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If It's 8 PM here, what time is it in Iraq? I suspect that no attack will begin before it's dark there.
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Da_bang80
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I'm definately going to be watching the news in a few minutes. This is going to be a historical event. But not a good one... well Bush might think it is. The bombing campaign is supposed to me more intense than desert storm. what are they going to call this operation? They've taken desert storm, desert fox, and desert shield i believe. I'd like to know if i'm missing one...
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8 PM EST will be 4 AM in Iraq. About the time Gulf War 1 statrted. Bombing on Jan. 17, 1991 started on a Thursday morning, or a Wednesday night in the States.
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The deadline passed more than 30 minutes ago...no bombing yet, but the sandstorms have died down, so I guess we'll have to stay tuned throughout the night.
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Da_bang80
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News says US launched a surgical strike against Iraqi leaders. They said that it was now or ever basically, since the intel would be outdated in a few hours. So they struck.
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It should probably be mentioned that the attack started well before the 48 hours expired. We started blowing up Iraqi artillery bases that were in range to attack the US soldiers in Kuwait. That was sometime before 7:30 EST or so, which is when I first read about it.
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Ture, but there's something of a difference between destroying units that are moving into position to attack your forces, and actually executing the attack for which the deadline was in place.
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Saltah'na
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Uh, no-fly zone?
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