AHHHHH!

I thought this was your business.

I thought maybe the war had taken a break.

Hadn't seen this posted yet:
Saddam reportedly seen leaving complex on stretcher.

aaah! what will we do?!

*hopes the meeting doesn't last too terribly long*

And thanks for all your hard work, Sean-Paul!

Son, the war does not stop and start for your little "business meetings." Get your ass back in front of that computer! Now! That is an order!

CNN Radio is reporting that CNN has been kicked out of Baghdad.

Is that Saddam on the stretcher, Saddam Copy #1, Saddam Copy #2, Saddam's son, Sadaam's other son, Wolf Blitzer, or a big sack of US disinformation. I hope it's the real one, though.

I just heard that it was four people from cnn, I don't think it is all of CNN

If you have another business meeting, we'll know that the terrorists have won.

Hey come back!

Anti-Air fire in Baghdad, and sirens are on.

The Iraqis demanded that the CNN office be closed and CNN expelled. The four CNN crewmembers are on their way to Jordan.

But freelance journalists are still in Baghdad -- including Peter Arnett (now with MSNBC/National Geographic) -- but CNN was the last official news agency still in Baghdad. (Interestingly enough, CNN has had an office in Baghdad since August 1990 -- even before GWI.)

Stationary cameras are still broadcasting -- and can still be seen on CNN.

Looks like the first B52s might be reaching Baghdad, as well.

BTW, CNN Radio is at this moment reporting (quoting a Pentagon official) that "this is A-Day" -- the beginning of Shock and Awe...

CNN, Fox and other news sources are reporting Shock and Awe has started. B52's are almost there (or might have already arrived, which would explain the ack-ack fire over Baghdad).

03/21 12:16P (DJ)*DJ Second US Marine Killed In Iraq - CNN
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03/21 12:17P (DJ)DJ Second US Marine Killed In Iraq - CNN
Story 4255 DJ Second US Marine -2: Third Marine Hurt By Friendly Fire
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--A second U.S. Marine has been killed in combat in Iraq, the Cable News Network reported Friday.
The network also reported that a third Marine had been injured by friendly fire.
Earlier Friday, the U.S. confirmed that a U.S. Marine with the 1st Expeditionary Force had been killed in southern Iraq. According to a comrade, the Marine - whose name was withheld - was shot in the stomach while his
company was sweeping around a burning oil pumping station.

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03-21-03 1225ET

Apparently the Turks have crossed the northern border, claiming it is a humanitarian mission.

I just read on bbc that France will not accept a US-UK administration of Iraq after the war. What the fuck does that mean? Are they going to fight us for it?

CNN is reporting that today is "A"-Day...signalling the start of the Shock and Awe compaign.

03/21 12:36P (DJ)US Launches Major Aerial Campaign Against Iraq -US Aide
Story 4430 DJ US/Major Aerial Campaign:
Scope Tied To Surrender Talks

Another senior U.S. official said the escalation of the aerial campaign might not be as intense as originally planned because U.S. surrender talks with senior Iraqi officials were continuing.
This official said Gen. Tommy Franks, the war's top commander, would "scale" the intensity of the bombardment in accordance with progress in the surrender talks. Within hours, however, it would be too late to reach a successful conclusion to the talks, and then, if no conclusion was reached, the bombing would go full-throttle, the official said.
One U.S. official said the assault was ordered after U.S. forces met some resistance earlier in the day, raising concerns that the Iraqi high command was regaining control. In the first hours of the war, administration officials had detected evidence that the Iraqi leadership was in disarray.
The Cable News Network reported from the Pentagon that virtually all U.S. Navy and Air Force assets would be used, including B-52 and stealth B-2 bombers, planes based on aircraft carriers in the Mediterranean and Persian Gulf and cruise missiles fired from surface ships and submarines.

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03-21-03 1249ET

Don't worry if you're pissing people off--tell 'em to do their own homework. We trust you and keep up the good work.

The pictures of this are devastating.

Peter Arnett is live right now on MSNBC:

"Much bigger than Desert Storm. Much, much bigger."

"Just like out of an action movie."

Peter A. out of breath, stunned ...

Let us know, and we'll start publishing on Freenet for you, if your worried about people getting mad.

Peter Arnett live on MSNBC:

"They're taking out whole buildings with these missiles."

03/21 1:03P (DJ)+DJ At Least 25 Baghdad Buildings Destroyed -NBC
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any urls to catch this as live video on the web?

You can watch it live on BBC, don't have the specific link handy. Mind you, if 911 is anything to go by, they'll be replaying the same footage for the next week or three.

For a live feed, go to the MSNBC website. Tom Brokaw is anchoring, switching between Peter Arnett in Baghdad, David Bloom coming up from the south in one of the tank columns, and Stormin' Norman.

Peter Arnett is now saying that the main presidential palace is "gone".

More from Peter A. on the MSNBC feed:

"All the action is on the west bank of the Tigris River."

(Leadership compounds, in other words.)

Arnett is saying that the city proper hasn't been hit yet. Everything is focused on Saddam's palaces and leadership offices.

As someone who's stuck at work without a TV I for one appreciate everything your doing. I don't need linked sources. I'm happy with your breakdowns.

Keep up the good work!

Information on Hamas is here:
http://library.nps.navy.mil/home/tgp/hamas.htm

Extraordinary and prolific job of generating on-the-spot journalism without a high-tech support staff. I live directly across the street from Fox 5 in NYC and see what they require to get some pitifully fluffy stuff onto their newswire. Keep up the good work, and remember Ben Franklin's admonition, "It's a republic, if you can KEEP it."