More of the April 2003 News Tapes of the Iraq War

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[mairdie]

My plan is to clear away the Iraq War tapes before going on to a different time period. I've just encoded 10 more hours of tape here. And, yes, I know how some people feel about Bush and the war, but that doesn't make these less historically interesting or factual of the opinions of the time.

[mairdie]

The first two are:
Iraq War - Part 1 - Tape 1 - Entering Baghdad - 5-6 Apr 2003 - FOX
British soldiers in Basrah; suicide missions; breeched Presidential Palace; chemical weapons lab; warplanes over Baghdad; main tank blast in Baghdad; armored column has launched attack on central Baghdad; oil fire in Baghdad;

Iraq War - Part 2 - Tape 1 - Entering Baghdad - 5-6 Apr 2003 - FOX
Presidential Palace; Battle for Baghdad; can hear the battle during news reports; "We're not here to raise American flags; we're here to free the Iraqi people."; Col Hunt; US troops trying to oust remaining government; satellite views of government buildings; worries about tunnel networks under palace

Tape 2 has been up. I just figured out its tape number. Tapes 3 thru 6 are newly up.

Where Baghdad Bob appears, I put him in the title. I HAVE to make a Best Of collection of him. Wish I had more.

[coon2000]

Ping

[mairdie]

PING (Baghdad Bob, greeneyes)

[rlmorel]

Thanks for posting this.

[Sam_Damon]

Bump for later.

[Neoliberalnot]

Do you have any data on the number of Muslims that Bush’s military sent to allah? I’ve heard figures well in excess of 100,000. It was a good start.

[mairdie]

I did read some, but never kept much in my cluttered brain. Most of what I remember is coming from scanning these tapes as I edit them for encoding. I’m sorry I can’t help. From some of the Centcom responses to reporters, they were trying very hard not to answer questions like that.

[Neoliberalnot]

Ok, ridding the planet of thousands of Muslim scum was one accomplishment Bush must be given credit for.