FSPilot 0 Posted March 20, 2003 Anybody else think it's not smart to have a news correspondent going along in a BFV in combat, with a camera and everything? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Harnu 0 Posted March 20, 2003 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (FSPilot @ Mar. 20 2003,23:06)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Anybody else think it's not smart to have a news correspondent going along in a BFV in combat, with a camera and everything? Â <span id='postcolor'> It don't like iteither. BUt alteast they aren't broadcasting the battles... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PHY_Hawkeye 0 Posted March 20, 2003 U.S. 7th Cavelry have aparently made contact with Iraqi troops and light armor. I reckon this is going to be a case of a series of small skirmishes rather that a whole front for a while. EDIT: Air Raid sirens just went off in Kuwait City. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MLF 0 Posted March 20, 2003 about them going along with troops the correspondents that have reported have been limited in what they say and also have been reporting by satelite phone. -edit- They also seem to be mainly reporting in past tense when it comes to reports on camera and saying very little about were they are when in the present. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
USMC Sniper 0 Posted March 20, 2003 Has there been any casualties yet? I heard a Tomahawk killed one and injured fourteen, but that was yesterday. Any skirmishes today? (Sorry I was at school, and I couldn't watch the news) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MLF 0 Posted March 20, 2003 No casualties atm, there were reports of an Apache going down but the crew were okay, ther has been nothin on over on the UK news. um Qasr is the port which the RM commandos have supposidly taken. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PHY_Hawkeye 0 Posted March 20, 2003 That AH-64 got back to friendly airspace. Doesn't look like it was downed by enemy fire, more like a mechanical problem Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MLF 0 Posted March 20, 2003 probally due to the amount od sandstorms in the area. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Warin 0 Posted March 20, 2003 I think casualty reports will be few and far between. Not because none are happening, but because it will be part of the strategy of limiting what the media says in order to avoid giving things away to the enemy. And as far as I am concerned, that's a failrly sound strategy... as long as full reporting can be madeat a point where it will not risk operational security. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MLF 0 Posted March 20, 2003 i agree warin, im speculating we will see video reorts on what happened tonight (UK time) probally around 24hrs after they happened so around 5 or 6pm GMT tommorow were it will not pose a threat to US/UK/AUS troops. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Col. Kurtz 0 Posted March 20, 2003 BBC has reported that there is a rumor that the Iraqis tried to destroy a Kuwaiti oil plant. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akira 0 Posted March 20, 2003 Ok...anyone got a good streaming live video that I don't have to pay for so I can watch here at work. BBC keeps cutting out and is iffy at best. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Othin 0 Posted March 20, 2003 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Col. Kurtz @ Mar. 20 2003,14:32)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">BBC has reported that there is a rumor that the Iraqis tried to destroy a Kuwaiti oil plant.<span id='postcolor'> I've heard two things on that. First I head that it was an Iraqi SCUD or some other ballistic missile, or that it was a Tomahawk that splashed down. Now I'm hearing Iraqi ballistic missile again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
E6Hotel 0 Posted March 20, 2003 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Othin @ Mar. 20 2003,21:36)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I've heard that a Brit is in charge of a large number of U.S. Marines, any truth to this?<span id='postcolor'> The 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), a component of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force (1 MEF), is under the command of Brigadier Dutton, the commander of 3 Commando Brigade. 1 MEF is under the command of USMC LtGen Conway. Semper Fi Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallenPaladin 0 Posted March 20, 2003 It`s a nice idea to collect information about this attack. But anyone who has been in military service should know that 80-90% of the information in the civil media is pure bullshit Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hellfish6 7 Posted March 20, 2003 MEUs are technically seperate from MEFs, right? Like I know that the 15th MEU is from the 1st MarDiv, but are they always under operational control of 1 MarDiv or CENTCOM? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MLF 0 Posted March 20, 2003 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (FallenPaladin @ Mar. 20 2003,23:40)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">It`s a nice idea to collect information about this attack. But anyone who has been in military service should know that 80-90% of the information in the civil media is pure bullshit  <span id='postcolor'> i would say reports from the correspondents going along with the 3rd ID and RM Artillery Reg are fairly reliable although not going to plentiful in there infomation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Col. Kurtz 0 Posted March 20, 2003 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (FallenPaladin @ Mar. 21 2003,07:40)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">It`s a nice idea to collect information about this attack. But anyone who has been in military service should know that 80-90% of the information in the civil media is pure bullshit  <span id='postcolor'> What we are doing here is probably one the best ways for the fourm goers to get the truth. Since we have people reporting things from many sources, we can get many sides of the story and piece together the closest thing to the truth (might still be utter untruth though). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hellfish6 7 Posted March 20, 2003 Yeah... I'm really liking this news from around the world thing we have going on. Now, where'd Denoir go with his unfiltered Swedish news? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tanelorn 0 Posted March 20, 2003 I would say hearing the CNN coorespondant saying "What the Hell?!!" right before a shell blows up near them is pretty authentic. That wasn't made up, it hapened today. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
E6Hotel 0 Posted March 20, 2003 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Hellfish6 @ Mar. 20 2003,23:41)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">MEUs are technically seperate from MEFs, right? Like I know that the 15th MEU is from the 1st MarDiv, but are they always under operational control of 1 MarDiv or CENTCOM?<span id='postcolor'> <deep breath> Okay... from small to large: A battalion (e.g. 1st Bn, 5th Marine Regt) is the ground combat element of a MEU. Â A division (e.g. 1 MarDiv) is the gce of a MEF. Â Each MEF (we've got three -- I MEF in Pendleton, II MEF in Lejeune, and III MEF in Okinawa) has operational control of it's ground, air, and support elements. Semper Fi Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Col. Kurtz 0 Posted March 20, 2003 BBC just showed some footage that was on Iraqi TV of Suddam Hussein meeting with his cabinet. I must say they all looked a little more tired than usual. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Col. Kurtz 0 Posted March 20, 2003 More footage, this time from an Iraqi hospital of supposed wounded from air raids. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PHY_Hawkeye 0 Posted March 20, 2003 You'd look tired too if 72 Cruise Missiles had dropped on your capital in the space of 24hrs Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Col. Kurtz 0 Posted March 20, 2003 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (PHY_Hawkeye @ Mar. 21 2003,08:16)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">You'd look tired too if 72 Cruise Missiles had dropped on your capital in the space of 24hrs  <span id='postcolor'> That is what leads me to believe that it was a very recent meeting, not just some old footage from before the war. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
