 9/1/1862
GROVETON NEAR GAINESVILLE, Aug. 30, 1862. To
Major-Gen. Halleck, General-in-Chief, Washington, D.C.: We fought a terrific battle here yesterday, with the combined forces of the enemy, which lasted with continuous fury from daylight until after dark, by which time the enemy was driven from the field, which we now occupy. Our troops are too much exhausted to push matters, but I shall do so in the course of the morning, as soon as FITZ-JOHN PORTER's corps come up from Manassas. The enemy is still in our front, but badly used up. We have lost not less than eight thousand men...
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'Baghdad Bob' Rides Again
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Townhall.com ^
| March 25, 2021 | Cal Thomas
Source: Townhall Media/Julio RosasWhen I heard Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas say last Sunday on "Meet the Press" that the southern border "is closed," it immediately brought to mind claims by Iraq's former information minister -- dubbed "Baghdad Bob" and "Comical Ali" (aka Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf) -- about Saddam Hussein's superior military
forces. During the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, al-Sahaf said with a straight face that U.S. forces were "not even (within) 100 miles (of Baghdad)," as TV images showed the truth. It also reminded me of statements by some reporters that last summer's riots were "mostly peaceful." Secretary...
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US Airstrikes IVO Baghdad
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ISIS Study Group ^
| 9/17/2014 | ISIS Study Group
US Airstrikes IVO Baghdad by ISIS Study Group In the first real sign that the US government is actually coordinating their airstrikes against priority targets, sorties in the last few days have been concentrated in and around the areas Southwest of Baghdad. CENTCOM officials didn't specify where these strikes occurred, but we
assess they were targeting Islamic State positions in Jurf al-Shakur (variants Shaqir, Sakhar), which remains a critical piece of real estate for the IS campaign to overwhelm IA forces defending Baghdad, and using this area as a staging area for launching strikes targeting specific neighborhoods inside the Nation's...
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Welcome To Partytown, Baghdad
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Buzzfeed ^
| 5 May 2018 | Borzou Daragahi
When Zeinab Mohamed was a teenager, she was barred from going out after dark, even in her own neighborhood. Plagued
with bombings, shootings, and kidnappings, Baghdad was just too dangerous. She rushed back home after school every day, and stayed inside until the next morning. On graduation day at university a decade ago, the thought of a party or a late night out with her friends was out of the question. She celebrated quietly at home. But on a cool Wednesday night in March, the 30-year-old travel agency employee was lounging at Piano, an upscale west Baghdad restaurant, with about...
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Our ‘Baghdad Bob’ president
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WAPO ^
| Oct. 7, 2015 | Jennifer Rubin
Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf, better known as “Baghdad Bob,” was the unintentionally hilarious Iraqi information minister who, no matter what evidence to the contrary, emphatically predicted evisceration of U.S. forces during the Iraq war and denied any news suggesting otherwise. As
NBC News recalled, “His last public appearance as information minister was on April 8, 2003, the day before the fall of Baghdad, when he said that the Americans ‘are going to surrender or be burned in their tanks. They will surrender, it is they who will surrender.’ ” Baghdad Bob now seems to be the model for the Obama White...
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FROM THE ARMY OF VIRGINIA: Gen. Pope’s Report on the Battle of Cedar Mountain; DESPERATE CHARACTER OF THE BATTLE (8/15/1862)
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New York Times - Times Machine ^
| 8/15/1862
GEN. POPE'S OFFICIAL REPORT. HEADQUARTERS OF VIRGINIA, CEDAR MOUNTAIN, Aug. 13, 1862 -- 5 P.M. To Major-Gen. Halleck, General-in-Chief: On Thursday morning the enemy crossed the Rapidan at Barnett's Ford, in heavy force, and advanced strong on the road to Culpepper and Madison Court-house. I had established my whole force on the
turnpike between Culpepper and Sperryville, ready to concentrate at either place, as soon as the enemy's plans were developed. Early on Friday it became apparent that the move on Madison Court-house was merely a feint to detain the army corps of Gen. SIGEL at Sperryville, and that the...
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THE IMPENDING BATTLE: Lee’s Army Massed on the Old Antietam Battle-Ground; A Collision Probable at Any Moment (7/11/1863)
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New York Times - Times Machine ^
| 7/11/1863
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, Friday, July 19, 1863. The
historic stream of Antietam has again been spanned by the echoes of cannon. A vigorous artillery and cavalry fight took place this morning over its waters, preparatory to the great expected conflict. The cavalry and artillery of BUFORD, aided by that of KILPATRICK on the left flank of the enemy, dislodged him last evening from the village of Benevola, on the road from Boonsboro to Hagerstown, driving him two miles beyond Beaver Creek. This morning the sharp skirmishing continued with equal success, until the enemy rested on strong positions near...
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The Hobbit: Battle of The Five Armies ends with a 45-minute battle scene
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AVclub.com ^
Perhaps explaining why those Hobbit movies cost so much damn money to make, Entertainment Weekly has revealed that The Hobbit: The Battle Of Five Armies will end with a 45-minute battle scene. Director
Peter Jackson spoke with EW about the logistics of creating such an epic climax. “We have dwarves and men and elves and orcs, all with different cultures, with different weapons, and different shields and patterns and tactics,” Jackson explains, before sharing the highly scientific way he maps out his fight scenes:
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Battle of the Bulge: The Epic WW2 Battle That Cemented American Confidence
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Ammo.com ^
| 11/14/2021 | Sam Jacobs
When we think about American GIs in the European theater of World War II, much of our image comes from the Battle of the Bulge. Named so because of the distinctive "bulge" shape of the front lines, this is where so many American men laid down their lives on fields of frozen
mud in France. What Was the Battle of the Bulge? The Battle of the Bulge was the result of Hitler's last dying gasp lashing out against the increasing pressure of the Allied forces in France. Hitler's goal was to drive a literal and metaphorical wedge between the United...
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This Day In History: Aug 27, 1776 - The Battle of Brooklyn (aka, Battle of Long Island)
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various sources
The Battle of Long Island, also known as the Battle of Brooklyn and the Battle of Brooklyn Heights, fought on August 27, 1776, was the first major battle of the American Revolutionary War to take place after the United States declared its independence on July 4, 1776. It
was a victory for the British Army and the beginning of a successful campaign that gave them control of the strategically important city of New York. In terms of troop deployment and fighting, it was the largest battle of the entire war.After defeating the British in the Siege of Boston on March...
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THE RETREAT OF LEE: Increased Prospect of Another Great Battle; Lee Massing the Remnant of His Army on the Antietam Battle Ground (7/10/1863)
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New York Times - Times Machine ^
| 7/10/1863
MIDDLETOWN, Md., Thursday, July 9. The
number of wagons destroyed by our cavalry is over 500. BUFORD destroyed 200 on Monday. DAHLGREN destroyed 170 on the same day. On Saturday and Sunday KILPATRICK burned, captured and destroyed between 200 and 300. Fully one-third of the transportation of the rebel army has been destroyed, and the damage to them of fully twice what they are able to carry out of Pennsylvania. The cavalry, under the vigorous leadership of PLEASANTON and his subordinates -- BUFORD, GREGG and KILPATRICK -- have done immense service during the past ten days. They have truly filled...
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Baghdad ISIS and Mt. Sinjar
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none | today | self
Not a vanity post here but a question for the general audience. Remember
all those over the top reports of ISIS/ISIL & their marches in Iraq,etc...? It was reported about 5 weeks ago they were on the outskirts of B'dad. Haven't a peep out of press on their supposed foray into Bagdad and take-over of the Green Zone. And as a reminder there are refugees still on Mt. Sinjar and it's not going well at all.
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'Ten killed' by Baghdad car bombs
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BBC ^
| 5/28/2015
Ten dead in twin bomb attacks outside central Baghdad hotels, say Iraqi police This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly
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