**OFFICIAL WAR THREAD** 7th Calvary fights off Iraqi attack; Bush seeks 75 billion for war

[no0b]

Originally posted by: charrison

Originally posted by: Tripleshot

Originally posted by: BunLengthHotDog
Some Full Size Photos for you folks

B52 Taking Off

F18 on the flight deck

US Soldier getting some lovin from Iraqi

I feel sorry for who is on the receiving end of this

Interesting picture of a moving convoy

Iraqi Soldiers fake surrender (Graphic photo)


THIS IS WHY WE ARE THERE


This reason is good enough for me

Enjoy

"This reason is good enough for me" too.

Nice pics. Thank you.

The last one speaks volumes.

Some desktop worthy pics in there

 

[etech]

Won't Back Down.

 

[Marshallj]

Originally posted by: PG
Russian arms sold to Iraq? possibly anti-tank weapons

First of all, before this war only 1 M-1 Abrahms has been knocked out of commision. Many have been knocked out of commision already in one week of fighting.
An RPG bounces off them as if it were nothing. The M-1 has very tough armor made of depleted uranium, but it also has some reactive armor that is designed to explode when hit. Maybe that doesn't make sense, but it repels certain objects that hit it very well. An internet search would do a better job of explaining it than me though.

Anyway, my point is that an RPG, which Iraq has, won't knock one out, but Russian anti-tank weapons can. Many might have come to Iraq through Syria, but I can't provide a link right now. Maybe later.

From what I've heard, the M1's that have been knocked out have been hit from behind, in their engine. Usually tankers position themselves so their fron is the only part facing the enemy, but the sandstorms this week enabled Iraqi's to sneak around from behind and knock the tanks out. They knew where to hit.

And even so, the tanks were only damaged and not destroyed. They were knocked out of commision since the engine was gone, but the tank's main armor was not penetrated. The crews all got out safely. The only reason they were disabled was because the Iraqi's got around from behind.

 

[Celstar]

rips to all the slain men

 

[Alistar7]

Originally posted by: etech
Won't Back Down.

that was EXCELLENT, thanks..... check that out everyone

 

[microAmp]

Originally posted by: Alistar7

Originally posted by: etech
Won't Back Down.

that was EXCELLENT, thanks..... check that out everyone

Definetly nice.

 

[Alistar7]

CNN will run story in a few minutes about what happened as @ 1,000 women and children tried to cross a bridge from "militia" controlled area to a US controlled one. (Basra)


A 4 whl truck came onto the bridge and opened fire with machine guns, a british tank engaged and destroyed thevehicle along with 3 Fed heads, apparently they have been picking their own people off as they try to escape over the bridge....

where are the anti-war people crying about innocent civilians???

 

[Alistar7]

Medina division has been reduced to 65% fighting strength through coalition airstirkes, a second divsion has been (hamaramhi, lol, that was phonetic) moved into place to reinforce, a third has been shifted west to take their place.

 

[Alistar7]

USA begins broadcasting TV signal for first time today.

The large blasts yesterday in baghdad may have not ben bunker busters, but a new weapon. NOT MOAB.

 

[Tom]

"where are the anti-war people crying about innocent civilians??? "

I'm not anti-war but I feel compelled to point out to you that the incident you referred to happened while the war the anti-war people are against is going on.

 

[Alistar7]

Please compell yourself to understand things of this nature have been happening to Iraqi's for decades. For those that argue the loss of innocent life is not worth the effort, I would argue that the safety of 27,000,000 outweighs the loss of a few thousand, especially when more than that have already been victimized. The greatest immoral act is to do nothing in the name of this brutality, to protest this makes me wonder about someone's true humanity.

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: Dead Parrot Sketch
"where are the anti-war people crying about innocent civilians??? "

I'm not anti-war but I feel compelled to point out to you that the incident you referred to happened while the war the anti-war people are against is going on.

Oh...ok...so it *is* the fault of the coalition that innocent civilians are being killed. I see...it's not the fault of the barbaric Iraqi troops who seek to suppress the populace.

 

[conjur]

British aid ship docks at Umm Qasr

 

[conjur]

UN has voted to restart the Oil-for-Food program in Iraq.

 

[conjur]

Iraqi 'Information' Minister claims coalition may use WMD out of frustration

uhh....yeah....right.

Ever wonder if he has a gun to his head when he makes these statements??

 

[C'DaleRider]

So I guess Syria is next.........like some Middle Eastern countries have said.

U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld issued a warning to Syria Friday, saying it would be held accountable for shipments of military equipment -- including night-vision goggles -- that have been moved across the border into Iraq.

These deliveries pose a direct threat to the lives of coalition forces. We consider such trafficking as hostile acts and will hold the Syrian government accountable for such shipments," Rumsfeld said at a Pentagon briefing.

Rumsfeld also warned any country against sending any "military forces, intelligence personnel or proxies" into Iraq that are not under the control of Gen. Tommy Franks, chief of the U.S. Central Command.

Link


While I think Syria should stop supplying Iraq, many Middle Eastern countries have maintained the US would not stop with Iraq but instead look for a reason to go into Syria and Iran next. Looks like Syria is willing to oblige.

 

[drewshin]

THIS IS WHY WE ARE THERE


This reason is good enough for me

Enjoy

correction, this is only one of the reasons why we are there.

some of the other reasons are:
#1

and:
#2

and while these people are happy, the administration refuses to help people like this:

NK Child

ooh, nice picture of rummy and saddam
#3

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: drewshin

ooh, nice picture of rummy and saddam
#3

But...from that article:

Saddam's regime was using much of Iraq's burgeoning oil revenue to improve the daily lives of its people. It even won UN humanitarian awards for its literacy programs.

and

In the 1980's, our Arab allies in the region and our own assessment convinced us that Iraq might be a new kind of moderate Arab leader, that [Saddam] could be brought into the moderate Arab camp," said New York Times reporter Patrick Tyler.

 

[Morph]

Originally posted by: conjur

Originally posted by: drewshin

ooh, nice picture of rummy and saddam
#3

But...from that article:

Saddam's regime was using much of Iraq's burgeoning oil revenue to improve the daily lives of its people. It even won UN humanitarian awards for its literacy programs.

and

In the 1980's, our Arab allies in the region and our own assessment convinced us that Iraq might be a new kind of moderate Arab leader, that [Saddam] could be brought into the moderate Arab camp," said New York Times reporter Patrick Tyler.

But then we found out that Saddam Hussein wasn't our patsy, that he actually had a mind of his own. Can't have that, now can we? Oh no, he's threatening Kuwait, a country ruled by some rich oil shieks who are on our payroll. That's gonna hurt our bottom line, can't have that. Ok, let's go kick Saddam out of Kuwait. Now let's impose brutal sanctions on Iraq for 10 years and send this country, who was once the most progressive and modern nation in the whole Middle East, back into the stone age and create another poor, religiously fanatic nation of angry muslim arabs who hate the US.

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: Morph

Originally posted by: conjur

Originally posted by: drewshin

ooh, nice picture of rummy and saddam
#3

But...from that article:

Saddam's regime was using much of Iraq's burgeoning oil revenue to improve the daily lives of its people. It even won UN humanitarian awards for its literacy programs.

and

In the 1980's, our Arab allies in the region and our own assessment convinced us that Iraq might be a new kind of moderate Arab leader, that [Saddam] could be brought into the moderate Arab camp," said New York Times reporter Patrick Tyler.

But then we found out that Saddam Hussein wasn't our patsy, that he actually had a mind of his own. Can't have that, now can we? Oh no, he's threatening Kuwait, a country ruled by some rich oil shieks who are on our payroll. That's gonna hurt our bottom line, can't have that. Ok, let's go kick Saddam out of Kuwait. Now let's impose brutal sanctions on Iraq for 10 years and send this country, who was once the most progressive and modern nation in the whole Middle East, back into the stone age and create another poor, religiously fanatic nation of angry muslim arabs who hate the US.

Good grief....

 

[Krugger]

Blix is resigning from his post. On MSNBC tv.

 

[zodder]

I just want to be part of this huge thread.

 

[Corsairpro]

2 F-15 drop laser guided bomb on 2 story building in Basra... intelligence reports say that 200 Fadeyeene Saddam (sp?) were in the building planning their next moves - MSNBC TV

SWEET!

 

[suklee]

Anyone see the missle fragments of the missle that hit Kuwait City on CNN?

It's got Chinese writing on it.. hmm

 

[Alistar7]

Chineese silkworms.....