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| Iraq |
| Buses of Iraqis Fleeing Baghdad |
| 2003-04-03 |
| Iraqi deserters and civilians are flooding out of Baghdad by the busload on Thursday and surrendering to U.S. forces advancing on the Iraqi capital, said a U.S. television reporter traveling with Marines. "There are so many people on the road now that it's impossible to further conduct military operations and so our unit has stopped now and set up a hasty prisoner of war compound," said ABC correspondent Mike Cerre. Damm, if we keep getting delayed like this the war won't be over until, oh, tomorrow. What a quagmire! Reporting from central Iraq, south of Baghdad with the 1st Marine Division, Cerre said U.S. support aircraft had counted more than 60 buses filled with Iraqis fleeing Baghdad. "What is stopping us now is the flood of deserters and civilians, on buses, trucks, taxicabs and whatever they can catch a ride on, trying to make their way south to their families or American forces to surrender" he said. "Run away!" |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #3 Damn Steve, your "what a quagmire" comment made me spray Mountain Dew all over my montior! |
| Posted by: Scooter McGruder 2003-04-03 12:40:42 |
| #2 More of the ABC report: "Wednesday night after their officers gave them weekend passes, knowing they were likely to desert. It was not clear if they were from the Republican Guard." Hmmmm. |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2003-04-03 10:38:52 |
| #1 The more people leave, the easier to spot Saddam's, oops, I mean whoever's in charge, defenders. Problem: how to keep a-holes with guns from sneaking out of town with the rest ? |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-04-03 10:20:30 |