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2003-03-24 Iraq

Iraq continues sending reinforcements to Basra

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-03-24 01:41 pm|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Forming arrangmeents to counter air raids? If this is true they are just making themselves easier targets. This report is bogus, unless those six armored vehicles are heading to Basra to surrender, and they've contacted the coalition troops, they're dead men driving.

Posted by Yank 2003-03-24 14:23:12|| 2003-03-24 14:23:12|| Front Page Top

#2 Six armored vehicles. Six?

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A mighty Arab armada! The Black Watch are now doubt quaking in their kilts, contemplating this furious six-vehicle Blitzkrieg.

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In all honesty, what sort of militarily significant counterattack is a reinforced platoon of six vehicles going to mount against a couple of divisions, assuming they even get there alive?

Posted by Mike 2003-03-24 15:22:41|| 2003-03-24 15:22:41|| Front Page Top

#3 uh, geography, people :)

Theyre moving TOWARDS Basra on the Fao-Basra road. IE they're heading north. IE they're retreating.

Posted by liberalhawk 2003-03-24 15:34:40|| 2003-03-24 15:34:40|| Front Page Top

#4 correct liberalhawk, but you missed one critical strategy:

" the vehicles kept pulling over and forming arrangement to counter air raids at the sound of approaching hostile planes"

the dreaded Tikrit version of a Chinese Fire Drill

Posted by Frank G 2003-03-24 18:08:12|| 2003-03-24 18:08:12|| Front Page Top

#5 Daisy cutter time!!!!!!!

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2003-03-24 22:01:55|| 2003-03-24 22:01:55|| Front Page Top

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