One week & counting

Britain and the United States proposed Friday giving Saddam Hussein an ultimatum to comply with U.N. inspections by March 17 or face war.

But France, Germany, and other Security Council members rejected the plan, an amended U.S.-British-Spanish resolution that paves the way for war. Opponents said the proposal would automatically lead to military action, and France threatened to wield its veto.

U.S. officials said they want a vote early next week.
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Its my brothers B-day as well.

...but now that its such a well bandied and whispered about date, I seriously doubt that anything will come of it... now 24 hours later... thats another story.
 
unclehobart said:
Its my brothers B-day as well.

...but now that its such a well bandied and whispered about date, I seriously doubt that anything will come of it... now 24 hours later... thats another story.
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that's what I mean... my bday's on the 18th....
 
Aunty Em said:
unclehobart said:
Its my brothers B-day as well.

...but now that its such a well bandied and whispered about date, I seriously doubt that anything will come of it... now 24 hours later... thats another story.
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that's what I mean... my bday's on the 18th....
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March must be a big month for Birfdays...
 
Mirlyn said:
Aunty Em said:
unclehobart said:
Its my brothers B-day as well.

...but now that its such a well bandied and whispered about date, I seriously doubt that anything will come of it... now 24 hours later... thats another story.
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that's what I mean... my bday's on the 18th....
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March must be a big month for Birfdays...
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It was also my parents wedding anniversary so I felt I got a bad deal as a kid.
 
Squiggy said:
Oh shit! When is Steak & a Blowjob day?
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War is Internationally outlawed on S&BJ Day. In 5000 years, nobody, anywhere has ever broken that law :D
 
Drudge said:
SURRENDER: Terrified Iraqi soldiers have crossed the Kuwait border and tried to surrender to allied forces - because they thought the war had already started... Developing...
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If Gonz were on the front lines he'd be wandering around Bagdad now alone and wondering what happened to his unit.
 
No unit, I'm sniper material...work alone & get the job done :D

followup
SADDAM'S SOLDIERS SURRENDER


Mar 9 2003




Mike Hamilton reports from Camp Coyote in Kuwait


TERRIFIED Iraqi soldiers have crossed the Kuwait border and tried to surrender to British forces - because they thought the war had already started.

The motley band of a dozen troops waved the white flag as British paratroopers tested their weapons during a routine exercise.

The stunned Paras from 16 Air Assault Brigade were forced to tell the Iraqis they were not firing at them, and ordered them back to their home country telling them it was too early to surrender.

The drama unfolded last Monday as the Para batallion tested mortars and artillery weapons to make sure they were working properly.

The Iraqis found a way across the fortified border, which is sealed off with barbed-wire fencing, watchtowers and huge trenches.

A British Army source in Kuwait contacted me to explain how the extraordinary surrender bid unfolded. The source said: "The British guys on the front-line could not believe what was happening. They were on pre-war exercises when all of a sudden these Iraqis turned up out of nowhere, with their hands in the air, saying they wanted to surrender.

"They had heard firing and thought it was the start of the war.

"The Paras are a tough, battle-hardened lot but were moved by the plight of the Iraqis. There was nothing they could do other than send them back.

"They were a motley bunch and you could barely describe them as soldiers - they were poorly equipped and didn't even have proper boots. Their physical condition was dreadful and they had obviously not had a square meal for ages. No one has ever known a group of so-called soldiers surrender before a shot has been fired in anger."

Last night the Ministry of Defence officially denied the incident had taken place, but the story was corroborated by an intelligence source.

Meanwhile Saddam Hussein has ordered thousands of troops back to Baghdad as he turns the city into a fortress.

It is believed that two rings of steel are being established around Baghdad. The outer one consists of regular Iraqi army soldiers and the inner one is made up of Republican Guard fighters - thought to be the only troops that will put up fierce resistance.
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Has it struck anyone yet that this "motley" bunch managed to breech a fortified line of defense....unnoticed. :eek6: Be thankful that they were surrendering.....
 
I hope they at least gave them a little food before they kicked them back as a last meal ... cause this news will surely be bumped up the line ...and some heads will be bumping back down the line along the pavement under the executioners block.
 
I still want to know how this rag-tag bunch got through a fortified position undetected. What if they were combatants.? We wouldn't be laughing very much then...
 
It came across the Brit lines in a most likely communications blockout zone. Who knows if the story is being reported properly? I'm sure they had to have been under a sniper gaze the whole time they were approaching with white flags and all. They may have even been let in. If they just sauntered on in past wire and minefields like that ... either they are ninjas, damn lucky, or the Brits were asleep at the switch.
 
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