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Politics : The Liberation of Iraq -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Stephen O who wrote (76)	3/20/2003 8:10:25 PM
From: Volsi Mimir	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 908

Canada wry (Today's (March 20) Seattle Times Letters to the Editor) I am a Canadian — one of the silent majority. On behalf of my fellow silent majority, I extend sincere regrets that war has become necessary. We hope for, and wish for, your young men and women of the armed forces Godspeed and safe return. On behalf of Canadians everywhere who completely support George Bush and the USA's involvement in Iraq, we humbly apologize for Canada's lack of initiative and reluctance to take a stand ("How countries stand in the action against Iraq," News, March 19). Perhaps when you're done in Iraq you can move north, as we are in dire need of a regime change also! Elizabeth Brown, Vancouver, B.C (That brought a smile to my face, I'm in the land of Ossama bin Murray and Baghdad Jim- two that represent the Socialist Region of State of Washington)

To: Stephen O who wrote (76)	3/20/2003 8:12:24 PM
From: Tech Master	Respond to of 908

U.S. and British forces clash with Iraqi troops Thursday, March 20, 2003 Posted: 8:03 PM EST (0103 GMT) BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Airstrikes on Baghdad continued as U.S. and British forces moved into Iraq from the southeastern border with Kuwait and clashed with Iraqi forces, according to coalition military officials. Iraqi officials, speaking early Friday on Iraqi television, said "enemy forces have tried to violate" their borders in the south and west. Soldiers from the 3rd Squadron of the 7th U.S. Cavalry Regiment, lead element of the 3rd Infantry Division, clashed with Iraqi troops across the Kuwaiti border Thursday night. Army sources told CNN that soldiers destroyed a number of Iraqi military vehicles. A group of Kiowa scout helicopters, flying no more than 50 feet above the ground, led a convoy of Bradley fighting vehicles and M-1 Abrams tanks. The first coalition forces began crossing into Iraq about 8 p.m. (noon ET) Thursday. Among the first were U.S. Marines of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, accompanied by a thunderous aerial and artillery barrage on Iraqi positions that felt "like an earthquake," according to a New York Times reporter on the scene. The Marines encountered two Iraqi armored personnel carriers and destroyed them. (Full story) British troops moved into the Al Faw Peninsula of southern Iraq but had not yet captured the border town of Umm Qasr, a British military spokesman told CNN. Kuwaiti media reported earlier Umm Qasr had been occupied by advancing troops. The Al Faw Peninsula runs from the Iraqi city of Basra to the Persian Gulf and is home to a significant portion of Iraq's oil industry. Iraqi television early Friday said the targets hit by coalition forces included a military site in the southern city of Basra, near the Kuwaiti border, and another target in Akashat, a town about 300 miles west of Baghdad near the Syrian border. Iraqi television reported four Iraqi soldiers were killed. In Washington, President Bush met Thursday with his Cabinet to review strategies for Iraq. Speaking to reporters, Bush said the "coalition of the willing" had grown to more than 40 countries. He said Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld briefed him on the "early stages of the war," reporting the men and women of the U.S. military had "performed with great skill and bravery." (Transcript) On Thursday night in Baghdad, an intense U.S. and coalition bombing attack rocked the Iraqi capital with a succession of explosions and fires that destroyed at least two buildings -- including the government facility containing the offices of Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz. U.S. officials said about 20 cruise missiles were launched in the most recent attacks from U.S. Navy ships and submarines in the Red Sea and Persian Gulf and -- for the first time -- from two British submarines. U.S. officials said the strikes were part of a psychological warfare campaign to ratchet up the tension among Iraq troops and their high command ahead of the main bombardment. These officials said the strikes were meant to send a message to those in Iraqi uniforms: To make them think that U.S. planes are coming after them each and every night. The strikes began at dawn in Baghdad on Thursday morning, with cruise missiles and "bunker buster" bombs raining down on a leadership compound where Saddam Hussein and his two sons, Uday and Qusay, may have been. In all, more than 60 cruise missiles have been fired at targets in and around Baghdad since hostilities began, U.S. officials told CNN.

To: Stephen O who wrote (76)	3/20/2003 9:32:55 PM
From: AK2004	Respond to of 908

not all who opposes america took a pro-active stance like france did. Today they showed blix who stated that he sees now clear violations of UN resolution by Sadam. Iraqis are using scuds even though UN concluded that Iraq destroyed all of the scuds. He thinks Iraq also got bio and chemical weapons even though that he Doubts that Sadam would dare to use them

To: Stephen O who wrote (76)	3/20/2003 11:05:54 PM
From: Vitas	Respond to of 908

"In the great wars of the last century against authoritarianism, against fascism, against communism, Canada did not merely stand with the Americans, we more often than not led the way. We did so for freedom; we did so for democracy; we did so for the values of civilization itself, values which continue to be embodied in our allies and their leaders and are represented in their polar offices, embodied and personified by Saddam Hussein and the perpetrators of 9-11.?" FABULOUS SPEECH