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2003-10-26 Iraq

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Posted by Steve White 2003-10-26 1:19:29 AM|| || Front Page|| [11133 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 CNN says that Wolfowitz was in the compound and was missed by mortars.

Posted by Brian 2003-10-26 1:38:28 AM|| 2003-10-26 1:38:28 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Couldn't they have aimed at something more benificial like, lets say, the CNN news van?

Posted by Charles 2003-10-26 1:44:42 AM|| 2003-10-26 1:44:42 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 According to the BBC casualties are being put at 1 US soldier killed, 15 people wounded.

"The attackers appear to have driven a van into a nearby park where they dropped off a trailer containing a rocket launcher, disguised as a generator, about 400 metres (1,312 feet) from the hotel. They then set off a timing device and fled, leaving the rockets to launch at the hotel a few minutes later. An Iraqi security guard told the Associated Press he saw projectiles flying towards the hotel. "There was a whooshing sound," said Dafer Jawad. "One landed in the front of the hotel. I saw very heavy white smoke in front of the hotel." A fire started and about 200 people, including US officials, contractors and journalists gathered in the lobby of the hotel before leaving the building - some still in their pyjamas."

Posted by Bulldog 2003-10-26 5:57:26 AM|| 2003-10-26 5:57:26 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 MSNBC,,,Imediatly after attack said 6 injured ,none killied.

Posted by Raptor 2003-10-26 7:00:31 AM|| 2003-10-26 7:00:31 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 The opponents of our new pre-emption doctrine would have us wait until they park the trailer, remove the disguise, and set the timers before we try to prevent the attack -- even if we earlier thought we had good intelligence that they're preparing the attack in a warehouse in northern Baghdad.

Posted by snellenr 2003-10-26 9:01:44 AM|| 2003-10-26 9:01:44 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 "Fox News said the rockets were 122mm Katyushas, fired from a "home-made" launcher. The vehicle was disguised as a power generation van. 11 rockets were fired, of which 8 hit the hotel...Later Sunday morning, U.S. soldiers could be seen removing at least two 3-foot-long rockets from the trailer"

They sound like 107mm Katyushas, not 122mm. I would have expected more damage from 8 122mm hits, even if some of them were duds. The 122mm Katyusha is a 10 foot long 20km range weapon. I'll bet some reporter heard "Katyushas" and didn't know that they also come in 107mm.

Posted by Dave 2003-10-26 10:06:47 AM|| 2003-10-26 10:06:47 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Briefing says they were 65mm and 85mm, fired from a 40-pod rack.

Posted by Fred 2003-10-26 11:06:16 AM|| 2003-10-26 11:06:16 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Thanks Fred, that makes a lot more sense now.

Posted by Dave 2003-10-26 11:34:07 AM|| 2003-10-26 11:34:07 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 The Tet Offensive this isn't ... but I'm sure it will be covered as such by CNN, BBC, MSNBC, the NYT ...

Posted by Super Hose 2003-10-26 12:05:38 PM|| 2003-10-26 12:05:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 On the subject of Tet.. I'd like to pose a question...
Do enough people know their history to know what a Tet in Iraq means?

Posted by Dishman 2003-10-26 3:50:22 PM|| 2003-10-26 3:50:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 How common was the knowledge in Baghdad that Wolfowitz was staying in that hotel? And didn't the chopper we lost in Tikrit happen the same day Wolfowitz went in and out of there in a chopper? We need to look more closely at who we're sharing ops information with in country - Wolfowitz is going to be lucky to make it home in one piece.

Posted by VAMark 2003-10-26 4:55:48 PM|| 2003-10-26 4:55:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 so is wolfie now officially no longer a chicken hawk, having been under enemy fire?

Posted by liberalhawk 2003-10-26 5:39:38 PM|| 2003-10-26 5:39:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 Dishman.... Now that's a hell of a good question with Ramadan coming up. New moon only 60 hours away.

Posted by Shipman 2003-10-26 6:46:35 PM|| 2003-10-26 6:46:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 It sounds like an aircraft rocket pod. That would fit in a trailer-borne generator housing.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-10-26 6:50:42 PM|| 2003-10-26 6:50:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 Saw a picture of the trailer on the news. It was definitely homemade. Also not all the rockets launched.

Posted by Super Hose 2003-10-26 9:31:31 PM|| 2003-10-26 9:31:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 So as usual, the war monger escaped but Americans died in his stead--God/Allah knows that bitch never served his country except to advance the cause of his first loyalty--Israel

Posted by NotMikeMoore 2003-10-26 11:47:27 PM|| 2003-10-26 11:47:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 Bitch? LOL.

How, pray tell, have you served your country? Other than soaking up the largesse that the system you apparently despise generates? BTW, we all pay taxes, but most of us don't, metaphorically speaking, piss on America with every breath. Most of us also recognize that no one has to listen to Wolfowitz - so, since he is listened to by Dubya, it must be that what he has to say is a tad more intelligent and substantive than the NaziMedia brain farts you spew here.

Posted by .com 2003-10-27 12:27:20 AM|| 2003-10-27 12:27:20 AM|| Front Page Top

#18 OK-- .com--you know it all--I must be crazy to doubt your divine wisdom -- when you don't even live in our country--if you loved it--you'd live here

Posted by NotMikeMoore 2003-10-27 12:45:44 AM|| 2003-10-27 12:45:44 AM|| Front Page Top

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Posted by NotMikeMoore 2003-10-27 12:48:13 AM|| 2003-10-27 12:48:13 AM|| Front Page Top

#20 Comrade Cueball - no, I don't know it all, but this was too easy - everything I said is self-apparent. Your "comeback" is typically lame - and fails to dispute anything with fact.

Being connected, I do not have to live in any particular place to be informed. Perhaps, it would do you some good to leave America and fend for yourself for a few years. You might find out just how stupid your "if you loved it--you'd live here" remark is. As a lazy fat stupid Merkin (yes, you are the one who exemplifies the bias against Americans, not me - and if you were out here you'd know it) you sit in your self-satisfied little bubble of self-hatred and simultaneous self-congratulation and stew in your own bile. Bon appetite, CC.

Posted by .com 2003-10-27 1:33:01 AM|| 2003-10-27 1:33:01 AM|| Front Page Top

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