**OFFICIAL WAR THREAD** 7th Calvary fights off Iraqi attack; Bush seeks 75 billion for war

[olds]

Originally posted by: conjur

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
I just lost the stream, anyone else?

ATOT effect?

No...working for me.

Hmm... You guys close WMP and I'll watch.

 

[conjur]

It's trying to restart at a 258K rate instead of the 389K rate it was before.

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
I just lost the stream, anyone else?

edit: It's working again oldsmoboat.

It keeps hanging and buffering for me.

 

[Emos]

Al-Jazeera stream is overloaded...the clip was very choppy but yes they're our troops. I hope that the female soldier won't be raped.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: conjur
It's trying to restart at a 258K rate instead of the 389K rate it was before.

Strange, I'm averaging about 380.

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: Emos
I hope that the female soldier won't be raped.

That shouldn't be a problem. She is 30 and they prefer children.

 

[DeJa]

It seems to me, the americans encounter more resistance than they expected with the loss of a plain, a few hostages and , how sad, more than a dozen soldiers in hospital or dead.

It seems to me that this war, like any war, always has two losers....never a real winner.

 

[conjur]

Stream steady and at 389 again for me. There are American flag graphics around the newscasters when they show the split-screen interviews....oops...down to 258 now...a bit choppy at times.

They did just show that video clip of the child's head split open. Would still like to know how that happened...looks like a very clean wound.

 

[rickn]

it has dropped more than usual. btw, all of us watching the stream, the FBI will be paying you a visit, hehe

 

[rudeguy]

buncha hos....showing our guys like that

 

[Jimbo]

Originally posted by: LocutusX
Well, so much for all the people cheering about Umm Qasr being taken in a day.

Why would that change?

Or are they secretly cheering for the Iraqis in Canada?

 

[olds]

Am I seeing GSWs to the head on as few of them?
:|

 

[rudeguy]

ok...i cant watch that anymore

 

[rudeguy]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Am I seeing GSWs to the head on as few of them?
:|

all of them

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Am I seeing GSWs to the head on as few of them?
:|

But why would their faces look a bit scorched? More like shrapnel from an RPG? And burns from the explosion? I know nothing, really, of munitions and the way they work but it just doesn't look like executions to me.

 

[StormRider]

This is what I was dreading when the war started. I didn't think it would be easy. I knew that some of our soldiers would be captured and we would see them tortured on video. They do not treat prisoners well at all over there.

 

[GoingUp]

Now the marines are gonna be pissed, and I doubt that iraqis will be given the chance to surrender anymore....

 

[Valvoline6]

Oh yeah the single gunshot wound to the head looks nothing like an execution.

But why would their faces look a bit scorched? More like shrapnel from an RPG? And burns from the explosion? I know nothing, really, of munitions and the way they work but it just doesn't look like executions to me.

 

[iwearnosox]

Nice tissot commercial on the stream. Last time I ever consider buying their watches.

 

[StormRider]

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs
Now the marines are gonna be pissed, and I doubt that iraqis will be given the chance to surrender anymore....

One of the reasons why I'm proud to be an American is how we treat our prisoners of war. I want the Iraqis to surrender and that we treat them well and that they will remember our kindness and hopefully in the future our two countries will be friends.

 

[Jmman]

I wonder if these journalists that are "embedded" are armed or not? There is no way I would be in their shoes without my own personal weapon just in case it really hits the fan.....

 

[m2kewl]

argh. i cant get a connection to the video!! :disgust:

 

[Iwentsouth]

Sounds like some major battles going on. Our troops are bringing the fight to them.

 

[iwearnosox]

Originally posted by: Iwentsouth
Sounds like some major battles going on. Our troops are bringing the fight to them.

Do you speak in painfully obvious anecdotes in real life? Sorry, but yeah, we're invading, so...

 

[FuZoR]

I'm not surprised what Iraqis are doing... what would you do if defending yourself from someone the size of USA/UK Forces lol.

Don't know about you but i'll fight dirty