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Browsing BBC Ceefax yesterday I had to do a double take and thought that perhaps Uncle Sam had lost patience with Turkey's apparent lack of co-operation, when I read:
'US strikes deal with Turkey's leaders'
The vision of a B-2 mission taking out the centre of Ankara fleetingly entered my head
'US strikes deal with Turkey's leaders'
The vision of a B-2 mission taking out the centre of Ankara fleetingly entered my head
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Sky News Thurs 10am - "We now go live to Greg, an embedded reporter with Fox News attached to 3 Inf Mech Div"
"As you join me it looks like an M1 tank has been disabled ahead of us, even though they are hard to stop the tracks will come off or worse if you fire enough Rocket propelled Grenades into it"
Thanks for that, if the Iraqis didn't know then they do now....
"As you join me it looks like an M1 tank has been disabled ahead of us, even though they are hard to stop the tracks will come off or worse if you fire enough Rocket propelled Grenades into it"
Thanks for that, if the Iraqis didn't know then they do now....
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From Sky News ...
"Umm Qasr is a city similar to Southampton," UK defence minister Geoff Hoon said in the Commons yesterday.
"He's either never been to Southampton, or he's never been to Umm Qasr" says a British squaddie patrolling Umm Qasr. Another soldier added: "There's no beer, no prostitutes and
people are shooting at us. It's more like Portsmouth."
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"Umm Qasr is a city similar to Southampton," UK defence minister Geoff Hoon said in the Commons yesterday.
"He's either never been to Southampton, or he's never been to Umm Qasr" says a British squaddie patrolling Umm Qasr. Another soldier added: "There's no beer, no prostitutes and
people are shooting at us. It's more like Portsmouth."
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From CNN last night:
Reporting on the fighting around the airport in Baghdad. Military expert is explaining what the Iraqi's may be doing as there seems to be little in the form of resistance.
A. Retreating
B. Intentionally drawing coalition closer to Badhdad
C. Repositioning
D. Giving up and leaving
And they need an 'expert' to come up with that?? My dog could come up with that answer!
Reporting on the fighting around the airport in Baghdad. Military expert is explaining what the Iraqi's may be doing as there seems to be little in the form of resistance.
A. Retreating
B. Intentionally drawing coalition closer to Badhdad
C. Repositioning
D. Giving up and leaving
And they need an 'expert' to come up with that?? My dog could come up with that answer!
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After watching images of RM commandos, some SF, Tornado jocks etc, today they interviewed the guy that draws the cartoons for the psyops stuff.
He couldn't be shown - was blacked out .... and he has been drawing cartoons!!
(No offence to the individual!)
He couldn't be shown - was blacked out .... and he has been drawing cartoons!!
(No offence to the individual!)
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Is it just me, or is anyone else fed up with the BBC stating that their correspondents cannot reveal their exact whereabouts, or disclose military plans, every time they broadcast a report? Presumably if they didn't mention it someone might complain that they hadn't been given all the information....
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Good one on the BBC this morning, correspondent on board a carrier standing in front of an F-14 loaded with LGBs, AIM-9s and a LANTIRN pod, proudly declares the LANTIRN pod to be a Tomahawk! Outstanding research that man!
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Disabled M1 in Baghdad
BBC reporter around a disabled M1 in the city this morning enthusiastically describing this sight as 'a major propoganda coup' for the Iraqis.
'Ho hum', thought I, and went to pick up the morning papers. And what do I see on the cover of the Sunday Times? That very same tank, the name of which the camera crew had confirmed as 'COJONE EH', in the process of suffering a fairly obvious 'non-enemy action' fire, with Marines on top trying to extinguish it with jerricans of water.
Hardly the David vs Goliath battle conjured up by the BBC.
'Ho hum', thought I, and went to pick up the morning papers. And what do I see on the cover of the Sunday Times? That very same tank, the name of which the camera crew had confirmed as 'COJONE EH', in the process of suffering a fairly obvious 'non-enemy action' fire, with Marines on top trying to extinguish it with jerricans of water.
Hardly the David vs Goliath battle conjured up by the BBC.
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Is is just me, or is the reporting ever so slightly slanted? One M1 brews up and it's 'a major propoganda coup for the Iraqis' - hundreds of Iraqi APCS and Tanks destroyed on the road to Baghdad and it barely registers. Amazing! Do they expect us to achieve this without taking a single loss?
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The M1 that was destroyed featured on the Tv coverage of the jaunt down highway 8. Looked like an engine overheat, decided not to recover the vehicle and the crew were seen to extract in good order having posted a grenade back into the hatch.
Also later BBC showed the Iraqi;s dancing on the turret of a different knocked out tank. someone should point out to them that it was a T-72 turret and was therefor one of their own tanks
Also later BBC showed the Iraqi;s dancing on the turret of a different knocked out tank. someone should point out to them that it was a T-72 turret and was therefor one of their own tanks
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Not a gaffe but I heard a BBC reporter on tv this afternoon state that a British military helicopter had been fired upon by US Marines in Southern Iraq. Fortunately the aircraft was not hit but the pilot 'landed on' and remonstrated with the offenders.
Too much to hope that a camera was present - I wonder what he said...
Too much to hope that a camera was present - I wonder what he said...
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I just heard that fat luuvie bitch on sky news Vivian Cregore(sp?)say "the British are telling us" what the **** is she? a poxy martian.
One second thoughts yes, these media scum are a species apart.
One second thoughts yes, these media scum are a species apart.
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have you noticed how the reporters who are based in Baghdad are wetting themselves trying to counter the coalition claims about reaching towards the city centre? Considering that propaganda is part of the war and our forces use it so that we can gain some advantages, the reporters and their analy retentive anchors back in the studios are doing their utmost to prove that the reports are only propaganda and therefore negating the effect it is supposed to have on the enemy. In my book that makes the reporters and their muppets in the studios traitorous lackeys of the Iraqis. I wouldn't p!ss on them if they were on fire.
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The TV anchor persons are definitely beginning to show the strain.
Following the usual, 'Our reporters are not allowed to reveal their location or military plans'.
"Hello John, where are you, and what's the plan?"
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I agree totally. The best one was a guy whose name I unfortunately missed. Having been told that the US Forces had Saddam Hussein International Airport in sight, he went down there, stood outside the Terminal Building, and reported that he hadn't seen a single American soldier.
An hour later the Americans were wandering through the departure lounge!
Following the usual, 'Our reporters are not allowed to reveal their location or military plans'.
"Hello John, where are you, and what's the plan?"
Cargo Boy
I agree totally. The best one was a guy whose name I unfortunately missed. Having been told that the US Forces had Saddam Hussein International Airport in sight, he went down there, stood outside the Terminal Building, and reported that he hadn't seen a single American soldier.
An hour later the Americans were wandering through the departure lounge!
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Reported a few minutes ago (20.25 hrs., U.K.) by Sky reporter "out there", about the U.S. aircraft that has landed at Baghdad International, that "the C.130 is a very large transport helicopter........"