STARTED! Baghdad Being bombed - Post made by Mr. OverclockerBloke, War Fanatic

theleg · 8 Apr 2003 at 18:21

Originally posted by NeoNemesis
Isnt he a BBC man?

Dunno if he means Raggeh Omar or someone else....

Raggeh(?) Omar said it was a mortar that hit the hotel and it wasnt an intentional attack by the US. Confusing.

elbows · 8 Apr 2003 at 18:28

Originally posted by Balddog
Werent the Al-Jazeera staff all turfed out of baghdad last week, or were they just ordered to stop broadcasting?

2 Jazeera Reporters were stopped from doing their work by Iraq, so Al Jazeera halted all their Iraq reporters activities in protest. After a few days the Iraqi's realised they werent doing themselves any favours so they backed down and Al Jazeera resumed.

elbows · 8 Apr 2003 at 20:08

Originally posted by Balddog
Raggeh(?) Omar said it was a mortar that hit the hotel and it wasnt an intentional attack by the US. Confusing.

Just seen him reporting on this, French TV captured video of the American tank firing directly at the hotel. The Americans have admitted it, but refuse to say whether it was that that caused the journalists injuries!!

Also had footage of an American tank fire directly at another building that had a cameraman on it, across the river from the hotel I think, maybe it was the Abu Dhabi TV incident its all very confusing.

theleg · 8 Apr 2003 at 20:36

Aye, just seen that..His earlier reports on the BBC site contained te mortar reference but i guess his opinion changed when he saw the french footage.

Sleepy · 9 Apr 2003 at 01:17

Some rumours from a dodgy source:

Saddam still alive - he had allready left the restraunt site before the strike.

The tank alleged to have fired on the journalists hotel didn't have line of site upon the impact point. It was really an Iraqi plot. Make of that what you will.

This source Debka is occaisonally right but more often wrong.

Sleepy · 9 Apr 2003 at 01:23

All the alleged WMD reports have been discounted, except the BD-21 rockets which the CentCOm General briefing on Tuesday hadn't heard of. So that story is most likely false as well.

With no reports on Tuesday there appear to be no possible or confirmed finds.

elbows · 9 Apr 2003 at 01:30

Maybe its like pass the parcel, and they will say there are no WMD's in Iraq cos they moved them all to Syria in advance of the war/inspectors. Instant pretext for war continued. Never before hoped Im so wrong!

Sleepy · 9 Apr 2003 at 01:43

Originally posted by elbows
Maybe its like pass the parcel, and they will say there are no WMD's in Iraq cos they moved them all to Syria in advance of the war/inspectors. Instant pretext for war continued. Never before hoped Im so wrong!

Syria has WMD (CB) and thousands of missiles designed to swamp any defences. Any attack on Syria would result in huge loss of life in Israel followed by Israel nuking Syria. It just isn't going to happen.

exedanni · 9 Apr 2003 at 09:35

Looters run amuck in the streets of Basra. And Baghdad now it seems. Oh the humanity! :eek:

Someone should have seen this coming

Sharknose · 9 Apr 2003 at 10:32

Watching on News 24 now.

Holy **** :eek:

theleg · 9 Apr 2003 at 10:40

This is great....those people look so happy.

Bungee · 9 Apr 2003 at 10:46

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2930913.stm :eek:

US forces in central Iraq have captured the division headquarters of the Iraqi 10th armoured division without a fight after the division's 15,000 troops vanish, the BBC's Andrew North reports.

A last stand at Tikrit maybe?

schnipps · 9 Apr 2003 at 10:49

have you seen the old guy walloping the saddam cloth murial thing with his shoe on sky news, heh

Sleepy · 9 Apr 2003 at 12:31

Qathafi gets a message from Chirac

Arabic News
Libya's Leader of the Revolution Colonel Muammar al Qathafi has received a verbal message from the French President Jacques Chirac relating to the American- British invasion of Iraq and the need of working to stop it

Chiracs real friends, thugs and despots :rolleyes:

exedanni · 9 Apr 2003 at 12:44

Originally posted by schnipps
have you seen the old guy walloping the saddam cloth murial thing with his shoe on sky news, heh

Hmmm it seems to be all they're showing :rolleyes:

Over Clocker · 9 Apr 2003 at 13:08

In the Islamic faith, showing your feet or soles of your shoe to someone is the sign of the utmost disrespect, the highest insult ever. Had he done this yesterday, he WOULD have been executed.

It really does show the hatred they have for Saddam, to do that.

Sleepy · 9 Apr 2003 at 14:15

A Kurdish leader has stated that Mosul has "basically" fallen. - FOX News broadcast

Sleepy · 9 Apr 2003 at 14:16

A few miles north of the square CNN is reporting a heavy firefight

theleg · 9 Apr 2003 at 14:21

LOL

"GO HOME HUMAN SHIELDS,

YOU U.S *******"

Anyone see that sign on sky...hehehe

Sleepy · 9 Apr 2003 at 14:21

Sky News Broadcast

Just showed 2 Iraqis in Baghdad with a banner saying

Go home human shields You US W******