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How the Iraqi war will unfold.
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An unrelenting volley of satellite- and laser-guided bombs, falling in concert with hundreds of cruise missiles launched from U.S. Navy ships, will blast into military headquarters and the barracks of Saddam's elite troops in and around Baghdad.
At the same time, the lights will go out -- literally -- for military commanders and Saddam's security forces, whose radios, telephones and computers will be zapped by powerful new weapons known as ''e-bombs.'' These bombs use electromagnetic energy to generate crippling power surges.
What follows the barrage of several thousand smart weapons will be the kind of war the United States has never fought on this scale before: a rapid, violent invasion whose main goals aren't to seize territory or destroy a large army. Instead, if all goes according to plan, U.S. forces will kill or capture Saddam and anyone keeping him in power, while leaving Iraq's regular military, its civilians and most cities and towns untouched. If it works, it will be the model for U.S. wars to pre-empt terrorist threats for decades to come.
It's all going to be on film, cause the U.S. is giving the media unprecedented access...whatever that means.
At the same time, the lights will go out -- literally -- for military commanders and Saddam's security forces, whose radios, telephones and computers will be zapped by powerful new weapons known as ''e-bombs.'' These bombs use electromagnetic energy to generate crippling power surges.
What follows the barrage of several thousand smart weapons will be the kind of war the United States has never fought on this scale before: a rapid, violent invasion whose main goals aren't to seize territory or destroy a large army. Instead, if all goes according to plan, U.S. forces will kill or capture Saddam and anyone keeping him in power, while leaving Iraq's regular military, its civilians and most cities and towns untouched. If it works, it will be the model for U.S. wars to pre-empt terrorist threats for decades to come.
It's all going to be on film, cause the U.S. is giving the media unprecedented access...whatever that means.
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Heres what John Pilger said about deaths in the last gulf war....
The urgency is the saving of lives. First, let us stop calling it a "war". The last time "war" was used in the Gulf was in 1991 when the truth was buried with more than 200,000 people. Attacking a 70-mile line of trenches, three American brigades, operating at night, used 60-ton armoured earthmovers to bury alive teenage Iraqi conscripts, including the wounded and those surrendering and retreating. Survivors were slaughtered from the air. The helicopter gunship pilots called it a "turkey shoot".
Of the 148 Americans who died, a quarter of them were killed by Americans. Most of the British were killed by Americans. This was known as "friendly fire". The civilians who were killed, whose deaths were never recorded by the American military because it was "not policy", were "collateral damage".
How easy for you to post in a tone that glorifies this from the safety of your nice beachfront community. Id give anything to hear what youd be saying as a young Iraqi watching his world blown to bits by yet another US invasion. I suspect youd be one of the first to sign up to the first extremist group that came along out of the hatred youd feel.
'while leaving Iraq's regular military, its civilians and most cities and towns untouched'
at least be consistent, or recognise the inconsistencies in the words of your leaders....you are a might might brainwashed boy!!
and whats your reply to the words I posted earlier ...
"The urgency is the saving of lives. First, let us stop calling it a "war". The last time "war" was used in the Gulf was in 1991 when the truth was buried with more than 200,000 people. Attacking a 70-mile line of trenches, three American brigades, operating at night, used 60-ton armoured earthmovers to bury alive teenage Iraqi conscripts, including the wounded and those surrendering and retreating. Survivors were slaughtered from the air. The helicopter gunship pilots called it a "turkey shoot".
Of the 148 Americans who died, a quarter of them were killed by Americans. Most of the British were killed by Americans. This was known as "friendly fire". The civilians who were killed, whose deaths were never recorded by the American military because it was "not policy", were "collateral damage"."
"It is for him to prove that he has, once and for all, given up what the whole world knows that he has," he told the Royal Institute for International Affairs.
"Inspectors cannot achieve containment without co-operation. If co-operation is denied, then the UN Security Council has already warned that force has to be used.
"Otherwise, let us be clear: Iraq will again use these terrible weapons.
"This is a key part of the moral case: preventing Iraq launching more wars of aggression; and dealing definitively with a tyrant who continues to flout international law."
For Straw, Powell or any of our leaders to pntificate on morality when our own governments armed him, encouraged him and now try to wash their hands of their own complicity and guilt is beyond shameful to downright criminal. You can't comprehend this though obviously.
You simply nod your head like a well programmed drone and refrain from questioning our own leaders who dare speak of preventing anyone else's instigation of wars of aggression while simultaneously gearing up for yet another in the long roster of our own instigated wars of aggression.
I have to agree with byny, youll go far as a Republican politician.
Try Brave new world...read it from cover to cover, then think about what the world might be like if it was really like that, then think about how perhaps it might just be a bit like that after all.....Don't get sucked in to believing one argument, explore all sides.
You are being taken in by very clever propaganda and its not good for your developing mind.
We've said this before...travel a bit, meet some new people...it may just save you...at the very least it make knock your racism on the head!!
And the American Muslims in our Special Ops are playing the most important role against Al Qaeda and taking the biggest chance by blending in with Al Qaeda in a way I never could even when I'm older.
I guess thats because you never ask any questions yourself...you are unquestiong fodder for those trying to brainwash you..
ASK SOME QUESTIONS for goodness sake!! you owe it to yourself..
Be brave!! dont be blind
Pnj,
Do you have any idea how long battle plans last?
The military has a saying related to plans. Why don't you see if you can find out what it is.
The media is going to put out lots of stuff about what's going to happen. So will people with Clandestine's point of view.
Fact is, none of them know. Neither does anyone in the military. The only thing we do know is that the US and UK military will adapt to the situation and win. That's what we do.
Just as you undertake your tasks and duties with as much experience and data available to you, so to do those of us in the sphere of political analysis.
Given recent indications that the oft rhetorically heralded "democracy" will be delayed in favour of US military governorship, it is strongly considered that regional conflicts will only escalate adding to the destabilisation of the reason due to the Bush camp's lack of clear long term planning. One reason why even many retired senior military figures have repeatedly argued "not this war, not at this time".
The Iraq propaganda machine will sweep into full effect, allowing western journos some access to this site - whilst ensuring that there are some kids clothes and at least one teddy or doll on view for the cameras to see. There will also be claims as to the number of lives lost.
The media will naturally report this and condemn the US for it's actions. This one bomb will become the focus of massive attention and will be used to further the aims of anti-war protesters...
Wars are fought differently for political and ethical reasons. We've gone from sending tens of thousands of foot soldiers to their deaths daily, to mass bombing civilians and cities, to trying to avoid civilian casualties and now to avoid risking the lives of our soldiers at almost any price. Cruise missiles and guided bombs are preferable to carpet bombing but there is a lot of room for improvement accuracy-wise. I believe in Afghanistan or Serbia the success rate turned out to be around 70% (perhaps Greenie can confirm this) and if we are about to launch 3,000 missiles in the first two days alone like some reports say it could mean several hundred of them could hit civilian areas instead. So you can expect many to complain about this indiscriminate bombing solely designed to obliterate the Iraqi defences without risking the lives of a single US/British soldier, and that as a result will cost the lives of countless civilians.
Saddam did a very good job in propaganda war in 91, but that revolved around the bombing of that bunker. If memory serves the Americans were aware the bunker was full of women and children but bombed it anyway because they'd seen an Iraqi government car stopping by and a group of Iraqi high-rank officers getting in the bunker.
:eek: What happened?
Sent GPS coordinates for his location instead of the target. Didn't have a good day...
The media will concentrate on whatever gives them the most sales, which would be civillian casualties.