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Iraq
Status List of Strategic Baghdad Sites
2003-04-09
Some key strategic sites in Baghdad and who controls them as of Wednesday night:

-New Presidential Palace: U.S. forces.
Check
-Interior Ministry: U.S. forces.
Check
-Defense Ministry: uncertain.
Left forwarding address: General Delivery, Tikrit
-Information Ministry: contested by snipers.
Bomb - again, repeat as needed
-Directorate of Military Intelligence: uncertain.
Nobody home
-National headquarters of Saddam Hussein's paramilitary Fedayeen: rubble.
Bwaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!
-Baath party Headquarters: apparently U.S. forces.
Apparently?
-Baghdad International Airport, formerly Saddam International Airport, southwestern outskirts of Baghdad: U.S. forces.
Double Check
-Rasheed Airport, southeastern Baghdad: U.S. forces, still clearing buildings.
Looking for the POWs whose uniforms we found covered with blood
-Muthanna Airport, central Baghdad: uncertain.
All flights delayed
Posted by:Steve

#1  somebody tell the Iraqis where the French embassy is
Posted by: mhw   2003-04-09 14:53:31  

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