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| Iraq |
| REUTERS: 4 to 6 Day Pause in forward action towards Bagdhad. |
| 2003-03-28 |
| This just in....... |
| Posted by:Frank Martin |
| #9 "soldiers have had their rations cut to one meal packet a day from three." What a load of"Bovine Scatology"A C-130 can air-drop a hell of alot of MRE's. |
| Posted by: raptor 2003-03-29 08:24:27 |
| #8 Time to get rid of ordinance. |
| Posted by: Brew 2003-03-29 02:00:18 |
| #7 Bomb-a-rama: I think they'll be watching the storm clouds overhead... |
| Posted by: someone 2003-03-29 00:53:56 |
| #6 Leave it to al-Reuters to say "invasion forces" instead of "liberation forces"... |
| Posted by: Kalle (kafir forever) 2003-03-29 00:53:42 |
| #5 Take five, guys... you've certainly earned it. |
| Posted by: Reed 2003-03-29 00:49:32 |
| #4 I would have guessed a few days longer than that, until the 4th Infantry shows up. |
| Posted by: someone 2003-03-28 23:52:59 |
| #3 I was wondering how they were going to avoid getting sucked into house-to-house ala Basra. Let the talking heads continue to talk it up. Tommy Franks is starting to look more and more brilliant. |
| Posted by: Dishman 2003-03-28 23:46:25 |
| #2 Detail from Reuters: CENTRAL IRAQ (Reuters) - U.S. commanders have ordered a pause of between four to six days in a northwards push toward Baghdad because of supply shortages and stiff Iraqi resistance, U.S. military officers said on Saturday. They said the "operational pause," ordered on Friday, meant that advances would be put on hold while the military sorted out logistics problems with long supply lines from Kuwait. The invasion force would continue to attack Iraqi forces ahead of them with heavy air strikes during the pause, softening them up ahead of any eventual attack on Baghdad, said the officers, declining to be named. Use of gas-guzzling armored vehicles has been restricted to save fuel and food is also in short supply. In one frontline infantry unit, for instance, soldiers have had their rations cut to one meal packet a day from three. Resistance from Iraqi militias fighting in towns along the advance lines has hampered the stretched supply convoys. Excellent news. |
| Posted by: Frank Martin 2003-03-28 23:23:26 |
| #1 Rooters has it. Fox's embeds are not surprised. Supply problems cited. Makes sense to me. Better to get something right than to rush to an artificial deadline. |
| Posted by: JAB 2003-03-28 23:12:39 |