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2003-02-07 Iraq

5th US Aircraft Carrier to Head for Gulf

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Posted by Steve 2003-02-07 01:55 pm|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 KCNA calls it the "Calvinson". Unless we got one of those stealth carriers I used to read about in Popular Science.

Posted by tu3031 2003-02-07 14:14:54|| 2003-02-07 14:14:54|| Front Page Top

#2 Getting rather unsportsmanlike. This used to be called "piling on".

It suggests a "while we're in the neighborhood" scenario might be in the works. General spring cleaning and all that.

Posted by Chuck 2003-02-07 14:50:06|| [blog.simmins.org] 2003-02-07 14:50:06|| Front Page Top

#3 It *definitely* feels like the Iraq assault is only the beginning, not the climax. This is going to be a very interesting year.

Posted by jrosevear 2003-02-07 15:39:09|| 2003-02-07 15:39:09|| Front Page Top

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