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2003-03-27 Iraq

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Posted by Scott Ross 2003-03-27 07:09 pm|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Look to the West, young man, look to the West.

It's quiet, too quiet.

50/50 the Fourth comes charging out of the West. Some of those ships from Turkey ought to be in Kuwait, if that was where they were really going. Any such reports?

Posted by Chuck 2003-03-27 19:15:19|| [blog.simmins.org] 2003-03-27 19:15:19|| Front Page Top

#2 Watch Tikrit, hometown of the Big Moustache, his tribe and the source of his political power and most loyal goons. If the bad guys want to hold hostages, the good guys can do the same to Tikrit. First sniff of VX and Tikrit goes poof in a cloud of MOAB fumes.

Posted by elbud 2003-03-27 20:06:04|| 2003-03-27 20:06:04|| Front Page Top

#3 you may be right Chuck- this just of fof Strafore:

U.S. Officials: Coalition Troops Now Control Large Swath Of Western Iraq
Mar 28, 2003 - 0236 GMT

U.S. special forces -- who have been conducting secret operations in western Iraq -- have taken control of a portion of the west that spans 275 km (170 miles), from the Jordan-Iraq border to the Mudaysis airfield, U.S. military officials claim. The area is mainly unpopulated desert, but it contains a few airfields and locations where coalition officials believe SCUD missiles might be hidden.

Also didnt Debka claim something about the 101st coming up the Iraq-Saudi border then turning upsomewhere West of the Karbala

Posted by scott 2003-03-27 20:54:05|| 2003-03-27 20:54:05|| Front Page Top

#4 I mentioned this 2 days ago when the 101st Div disappeared from the news, along with a brigade of the 82nd Airborne, and all of the 75th Rangers. And nobody has been mentioning H1 since it was captured.

Also, the 2nd ACR has disappeared from what I can gather.

The 2nd is an experimental unit, in the process of transitioning from light Hummvee to Strikers next year, as they transitioned from Bradleys/M1's to Humvees last decade.

They are part of the XVII Airborne Corps and are the designated Cavalry Regiment for that corps- very mobile, very well armed, very agressive and very well trained. Look up the regiment's history against the RG's in the last ware (I was there, part of regimental S2 for the 2ACR).

Due to its lght nature, this unit could be airlifted part and parcel with a C17 surge in less than 48 hours. Think "Rat Patrol", except much more well armed, and equipped with a troop (company) of Apaches and a battery of mobile field artillery.

Posted by OldSpook 2003-03-27 21:56:06|| 2003-03-27 21:56:06|| Front Page Top

#5 Yeah, it does seem that everything that heads out west tends to convieniently disappear. What kind of Godzilla force are they forming out there? Enquiring minds...

Posted by tu3031 2003-03-27 22:49:36|| 2003-03-27 22:49:36|| Front Page Top

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