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Umm Qasr 'Safe and Open' - British Commander

post #1 of 30
3/25/03 at 12:27pm
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UMM QASR, Iraq (Reuters) - The southern Iraqi port town of Umm Qasr, where U.S. and British forces have faced Iraqi resistance for days, is now "safe and open," a British commander said on Tuesday.

Brigadier Jim Dutton, commander of the British Royal Marines' 3rd Commando Brigade, told reporters he hoped the first ship bringing aid to Iraq would arrive within 48 hours.
The supply line for aid to the Iraqi people starts here.
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post #2 of 30
3/25/03 at 12:28pm
I remember when we took Ummm Qsr a few days ago and raised an American flag over it. And Iraq said we didn't have it, and conservos scoffed.

Remember that?
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post #3 of 30
3/25/03 at 12:32pm
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Point? We have it now. It's free of Saddam. Does it tear you up inside?
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post #4 of 30
3/25/03 at 12:34pm
You believe every word of every press release from the govt. What's it like to be stupid?
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post #5 of 30
3/25/03 at 12:36pm
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Devin hates Saddam, hates the war:
You believe every word of every press release from the govt. What's it like to be stupid?
and who do you believe?
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post #6 of 30
3/25/03 at 12:37pm
I believe in triangulation of information. Seeking as many sources as possible, putting them together and trying to sort out what the real truth is.

Anyone who thinks that EITHER side, or just about ANY of the media, in this are telling the whole story is an idiot.
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post #7 of 30
3/25/03 at 12:40pm
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Just saw video of children running after an American transport begging for candy.
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post #8 of 30
3/25/03 at 12:42pm
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Devin hates Saddam, hates the war:
I believe in triangulation of information. Seeking as many sources as possible, putting them together and trying to sort out what the real truth is.

Anyone who thinks that EITHER side, or just about ANY of the media, in this are telling the whole story is an idiot.
well, most of us have a life and a job so we don't have the time to swift thru every single newspaper/web site, so we take our news from respected sources like the french-owned Reuters, matt drudge, or the World Socialist Web Site.
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post #9 of 30
3/25/03 at 12:42pm
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Matt Carroll:
Just saw video of children running after an American transport begging for candy.
I don't really understand what any of that proves? People are happy to be out from under a dictator? The people of Uganda welcomed Idi Amin with open arms. How will they feel in five years is the question.
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post #10 of 30
3/25/03 at 12:43pm
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Nelson Montgomery:
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Devin hates Saddam, hates the war:
I believe in triangulation of information. Seeking as many sources as possible, putting them together and trying to sort out what the real truth is.

Anyone who thinks that EITHER side, or just about ANY of the media, in this are telling the whole story is an idiot.
well, most of us have a life and a job so we don't have the time to swift thru every single newspaper/web site, so we take our news from respected sources like the french-owned Reuters, matt drudge, or the World Socialist Web Site.
Some of us have jobs, lives and are not intellectually lazy.
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post #11 of 30
3/25/03 at 12:44pm
Nelson, do other things consume your time so much that you can't be a news-hound? Come on...

Everyone has time in their day for that stuff.
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post #12 of 30
3/25/03 at 12:47pm
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Verbal Kint:
Nelson, do other things consume your time so much that you can't be a news-hound? Come on...

Everyone has time in their day for that stuff.
i don't have the luxury of staying at home and watching tv or reading every single site that has an opinion on this war. i work for a fortune 100 company, plus i do tons of freelance work for demanding clients. that, and family consume most if not all my time. i wish i could sit down and listen to cnn or al-jazeera for more than 10 minutes a day, but I can't.
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post #13 of 30
3/25/03 at 12:48pm
Yet you have time to post unending, uninformed bullshit on CHUD all day.
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post #14 of 30
3/25/03 at 12:59pm
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Devin hates Saddam, hates the war:
Yet you have time to post unending, uninformed bullshit on CHUD all day.
uhm... too bad you don't get too tell me what to post do you. you wish you did. but you don't.

go hug a tree...
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post #15 of 30
3/25/03 at 1:01pm
hahaha Did that reponse come from the "Rush Limbaugh lame insult generator?"
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post #16 of 30
3/25/03 at 1:03pm
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Devin hates Saddam, hates the war:
hahaha Did that reponse come from the "Rush Limbaugh lame insult generator?"
i've never listens to limbaugh, so i have no clue as to what you're refering. i only insult people i actually know, so no, it was an insult. just suggesting you go get some love...
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post #17 of 30
3/25/03 at 1:05pm
The personal attacks keep coming! You guys hate it when I tell the truth.
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post #18 of 30
3/25/03 at 1:09pm
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Devin hates Saddam, hates the war:
The personal attacks keep coming! You guys hate it when I tell the truth.
i think no one here loses sleep on whether you tell the truth or not. don't flatter yourself. the only hate seems to come from you.
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post #19 of 30
3/25/03 at 1:11pm
You should go back and read the thread. I didn't start the personal attacks here. Where does the hate seem to come from?
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post #20 of 30
3/25/03 at 1:14pm
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Devin hates Saddam, hates the war:
You believe every word of every press release from the govt. What's it like to be stupid?
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post #21 of 30
3/25/03 at 1:17pm
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Matt Carroll:
Point? We have it now. It's free of Saddam. Does it tear you up inside?
I guess you missed the post RIGHT ABOVE THAT ONE, WHICH I WAS RESPONDING TO.
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post #22 of 30
3/25/03 at 1:18pm
how is that an insult?
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post #23 of 30
3/25/03 at 1:22pm
I would suppose the fact that he is accusing me of supporting Hussein?

Its' not as good as your anti-semitic remark in another thread, but hey.
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post #24 of 30
3/25/03 at 1:23pm
Try and keep the punches above the groin area, guys.
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post #25 of 30
3/25/03 at 1:51pm
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So you think we're losing?

Is that your point?
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post #26 of 30
3/25/03 at 2:09pm
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Matt Carroll:
So you think we're losing?

Is that your point?
we're getting our asses kicked, yes sir-ee!

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post #27 of 30
3/25/03 at 2:13pm
Who said we're losing? We'll win eventually. The point is that the government is lying about the situation - it's hairier then they let on.

And isn't there an offsite image linking rule, Nelson?
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post #28 of 30
3/25/03 at 2:31pm
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Devin hates Saddam, hates the war:
Who said we're losing? We'll win eventually. The point is that the government is lying about the situation - it's hairier then they let on.

And isn't there an offsite image linking rule, Nelson?
i know you want to get rid of the quote, but that's my site i'm linking to.

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post #29 of 30
3/25/03 at 2:33pm
I think it's a great quote, I just doubt Jefferson meant it as an apology for imperialism.
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post #30 of 30
3/25/03 at 2:36pm
Nelson, your sig is clear. You don't have to dismantle it.

Though, I would agree with Devin in that I'm pretty sure that he meant that only in the case of tyrants actually THREATENING our liberty, not ones who pose all of the threat of a fruit fly.
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