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| Iraq |
| Blasts, Anti-Aircraft Fire Rock Baghdad |
| 2003-03-20 |
| Heavy detonations and the crackle of anti-aircraft fire were heard Thursday night in Baghdad. Red and white tracers streaked across the night sky and the flash of explosions could be seen on the horizon. Anti-aircraft fire was constant as the explosions rumbled in the distance. As the attack continued, explosions could be heard from the west side of the Tigris River where at least two of Saddam Hussein's palaces and the intelligence headquarters are located. Explosions and large clouds of gray smoke appeared to be closer to the heart of the city. A huge plume of smoke could be seen from the west bank of the Tigris in central Baghdad but it could not be determined what was hit. Lots of booms and stuff, but nothing in the line of BDA... Meanwhile, F-14 and F-18 jets took off from the USS Theodore Roosevelt in the eastern Mediterranean, armed with missiles and bombs. CNN reported that a building was hit in what is known as Baghdad's presidential area. The building is associated with the ministry of planning. Three distinct locations in the center of Baghdad were smoking after apparently being bombed. Pretty daggone disappointing reporting at this stage — lotsa explosions, but no details on why or who. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #3 Psyops... Strip away saddams "trappings of power" in a way that lets Bagdidians know there is a new dog in town... Smoking hulks of buildings will make for powerful TV images, except that by tonights Al Jezzera news the buildings will be an orphanage, a hospital and a chocolate chip cookie factory... PS we are leaving the power grids intact,so that the people are not terrorized... This is between Uncle Sam and the soon to be gone saddam... |
| Posted by: Capsu78 2003-03-20 13:48:39 |
| #2 ...Something about Rocking The Casbah?... Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2003-03-20 13:19:35 |
| #1 Reporters on the scene (as in Baghdad itself) report that they believe the Ministry of Information building and the 2 Presidential Palaces were hit. At least 1 major building has been almost totally destroyed and fires are still burning there. |
| Posted by: FOTSGreg 2003-03-20 13:12:39 |