IRC Log started Wed Jan 16 20:37
<Nati> The hit on H2 and H3 is according to thewhat the 
   Israely radio quoted from the NBC
<cam3> What are H2 and H3?
<Lost_Boy> I will mail file to people....don't have ftp set 
   up.
<Nati> H2 and H3 are milt airbases in west Iraq
<sachz> put it in a public ftp site, lost_boy.
<Lost_Boy> REPEAT -=- email me a message.  I will only send 
   to people I receive mail from
<spam-ABC> Marines report that only one SCUD missile has 
   been launched. (report from west S.A)
<nova:+report> "john holliman hides under the table in al-
   rashid hotel, baghdad"
<VOA:+report> No word of casualties (from Iraq or US team)
<Mark:+report> pentagon not admitting to any losses yet
<Finland-i> BBC interviewing someome in israel-- all ok..
<nova:+report> "cnn reporters wont go t o bomb shelter"
<NBC> Quzae: Only if you have IRC II
<lynx:+report> none.
<CNN> Security personell have found the 3 CNN reporters in 
   the Bahgdad hotel.
<nova:+report> "the second alert in Saudi-Arabia was false"
<CNN> All but one apparently hit under the bed in the 
   adjacent room while
<Mark:+report> i think we have dead cnn reporters (personal 
   opinion)
<CNN> the one conned the security forces into leaving. They 
   confiscated some
<VOA_:+report>  I think that too
<Mark:+report> i think we have dead cnn reporters (personal 
   opinion)
<CNN> the one conned the security forces into leaving. They 
   confiscated some
<VOA_:+report>  I think that too
<CNN> video tape of the fighting, saying, "It will be 
   returned tommorow."
<nova:+report> "saudi mil sources: no counter attact from 
   iraq"
<CNN> The security personell then left, but the CNN people 
   have closed their
<NBC> 18 minutes to Bush
<Finland-i> any cnn footage from s-arabia
<CNN> window so are no longer supplying audio of the 
   bombing.  Finland: No... They have no way to get anything 
   but audio back to CNN.
<Finland-i> targests in kuwait also under attack
<Mark:+report> military personnel in saudi aurabi just 
   informed of conflict statted..sigh
<Finland-i> telcom tower hit
<CNN> They have recorded footage,, tho, and are going to 
   try and get it back for broadcast.
<Mark:+report> i hope saddam hussien dont have a son in irc
<nova:+report> "SA, Riyadah, traffic in the streets is 
   quite normal"
<Mark:+report> 45 journalists in bagdad.  all in one hotel. 
    all all are safe
<nova:+report> "45 journalists still in baghdad (in same 
   hotel)"
<Mark:+report> all in bomb shelter
<lynx:+report> dont chat please
<nova:+report> "nobody is permitted to go outside hotel"
<lynx:+report> i'm copying all messages into +peace
<Finland-i> finnish tv..first news 7.00 LT.. 0500 GMT
<CNN> CNN put the name of the hotel out over the air. Was 
   this advisable? Surely Saddam could send troops over the 
   shut down the broadcast.
<Finland-i> c/whoi cam3
<Lost_Boy> USS missouri has fired cruise missles
<NBC> Saudis used 150 planes in attack
<Lost_Boy> In order to prevent a retalitory strike.  A 
   possible one,.
<eks:+report> Finns: Extra TV-new at 7.00 am
<Finland-i> israel - inlt life-important workers are 
   allowed to go work..around 250000. report    QuazeABC  H@  
   bianco@blizzard.cs.odu.edu (Distant Astronomical Object). 
   report    Wildstar  G   kraje_d@drizzle.cs.odu.edu (Donald 
   Krajewski)
<CNN> Is Israel still connected? "/whois Israel" shows nill 
   for me...
<kaun:+report> aren't there a bit too many people on this 
   channel?
<spam-ABC> try "/who -host *.il". il        Ely       H*@ 
   irc@bimacs.biu.ac.il (Eldad Yahel). israel    Mister-X  H@  
   levental@bimacs.biu.ac.il (Muhamad abu Mustafa)
<NBC> It's nati, he's still on
<nova:+report> CNN: apparently the broadcast is allowed. 
   both sides could stop it (the reporters were wondering that 
   before, the connect is through baghdad communications 
   centre which is not harmed). report    QuazeABC  H@  
   bianco@blizzard.cs.odu.edu (Distant Astronomical Object). 
   report    Wildstar  G   kraje_d@drizzle.cs.odu.edu (Donald 
   Krajewski)
<Finland-i> bear - also monitoring BBC
#MistDrake# New record: 329+5+(4?) on irc
<nova:+report> cnn interviewing navy wifes..
<Finland-i> NATO - emergency meeting at 02.30 GMT
<nova:+report> "official: no ground attact is under way"
<Lost_Boy> five minutes before 5 in baghdad.
#Hamlet# Report from President Bush at 9PM
#meLazy# new record: 331+5+(3?)
<Finland-i> 4 minutes to finnish news
<nova:+report> "bush will speak soon"
<Finland-i> bush has message to hussein
<lynx:+report> here's again the commands to silence the 
   join and leave stuff, for ircII users:  1. /on ^join * 
   /comm.  2. /on ^leave * /comm.  3. there is no way to 
   ignore signoffs and mode changes
<spam-ABC> Well, you could ignore notices
<VOA:+report> no ground forces are.  engaged
<lynx:+report> spam: but mode change is no notice
<Finland-i> bbc relaying NPR
<VOA:+report> Airattacks to military targets
<nova:+report> "this military action ..blaalba.. saddam 
   hussein was unwillling to leave kuwait.. ..no progress.. no 
   choice but to use force.. air attacts will knock out 
   possible nuc. weapon potential, chem. weapons"
<Finland-i> israel radio - chemical weapons gone..
<lynx:+report> "the world could wait no longer"
<GERMANY:+report> oh well
<Finland-i> i mean missiles destroyed
<VOA:+report> saddam raped a tiny nation.  innocent 
   children murdered
<lynx:+report> no chat - that was a citation from bush
<VOA:+report> chemical weapons .. nukes ... world waited ...
    husein stalled
<Finland-i> every means at our disposal
<VOA:+report> world prayed for peace ... saddam prepared 
   for war
<Finland-i> israel not in war.  finnish radio - report from 
   israel.  israel quiet and sleeping.  unbeliveably quiet
<VOA:+report> we now believe only force will ...
<Finland-i> turkish govt have set up crisis center
<VOA:+report> take every necessary step to prevail as 
   quickly as possible...
<Finland-i> tass has said war has started
<VOA:+report> this will nat be another Vietnam!
<nova:+report> "this will not be another Vietnam".  
   "casualties will be held at absulote minimun"
<VOA:+report> this is an historic era...
<Finland-i> { new world order
<Lost_Boy> The beginning log file is ftp about at nanny.
   lysator.lie.se (130.236.254.13).  in pub/irc/Report-logfile
<VOA:+report> we have a real cjhance of new order .. UN ... 
   blaah.  we have no argument with the people of Iraq.  our 
   goal is not the conquest of Iraq.  iraq people must 
   convince saddam
<nova:+report> bush says nothing about israel
<Lost_Boy> Yes, I am logging...It won't be perfect, as I 
   have been hitting my buffer
<VOA:+report> I'm convinced ... we will prevail .. out of 
   horrror
<Lost_Boy> limits constantlu....I am doing my best.
<VOA:+report> our troops say: Let's free these people, 
   sothat we can go home and be free again
<dodo1> ..
<VOA:+report> there are thing worth fighting for
<spam-ABC> Bush looks like he has a sort of triumphant 
   sneer on his face.
<dodo1> it's better to deal with this guy now than five 
   years from now
<VOA:+report> Jackie Jones: If we let him get away with 
   this who knows what's going to happen next.  yes.  May good 
   bless ....  god.  sorry can't type fast enough
<dodo1> speech great on generalities ... no specifics
<VOA:+report> Airforces object: knovk out nukes and 
   chemical wezpons
<spam-ABC> "Kuwaiti government will be resptored and will 
   be 'free' again".... bah.
<CNN> The first wave of US planes has returned to base 
   _completely_ intact without loss of plane or life.
<spam-ABC> restored
<VOA:+report> tha allied forces will not be asked to fight 
   with one tied behingd their back
<Mcn-Lehr> (does anyone have details of a sniper on 
   californias highway I:5)
#Hamlet# All planes from Saudi Arabia are back...without 
   losses {according to high ranking officials}
<spam-ABC> (Kuwaiti government is a monarchy, for those who 
   don't know. It is not a democracy)
<nova:+report> "saudi resources: attacts were nation wide 
   throughout the iraq". report    Mister-X  H   
   levental@BIMACS.CS.BIU.AC.IL (Muhamad abu Mustafa)
<VOA:+report> Pr. is a WWII veteran.  US Pr.
<Lost_Boy> Although Saddam said first missles would be to 
   Israel, none have been fired
<VOA__:+report> cl
#arkie# *chuckle*
<dodo1> University of Pittsburgh sociology professor just 
   (on radio) called the speech a "justification speech"
<VOA:+report> British bombers were in the attack
<Finland-i> british forces have been with attack
<VOA:+report> Bombs were reported falling on the city
<Finland-i> weinberger on bbc
<VOA:+report> Saudi people to bomb shelters.  Egyptian 
   forces will not enter Iraq.  Israeli people ordered to stay 
   at home
<Finland-i> winberger - attack order given afternoon US time
<VOA:+report> UN Cuellar deep sorrow... security council 
   will meet in few hours.  Nato emergency meeting.  Cuba said 
   that war was unnecessary.  Tokio stock went down.  dropped 
   350 points.  News briefing at Pentagon in 10 mins
<dodo1> 5:23 in the morning in Saudi Arabia
#BigCheese# My, war seems to be good for the irc business.  
   Nearly 300 people.
<nova:+report> "baghdad, still couple of hours to sunlight, 
   flashes in the sky, no fires visible"
<VOA:+report> Cuba's embassador said that they will do 
   everything possible with UN to stop the allied forces
<dodo1> BBC reports 5 scud missiles launched
<spam-ABC> US started attack by launching 100 cruise 
   missiles at iraq, ground forces & such. 1/5 of total naval 
   forces.  I'm getting massive delays, sorry for repeats
<NBC> Okay all, I'm back, sorry for the delays.  NBC 
   reports no dogfights.
<spam-ABC> 5 iraqi SCUD missiles have been launched at S.A
<VOA:+report> I am still able to ping Israel
<Lost_Boy> spam-ABC -=- What sources was that from?
<Finland-i> no info for scud in BBC-WS
<spam-ABC> No news about SCUDS landing
<nova:+report> "0300 saudi time desert storm was launched"
<Finland-i> any info on attacks to s-arabia?
#john# Report: Bombers headed to Fairbanks to take out 
   Wisner (HSN)
. report    Rendroc   H   cordner@oswine.cs.odu.edu 
   (Rendroc .T Yhtomit). report    QuazeABC  H@  
   bianco@blizzard.cs.odu.edu (Distant Astronomical Object). 
   report    Wildstar  G   kraje_d@drizzle.cs.odu.edu (Donald 
   Krajewski)
<VOA:+report> Pentagon: not much to add.
<nova:+report> now we just have to wait the daylight in 
   baghdad (still 2 hours or so) and saddams reply
<VOA:+report> Pentagon: months of planning
<Finland-i> iraq has startedd counter attack w missiles /BBC
<VOA:+report> Pentagon: targets are offensive military...
<Lost_Boy> I am still logging this session as best as I can.
<VOA:+report> Pentagon: goal, to liberate kuwait
<Lost_Boy> send mail to me if you want the log files.
<VOA:+report> Pentagon: includes all forces. ongoing 
   operation, can't give details.  Pentagon: can't talk of 
   future operations
<nova:+report> "pentagon: information of the operation is 
   limited, this is still in early phase - no talk about 
   future operations"
<PeaceServ> Wallops from Phaedrus: if a server can't 
   connect to the net then SHUT IT DOWN and use an open client 
   server... it will reduce the net load.  Wallops from 
   Trillian: Nothing will stay linked.. too many MAX BUFFERING 
   EXCEEDED (bucsd and betwixt have *raised buffer limits* so 
   they'll be real stable).  Wallops from spam-ABC: I tried 
   shutting down minnie.cc.utexas.edu, but I can't get to texas
<nova:+report> "preliminary reports show that the 
   operatinos gonevery well"
<NBC> Preliminary reports of operation are encouraging
<VOA:+report> Any losses? Pentagon: preliminary possibility 
   of casualties.  reports of scud missiles.  none confirmed
<nova:+report> "number of reports of SCUD missiles but all 
   false"
<VOA:+report> 100's of aircrafts.  Not been targetting 
   saddam.  No response from Iraq forces, has been wery limited
<nova:+report> "operation is in early phase and is likely 
   to run long"
<VOA:+report> Ongoing operation... can't tell anything
<Trillian> I hear they bombed Baghdad Airport. is it true?
<spam> According to reports, yes
<Finland-i> confirmed
<NBC> NBC reported baghdad airport bombed heavily, yes.
<Trillian> spam- what about the one about Tel Aviv getting 
   bombed? (I heard this, this may be false...)
<nova:+report> "no specific information about the targets 
   yet available"
<NBC> I'm sure they used Tornados, they have huge cluster 
   bomb dispensers
<lynx:+report> i'm leaving now -
<Finland-i> trillian israel ok 1/2 hours ago
<spam> Many newstations reported that SCUD missiles were 
   launched, but none have landed and Israel hasn't been 
   attacked
<VOA:+report> Still access to Israel...
<lynx:+report> take care - someone do the tech stuff - 
   peaceserv is enabled to /chop people.  flame those who 
   misuse it - like me ;-)  *bye*
<VOA:+report> There are still people flying there msiisions.
     Us got a high degree of tactical suprise
<Trillian> what time is it in the Gulf?
<spam> No confirmed reports of destruction of chemical 
   weapons sites in Iraq
<nova:+report> tril: 5 sthing
<VOA:+report> CNN crew was the only source for Pentagon 
   from ...
<Finland-i> is cnn/abc/cbs online from bagdhad
<VOA:+report> or the only on ethey seem to talk mention.  
   attk was fairly high powered
<nova:+report> finlandi: cnn 3 reporters were online all 
   the time, abc/cbs staff were in the bomb shelter (:
<Finland-i> is cnn now online?
<VOA:+report> Preliminary reports are very positive
<Lost_Boy> I sent someone a mail message...had ALL log 
   files. It was just accidently
<nova:+report> finlandi: thyr not sending report from 
   baghdad though but the news briefing
<VOA:+report> Will not tell more about spesific targets
<Lost_Boy> removed.  Please, send it back to me!!!!!!!
<dodo1> why are all the channels giving out sh** now ? 
   anybody has latest news ?
<spam> Saddam has not been targeted, and no one knows if he 
   was in Baghdad
<VOA:+report> No bomb damage accesment.  100's of sorties
<Mcn-Lehr> Perhaps the most interesting question just 
   raised was that Saddam very well may not have the 
   communications ability to transmit a cease fire/surrender
<VOA:+report> that's all from Pentagon
<nova:+report> Mcn-Lehr: the objective of the attack was to 
   isolate iraq headquarters
<Finland-i> bbc - this is history in the making
<VOA:+report> avoiding sivilians.  civ
<NBC> 2000 lb bombs were used, CNN reporter says
<VOA_:+report> 100 ships including 6 aircraft carriers
<NBC> That means b52s
<VOA:+report> Largest force since D-day.  No air resistance
<Mcn-Lehr> "5 hits on saudi refinery "
<VOA:+report> Only Aerial attacks
<nova:+report> NBC : yes, cnn reporters told how the hotel 
   shaked
<Finland-i> any IRAK response?
<Mcn-Lehr> Iraqi artillery hit saudi oil refinery 5 times 
   apparently (CBS)
<VOA:+report> moode at white house: oprimistic
<Finland-i> sorry iran..any iran response.  refueling 
   tankers used..also tornado bombers
<NBC> CNN being secretive as to how they stayed on the air
<VOA:+report> Sanction's would not have worked
<nova:+report> pentagon avoids to give much operation 
   details
<Mcn-Lehr> once again: iraqi attack on saudi arabia 
   continues to shell saudi refinery
<VOA_:+report> US troops 4 miles from the border, refinery 
   8 miles inside...
<PeaceServ> Wallops from DCLXVI: any further reports?
<Lionel:+report> Iraq just attacked Saudi Arabian oil 
   refinery.
<NBC> Schwarzkopf released a letter exhorting troops to be 
   "thunder and lightning" of Desert Storm
<spam> ABC says there has been no SCUD firing now
<dl2p:+report> Please quote your sources or change your 
   nicknames to your sources.
<PeaceServ> Wallops from Mcn-Lehr: iraqi artillery shelling 
   saudi refinery as i type this
<dl2p:+report> cite your sources...
<nova:+report> "baghdad, bernie shaw, its very quiet, six o 
   clock, relatively dark"
<VOA:+report> Saudi fighters also.  no word of casualties
<nova:+report> "baghdad, smoke from horizont, slight fog"
<pjg:+report> .ky
<CNN_> The CNN reporters in Baghdad heard another bombing 
   run
<PeaceServ> Wallops from oddjob.uchicago.edu: Received 
   SQUIT cec2.wustl.edu from bucsd.bu.edu
<dl2p:+report> powell claims that reports of Scud missles 
   are false (sheradin news network(??))
<CNN_> Bernie Shaw explaining the situations envolved in 
   the initial attack and report of it.  stillness in Baghdad 
   now...no electricity
<PeaceServ> Wallops from john: religious fanatics have 
   taken over US government (FNN)
<nova:+report> "battery povered equipment"
<VOA:+report> No reactions from Diplomats of UN
<nova:+report> "need to recharge the batteries and go to 
   the streets"
<NBC> Israeli health minister "Israel always ready for 
   negotiations"
<CNN_> Prez tried to send a letter to hussein
<NBC> ABC: Iraqi
<CNN_> and the iraqis wouldn't except.  letter explaining 
   the attack
<Mcn-Lehr> quaze: those weren't israeli planes doing it 
   though right?
<CNN_> Objectives: liberate Kuwait; stabalize region
<VOA:+report> UN security council will return in 2 hours
<NBC> Israeli radio reporting that 5 Iraqi missles exploded 
   in air
<spam> NBC: Over Israeli airspace??
<FINL-BBC> israel going active /BBC
<NBC> Didn't say, anyone else hear this?
<VOA:+report> NBC: chemicals?
<CNN> reports of scuds are uncomfirmed.  abc: Cool
<FINL-BBC> is nbc envoius to cnn?
<nova:+report> gotta go, congrats to everyone of the 
   biggest irc ch ever. well be waiting daylight in baghdad 
   and at least cnn should be able to tell what has happened. 
   also husseins rely is still a ???
<CNN> wives of military personel are pro-invasion
<NBC> FINL: envoius?
<nova:+report> reply..
<CNN> bue nova
<Mcn-Lehr> All the networks must hate CNN since dick cheney 
   mentioned them as being their best source on the 
   effictiveness of their attacks. :)
<Nati> Nothing exploded over Israel. Still most of the ppl 
   sleeping. Civil defence state was called, but no alert yet.
<CNN> <--- :)
<VOA:+report> No counterattack...
<CNN> *smile*.  CNN now just talking to a wife...
<FINL-BBC> nbc - weren't they wondering why  cnn is able to 
   be online from bagdad
<NBC> FINL: Yes, Brokaw asked Shaw how he stayed on, he 
   said he would tell him face to face later
<FINL-BBC> bbc - to all western civilians onmiddle east - 
   keep your heads down
<Mcn-Lehr> Rep Lee Aspin (chairman armed services 
   committee) points out that saddam might not be able to 
   surrender/order cease fire.  (due to lack of communications 
   ability)
<CNN> US embassy in jordan is roomered to be evacuated...
   roomer false
<NBC> <-- schmoozing family right now.  Not as yet, ABC
<CNN> Jerusalem: "danger to israel is diminishing".  Quiet 
   in israel...Tel Aviv is quiet.  Great relief to Israel as 
   well as US
<Nati> Israel: everybody, except for emergancy economy 
   workers, is ordered to stay at home, get the masks ready 
   (though not use them)
<VOA:+report> EC miniters to meet in Paris.  Kohl said that 
   Germany will do everything possible to achieve peace
<NBC> Bush signed directive authorizing attack yesterday 
   morning
<Nati> Israely TV: Iraq may still have a launcher which 
   somehow survived, and so we are told to wait untill the 
   morning.
<VOA:+report> Eoropean Community, emergency meeting, no 
   reasin
<NBC> Billy Graham is guest at White House.  Ack!
<VOA:+report> Nikkei is going up again :)
<CNN> Saudi Arabia: "waiting period over...war will take as 
   little as 2 weeks".  "Iraqis soldiers will defect".  
   "Saddam will try to escape...a coward at heart".  --saudi 
   newpaper editor.  ABC: those were comments by a Saudi
<VOA:+report> Sudan, is the only country that might take him
<Nati> The ooccupied teretories are under cefue. Nothing 
   there yet.
<NBC> If Bush meets with NFL chairman as scheduled Friday, 
   situation will be good
<Zeppelin> Thanks. CBS reported that the Scudd missile 
   reports were dudds, but some of them were actually launched 
   and fell short of Saudi Arabia.
<Nati> cefue=cerfue
<VOA_:+report> Sudan declared 'Holy War' about 3 ago 
   against enemy countries of Iraq.  +hours
<CNN> VOA_: please explain
<Absinthe> on CNN, replay of President's speech from 9:00 
   pm EST
<VOA_:+report> CNN: That was the information being 
   available in the Text-TV at 2:00 AM EET
<FINL-BBC> hmm..prime-time war..
<NBC> Tokyo market fell 300 points in opening rounds
<PeaceServ> Wallops from nic.funet.fi: Remote 'CONNECT 
   tolsun* 6667' from pi
<CBS> Has anyone heard of anything over HAM and Amateur 
   radio?
<CNN> Sudan is pro or anti Iraq??
<VOAeurope:+report> NBC: it rose 150 later that morning
<PeaceServ> Wallops from nic.funet.fi: Remote 'CONNECT 
   *oulu* 6667' from pi
<CNN> "Mamoth force"
<CBS> Jordanian Ambassador to the U.S., On CBS.
<CNN> F15, F4 fighters
<PeaceServ> Wallops from lehtori.tut.fi: Remote 'CONNECT 
   *oulu* 6667' from pi
<CNN> <--summary of events to date
<CNN_2> goals: clear path for later attacks, sever 
   communications
<PeaceServ> Wallops from tel4.tel.vtt.fi: Remote 'CONNECT 
   *oulu* 6667' from pi
<VOAeurope:+report> goals: destroy Nuke/Chem factories
<Nati> Brig General in IDF: Israel is ready for missiles 
   that might go off after sunrise
<CNN_2> 10 mins ago: first wave of planes back with no 
   casualties
<CBS> Jordan Ambassador says they will fight Iraq if Iraq 
   crosses the Jordan border.
<VOAeurope:+report> Jordan said that they will fight 
   Israeli forces if they cross Jordan border earlier today
<banshee:+report> that was fun.
<CNN_2> UN Iraqi embassadors refusing to talk to reporters. 
   report    Villi     H   kraje_d@oswine.cs.odu.edu (Donald 
   Krajewski). report    QuazeABC  H@  bianco@blizzard.cs.odu.
   edu (Distant Astronomical Object)
<CBS> CBS is filling time with boring consultants.
<NBC> ABC: Well, he was already a guest at White House, NBC 
   says, but still scary
<VOAeurope:+report> voa is repeating Bush's speech
<CBS> Pentagon says war is going "Very, Very well."
<NBC> Call to prayer sounding in Aman Jordan
<FINL-BBC> Going to other channel..I must say that..well..
   thanks all.. this night has shown the power of IRC..coming 
   back soon..
<CBS> Iraqi artillery fired on a Saudi Arabian oil refinery.
<spam> Hormel Inc. (maker of SPAM) has no comment on the US 
   invasion of Iraq at this time.
<NBC> <-- wondering what reaction will be in streets of 
   Jordan
<CNN_2> most missile bases targeted were destroyed
<Lost_Boy> Still logging the entire session....
<CBS> CBS Reporter was eyewitness to artillery fire as it 
   destroyed the refinery. Finally, news and not that 
   consultant.
<VOAeurope:+report> Pr. Kuwait will once again be free.
<Mermaid:+report> *Splash*
<Lost_Boy> Send mail to me if you want it...it is jc@raven.
   bu.edu
<CNN_2> attack was a "blow-out", Iraqis have very little 
   idea of what is happening
<Lost_Boy> I will send it out tonight -=- later on....And 
   it is over 2 hours long...
<CBS> U.N. Secretary General says he is "deeply sorrowed by 
   the events of this evening."
<Lost_Boy> Not totally complete, as I have been hitting 
   emacs buffer limits.  But, I have been trying to use my 
   other account to get what i miss
<CNN_2> dawn breaking in Baghdad, quiet, firetrucks 
   appearing
<Lost_Boy> I am on a xterminal, using more than one window.
<CNN_2> first chance to sit instead of crawling around
<CBS> CBS: Daybreak in Saudi Arabi, no more planes have 
   returned.
<VOAeurope:+report> daybreak here too. VOAeurope signing 
   off.
<CNN_2> "effect of being at ground zero comperable to being 
   at cape kennedy, except more sporadic"
<VOAeurope:+report> This will not be another Vietnam <-- 
   Bush
<CBS> CBS broke to local news. Be back in a while.
<Lost_Boy> Send mail to jc@raven.bu.edu if you want the 
   logfile.
<CNN_2> early morning fog rolling in in Baghdad, buses 
   starting up
<CBS> F-16's and C-130's left from Michigan tonight. Dest 
   Unknown.
<CNN_2> Q'ABC: yes
<Lost_Boy> Changed my mind...Got a better idea....  I am 
   going to set the log file on cs.bu.edu
<CBS> Selfridge Int'l Airbase, Mich. Reports of F-16's 
   leaving.
<Lost_Boy> You can anonymous ftp it from there.
<CNN_2> police cars and taxis only road activity during 
   night
<Lost_Boy> If you do not know how to ftp, please ask local 
   computer experts
<Nati> Michael Gordus (Israeli ham radio expert, for 
   Israely TV): Radio Bagdhad gets on the air for a minute or 
   two and then dies.
<Swan> Has anyone else heard a strange rumor about a sniper 
   on californias I-5
<NBC-CBS> NBC- No noticeable return of American Aircraft.
<fin-bbc> nati - no enough power
<spam> NBC-CBS: Are aircraft still missing?
<NBC-CBS> Nati: Did the radio broadcast warnings, then die?
<Lost_Boy> No, it is the raw file... I am not going to do 
   much editing,
<Ryman:+report> any views on this being a 'PrimeTime war'?
<NBC:+report> Earlier warnings in Israel were not drills 
   after all, authorites were concerned
<NBC-CBS> Spam: No, reporters just say that they haven't 
   seen any planes returning.
<Nati> the brodcast keeps comeing back for shor pieriods. 
   It's strugeling
<CNN_2> "If this was surgical bombing, I don't want to be 
   on the operating table"
<Swan> editorial comment: bernard shaw(CNN) is normally a 
   very stern and serious man, I've never heard him crack so 
   many jokes in my life.
<PeaceServ> Wallops from eagle: Could someone boot Tre' off 
   the system.  I'm with him now and he isn't logged into IRC 
   from vela.acs.oakland.edu at all. Something's screwy.
<fin-bbc> report vrom wwarship in bbc
<VOAeuro2:+report> Prime-time war (?) 5 AM
<NBC:+report> F16 is leaving Saudi Arabia heading north for 
   Kuwait.  No wait, it's a Tornado
<NBC-CBS> NBC- Another plane just took off. British plane.  
   Two of them. Leaving in pairs, it's daylight now.
#banshee# Zephyr going down *immediately* for an buffer 
   upgrade.
<fin-bbc> 17 min before 0 acrion started
<CNN_2> young recruits (15 yrs+) shooting machine guns 
   upwards during the night
#johnnyb# helium.elec.ufl.edu has been upgraded for more 
   connections (buffer) and is still client open!
<NBC-CBS> Israeli general from Tel-Aviv is talking about 
   Israeli danger.
<Nati> I just caught Jordan radio here. regular brodcast, 
   as if there was no war
<CNN_2> How is server astsun.astro.virginia.edu doing for a 
   load?
<Swan> CNN gang in bagdad expresses hope their video tapes 
   will be released tomorrow.  good luck guys. (confiscated by 
   iraqi's)
#banshee# Sorry if it caused any inconvience. zephyr now 
   has a *large* buffer and should be able to handle server 
   traffic better.
<spam> I will be upgrading the buffer on minnie.cc.utexas.
   edu, which is client open
<PeaceServ> Wallops from eagle: Oops that's spelled Tre` 
   (note the reversed ')
<CNN_2> back in Norfolk for human interest angle
<NBC-CBS> The Israeli General is talking about the dangers 
   posed by Scud missiles in Iraq. Brokaw is also talking 
   about Iraqi inabilities to respond.
<CNN_2> Coast Guard regulars in resturaunt being quizzed
<Nati> Radio report from me: I can get 2 aran staitions 
   trhat I can't ID, which are talking about Qwait, and the 
   Jordan radio which is brodcasting music
<NBC:+report> Israeli general expect terrorism but says 
   shouldn't be too worried
<CNN_2> Q'ABC: most are worried but are very supportive. 
<fin-bbc> where are logfiles?
<CNN_2> military families getting support from churches and 
   navy
<CBS> F-117A's, Stealth, then F-15E is supposed order of 
   attack.
<Lost_Boy> QuazeABC -=- Thanks buddy...
<Nati> To all that asked: Right now most ppl here are 
   sleeping. Ppl have been ordered to stay in thier houses, 
   except for workers needed in the emergancy setup here 
   (Melach) which includes about 250,000 ppl.
<Lost_Boy> (* grin *) You got this thing down as well as I 
   do...  The log file will be there by midnight people....I 
   don't want to put
<Swan> jordani reporter says "jordan is keeping its border 
   closed to people from those countries who refuse to pay for 
   their exit and care" (like phillipines, sri lanka, etc)
<Lost_Boy> it there until then...The net is hell as it is...
<Swan> the number of stranded refugees will run into the 
   tens if not hundreds of thousands.
<CNN_2> Jordanians unhappy, see strong young country 
   turning around and attacking neighbors
<Nati> A civil defence state has been called at about 2:30 
   am local time (30 mins after war broke) but no alarms were 
   sounded
<Lost_Boy> The logfile of this channel for the last 2-3 
   hours will be in cs.bu.edu.  sometime after midnight this 
   evening...
<NBC:+report> Pentagon corr. says Hussein wasn't really a 
   target
<Nati> Right now both 'Kol-Israel' and 'Galai-Zhal are 
   broadcasting from Israel
<Lost_Boy> It is over 100 kb already
<CNN_2> many Jordanians willing to fight for Hussein tho, 
   Americans seen as trying to shatter arab alliances
<VOAeuro2:+report> Lost_Boy I have about 120K of it ...
<CBS> Demonstrations already in San Francisco, burning US 
   flags.
<Nati> The two big staitions will unite in 20 minutes for 
   emergancy broadcasts
<Lost_Boy> I have it in several files...not sure how much
<fin-bbc> nati - is TV broadcasting
<CBS> Anyone in Michigan. CBS goes nationwide to Dearborn.
<CNN_2> CNN starting to look for filler material, starting 
   to question whoever they have online at the time
<PeaceServ> Wallops from polaris.ctr.columbia.edu: Received 
   SQUIT bimacs.biu.ac.il from bucsd.bu.edu
<fin-bbc> bbc reporting from the command post!
<Nati> TV here has been broadcasting since 3 AM in a 
   speacial broadcast
<CNN_2> Isreal: emergency declared, wish Amer. forces 
   godspeed, now waiting to see what happens
<NBC:+report> British radio: iraqi nuke capability and H2 
   and H3 destroyed
<Nati> (I am now listening to Galatzh (radio) and the 
   Israely TV).  (local time here is one hour before Iraq, +2.
   00 GMT)
<NBC:+report> Delta flight to frankfurt from atlanta was 
   turned around for security reasons
<CNN_2> Isreali communications urging people to stay home, 
   gas masks ready, military on readiness, palestinians 
   radioing in and out but no actions in palestinian 
   territories yet.  human interest angle from Independance, 
   Missouri
<Swan> dept foreign minister of israel on now.  "israel not 
   involved in this conflict, but we watch it carefully.  Wish 
   the americans luck.  blah blah blah blah"
<CBS> Bush has authorized oil distribution from Strategic 
   Oil reserve.  Oil at almost $40-$41 a barrel.
<Nati> Israel (those that are awake) are now ready with 
   masks within reach and a isolated room ready
<NBC:+report> d/mode +report +o crawd
<CBS> Tre`: CBS didn't say. I believe it was somewhere in 
   themiddle $30's.
<Crawdad> Note: destruction of nuclear plants almost 
   certainly implies release of radioactive materials!
<Nati> Full cerfue in teretorie.  s
<nbc:+report> Not necessarily crawdad depends on where 
   material was
<CBS> VOAeuro2: Yes. Dan Rather reported oil prices have 
   swung downward slightly.
<CNN_2> military analyst now on, just restating what has 
   been said already
<CBS> CBS Reports NO American Aircraft loss and NO Iraqi 
   Aircraft getting off the ground.
<VOAeuro2:+report> Does anyone have verifications about the 
   refinery hits ?
<nbc:+report> Bush lookalike talking about situation
<Nati> For the first time since 1973 Emergancy-state-
   economie was announced tonight
<CBS> VOA: Yes, CBS has an eyewitness that saw it. Refinery 
   was 8 miles from Kuwait Border.
<VOAeuro2:+report> CBS: And US troops were 4 miles from the 
   border ?
<Nati> For the first time ever (since it was est. 1974) 
   Civil Defence State was announced tonight
<CBS> VOA: U.S. Troops were not near this refinery. report  
     QuazeABC  H@  bianco@blizzard.cs.odu.edu (Distant 
   Astronomical Object). report    Villi     H   
   kraje_d@oswine.cs.odu.edu (Donald Krajewski)
<NBC:+report> Col Summers says he thinks ground forces will 
   be needed at some time
<CBS> Shavlul: Dow Jones hasn't yet opened. Haven't heard 
   anything about gold prices worldwide, except oil.
<CNN_2> CNN: communications probs with Jordan
<Nati> Not much activity here now. radio/tv is operateing. 
   Ppl should stay at home, except milt and those that work in 
   the Emergancy Economey
<CBS> Be back in 5.
<VOAeuro2:+report> CBS: VOAeurope told that gold prices 
   were rising rapidly at one moment
<Nati> Emergancy Economey means that all factories are 
   closed, inc banks and such, except those that are vital, 
   which now operate under government control.  (all this is 
   refering to Israel)
<NBC:+report> Summers: Iraq commanders are at a 
   disadvantage because they risk education if they take 
   initiative and are wrong.  Education?  Argh, Execution
<CNN_2> most Iraqi airplanes destroyed on ground, 
   Republican Guard is decimated
<Nati> Emergancy State means that everybody should stay at 
   home, ready with masks and an isolated room. No educaition 
   system
<CNN_2> balance of Iraqi troops expected to surrender
<Nati> sorry, that was a defenition of Civil defence state..
   .
<Mermaid:+report> *Splash*
<CNN_2> reestablished communications with Jordan, little 
   activity on streets
<Swan> Has anyone heard word about the press pools?
<Lost_Boy> A log file is on cs.bu.edu in /bin with the time.
   ..It will be updated.  at midnight.
<fin-bbc> is cnn still online from baghdad?
<Lost_Boy> Yes, it is there now.
<CNN_2> haven't had anything live from baghdad for awhile 
   now
<Nati> The civil defence state will probably last 'till the 
   weekend
<CNN_2> expected palestinian violent anti-american rallies. 
    live in baghdad now
<Nati> the teretories are now under very strict cerfew. No 
   rallies posible there
<NBC:+report> Just called Offutt Air Force Base (SAC HQ) no 
   visitors allowed on base, others must have two forms of ID. 
    Airspace over Saudi Arabia closed to all commercial traffic
<CNN_2> early morning fog, things quiet, refinery looks 
   intact, broadcast tower looks intact
<Swan> The most significant developments have been  1) 
   decimation of the republican guard (elite troops) 2) near 
   elimination of iraqi air force 3) command and non 
   convenentional weapon centers hit.  They hit some scuds too.
<CNN_2> all phone lines have been shut down
<VOAeuro2:+report> VOA's transmission ended ... gotta 
   switch to YLE.
<Lost_Boy> the internet address is 128.197.2.1
<CNN_2> no one allowed to phone in or out of Baghdad
<Nati> TV, radio, papers, phone, elctricity and watter in 
   Israel are all OK
<CNN_2> rush hour is not active, only about 1/20 or less 
   usual traffic
<NBC:+report> NBC off for local news
<Nati> All major radio staitions have just united into 
   emergancy broadcast (in Israel)
<Scott> 27th 71st from langley
<Swan> Bernard Shaw(CNN) points out that the bombing he 
   witnessed appeared to be very accurate.
<CBS> Nati: What's the message say?
<Nati> CGS: what message ?
<CBS> CBS reports Bagdad refinery hit.
<Scott> threatcon bravo at nasa/langley
<Nati> CGS=CBS
<CBS> Nati: The United Broadcast.
<Scott> I got mail earlier today..
<fin-bbc> in what directory..logs
<Lost_Boy> Iraqi is fired artilary into SA
<Nati> It is just news, now. The united broadcast will 
   continue until civil defence state is over
<YLE-Fin:+report> YLE reports that Iraq has done no 
   successful missile strikes anywhere, and that most of 
   Iraq's missile resources has been destroyed.
<Nati> They are allso giveing instruction from IDF spokesman
<CBS> Nati: IDF? Define, please.
<Nati> IDF= Israely Defence Forces (the Israely Army).  6 
   AM here. Still dark here. Sunrise just started
<CBS> CBS: Hundreds of airplanes from land bases from 4 
   countries was/is going "very well."
<PeaceServ> Wallops from Blitz: Anything happining in the 
   gulf
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<PeaceServ> Wallops from banshee: Nope. Not a thing. It's 
   just sitting there as always.
<spam> sorry about the line noise
<Nati> Oil in far east: 33.75 $
<CBS> Quaze: CBS had earlier reported that not one Iraqi 
   airplane had gotten off the ground.
<fin-bbc> confirmed
<Lost_Boy> cls
<NPR> "Entire Iraqi airforce is decimated"
<Nati> Cerfew was kept by citizens so far in teretories
<Scott> NPR: NPR?
<YLE-Fin:+report> Iraq's SCUD missiles landed somewhere in 
   the deserts of Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.
<Nati> In Shuafat and Silwan (east jerusalem) some riots 
   have eropted early morning.
<fin-bbc> jordan radio reads koran
<Scott> Nati: WHO is rioting?
<Nati> East jerusalem is not under cerfew, but police is 
   potrolling havelily
<NBC:+report> Anyone heard anything about libya?
<CBS> Not a thing from here.
<Nati> the palastinians are rioting (those are palastiniane 
   nighberhoods).  Airport and sea ports in Israel are 
   operating allmost as usall
<CBS> Nati: Where is your approxamite position?
<Nati> I am in Haifa, Israel, n the Carmel mount
<CBS> Thanks.
<NBC:+report> whois cbs. report    Ely       H*@ irc@bimacs.
   biu.ac.il (Eldad Yahel)
<YLE-Fin:+report> Iraq is believed to proceed an air raid 
   to Israeli.  Israeli is conscious of this, and Israeli's 
   air defense is at alert state.
<Nati> (anybody interested in emergancy phone ## in Israel :
   -)
<Scott> YLE: WHEN? Numbers?
<Nati> Sunshine here. allmost light
<Lost_Boy> the log file will be at 128.197.2.1 (cs.bu.edu) 
   in pub/lost_boy-logfile-TIME
<CBS> CBS is detailing the different fighters used in the 
   attacks.
<Lost_Boy> with "TIME" being the time I put it there,
<fin-bbc> still over 200 users--wow
<YLE-Fin:+report> Scott: There was no mention of the time 
   when Iraq would attempt the air raid
<Nati> (I need some cofee. I am tierd)
<Scott> YLE: Where did this info come from.  Other info 
   says much of Iraqi air forces are "decimated"
<Nati> Israel is ready for air raids. All citizens have 
   prepared isolated rooms and have gas masks and other 
   protection equipment
<CBS> CBS reports no signs of any Air to Air combat and 
   hardly any, if any at all, Iraqi air force got off the 
   ground.
<YLE-Fin:+report> Scott: Yes, and YLE news said also that 
   if Iraq's air resources are too small, they would try a 
   missile attack.
<NBC:+report> NBC is off, so I'm just gonna listen awhile.  
   Later all.
<Nati> Israely airforce has been on alert since sunday...
<Scott> norfolk is in a "threat" condition...  navy 
   personnel have been told to stay out of theatres, malls, 
   food stores.
<Nati> (now only a bunch of commentators here compareing 
   all this to 1967)
<Scott> I wonder about college....  CNN had two reporteres 
   in norfolk.
<YLE-Fin:+report> QuazeABC: Possibly a fake ... I don't 
   quite believe that every one missile site has been 
   destroyed.
<PeaceServ> Wallops from banshee: robert, comment?
<russell:+report> Local news says security is very tight at 
   Offutt (SAC HQ)
<CBS> CBS reports Baghdad raids continue.
<Ely:+report> n
<Scott> no more weather reports from Mid east.
<Ely:+report> Saddam talks on radio-bagdag
<CBS> Ely: Where did you get that info?
<Nati> radio bagdhad is no trying to broadcast. Saddam is 
   speaking
<Scott> ely: specifics.
<Ely:+report> CBS: Israeli radio
<Nati> I cannot understand arabic well, and so have no idea 
   what he is saying...
<Ely:+report> QABC: no info yet.
<CBS> CBS finally reports on Saddam talking.
<russell:+report> NBC as well.
<CBS> They don't yet KNOW if it's Saddam.
<Scott> quaze: ch 15/23
<spam> I'm switching to NBC
<Nati> Saddm said: War has started. Ammericans will be 
   taught a lesson.
<Ely:+report> QABC: well, it seems that he is not 
   surrending. kinda relegiuos speaks
<Nati> (rough translation)
<Lost_Boy> BRB -=- Q-ABC add me when I get back,
<CBS> CBS is talking about an imitation of Saddam who might 
   be the one talking.
<Nati> might be
<Swan> Turkey says:  you can use turkish bases to attack 
   iraq to US
<fin-bbc> shaw is smelling something in baghdad.. ;)
<CBS> CBS Off to local news.
<russell:+report> Local ABC talking about return of SAC 
   desert band.
<Nati> Someting happened in Nablus (Skhem). Not sure what.  
   (it's hard listening to 2 or 3 things at once, and 
   following IRC...)
<Lost_Boy> the log file is on cs.bu.edu and xanth.odu.edu
<russell:+report> ABC will be back with Nightline from Aman 
   Jordan
<Scott> lost: thanx
<russell:+report> ABC is back.
<Lost_Boy> Nati Tell me about it.  Thanks Q-ABC
<russell:+report> What's CNN up to?
<YLE-Fin:+report> YLE stopped their news coverage, I'll be 
   back in business when TV3 starts their program at 6:30 EET.
<Nati> Morning paper should have arived, if it's out today. 
   But it contains nothing about the war, since it's closed at 
   1 am (an hout before the war)
<Ely:+report> 3 shots to American council in jerusalem this 
   morning
<Lost_Boy> I am only posting the file to cs.bu.edu and 
   xanth.cs.odu.edu.  You can get the files at those two cites.
<Nati> Light over Haifa now. Guess this is the time for a 
   missile, if at all.
<Scott> nati: WHY when it is light an not when it is dark?
<Ely:+report> Saddam call all arab citizens to start jihad. 
   ("the greatest war")
<Nati> The TV said that we may except an atack after 
   sunrise, sine there is a full blackout in Iraq, and they 
   may nonly get to the missile and launch it at morning
<CBS> CBS has shortwave operator reporting Baghdad damage 
   was "minimal and very strategic"
<Ely:+report> Nati: Iraki air-power, if left any, will be 
   used only on day-light.
<PBS> PBS is saying "decimated" Iraqi airforce... opinion 
   from....
<Nati> I will go out and get the late paper when it somes 
   out, but there will probably be very few news things there, 
   since it's done by 4 or 5 am.  (Thanks to all for the good 
   luck whishings. Ely deserves them too. Hope I won't need 
   'em)
<Scott> 100 tomohawk missiles launched at a time..
<NPR> "Baghdad radio says Iraq will never surrender"
<CBS> CBS: Oil prices originally soared, but then fell back.
    Dan Rather said not sure exactly where it's at now.
<Scott> +4 cents locally... in va beach.
<banshee:+report> is there /who chanop command. :)
<CBS> Iraqi's are shelling the town of Khafji, 8 miles from 
   the Kuwait border. Fire shifted from the Refinery to the 
   town.
<Scott> ABC: planes did NOT come from turkey..  MULTI-
   national force... Saudi-Arabia, Kuwait = 150... Us and 
   United Kingdom.
<Nati> Were any tomhawk fired ?
<Scott> "several hundred at a time" from ships
<Swan> yeah nati lots of tomahawks.  1/5th our arsenal they 
   said?
<Scott> aimed at air forces... on the ground.
<NPR> 1.1 million barrels of oil of national strategic 
   reserve to be put on the market per day
<Swan> (a tomahawk is a cruise missile)
<Scott> abc: re-claims/affirms that all 4 devisions of the 
   military were used.
<Nati> Saddam: There was a big duce. bla bla bla
<star> report from the station that I am listening to. 
   (Huntsville AL) that Israel states that the scuds destroyed 
   by U.S. were targeted on Israel
<Nati> No scuds were fired at Israel. If they were, there 
   would have been an alarm horn here
<star> University of Alabama in Huntsville, (adjacent to 
   Redstone Arsenal)
<Scott> there was a rumor that 5 were fired...  or 3.. and 
   that the fell short/ blew up in the air.
<banshee:+report> :-P
<TV3:+report> Scott: 5 SCUDs were fired
<NPR> The time needed to arm a surviving scud missile and 
   launch it after the first attack elapsed almost two hours 
   ago
<CNN> Baghdad radio is back on the air....  it has called 
   for Arab uprising....
<complx:+report> Tornados were involved (british), no 
   losses (SDR3, FRG)
<Nati> the 5 that were fired were, as I herd, aimd at Saudi,
    and landed in a desert in Baharain (the oposite direction 
   from Israel)
<CNN> Baghdad radio is being heavily jammed.... still only 
   sketchy reports on casualties.
<spam> nati: that confirms what we've heard too
<CBS> CBS says bullets were fired at American Consulate. 
   Heard that here about 15 mins ago.
<Scott> 45 minutes to set up/arm 4-7 minutes air time... to 
   jeru..
<star> Today in Hutsville Redstone Arsenal drastically 
   increased security.
<Nati> scott: and 2 hours to find some parking :-)
<TV3:+report> lsg
<star> News report says that Iraqi's are shelling refinery 
   in Saudi (ABC correspondant)
<Scott> scuds = 500 mile range and mach 5...
<CBS> Cbs believes the Saddam broadcast is authentic, not 
   an impostor.
<star> I am on via alabama Supercomputer network and MIT
<Scott> 22/msg nati WHO
<CBS> Saddam calls Bush "A hippocritical criminal"
<Scott>  needs to
<CNN> star: confirms what CNN and shortwave said.
<Scott> Mig-29 comparable to f-15?
<star> Reporter says that two storage tanks at the refinery 
   have been hit and are burning, (8 miles south of kuwaitt 
   border).  Scott negative
<CBS> Soviet vs. US Plane, Scott. F15 probably has greater 
   capabilities.
<CNN> Cameras have been placed in the noses of some F-15s, 
   should be some interesting footage...
<CBS> Pilot who made the Libyan photo's ran missions this 
   morning w/ camera onboard.
<Nati> (I will have to d/c in 15 minutes since rates are 
   going back to prime-time, which is too steep for me)
<star> reporter says that about half of the shelling has 
   been shifted to the city in Saudi where refinery is.  
   reporter is CBS news reporter David Green on radio
<Scott> star: any serious damage? heavy shelling... light? 
   hap-hazzard?
<star> This station is located on redstone arsenal and is 
   owned by U.S. army.  no report of what civilian targets 
   have been hit in Saudi
<NPR> "It was absolutely clear that Saddam Hussein was in a 
   very angry, defiant mood" (word from listening post on 
   Cypress, hearing Iraqi radio come back up)
<Lost_Boy> BRB.  The latest logfiles are up
<NPR> (Uh, Cyprus)
<star> seems to be haphazard shelling
<TV3:+report> Lost_Boy: My log is 170K long
<complx:+report> sdr: kairo-report, bush-talk was 
   broadcasted there, too. no special events
<Nati> Many comm links in Israel, as well as one of the 
   computers here (an IBM mainfraim) are unavialable. Probably 
   due to army usage.
<Scott> (since no new pertinent info is coming) was Bush 
   SMILING during that talk?  baker has gone to bed... heh..
<star> Interesting statement from British reporter. Britian 
   was in combat in Kuwaitt in 1961 to repel an Iraqi attack.
<Scott> I thought he had dimples and he was grinning 
   uncontrollably... intimidating!
<CBS> He messed up the speech a few times and cracked a 
   grin when he was talking about liberating Kuwait.
<Swan> representative of iraqi TV is talking to CNN people 
   in bagdad now.
<NPR> PM of Turkey will request war powers from cabinet
<star> Leading strike forces returned without losses! 
   Update coming in!
<Scott> turkey going to dicuss and possibly declare war on 
   iraq?
<CBS> People in New York (1,000 Ppl) demonstrating in front 
   of UN building.
<Swan> Iraqi TV indicated CNN will be permitted to transmit 
   pictures taken last night via their satelite equipment
<Scott> CBS: peace? (obviously?)
<CBS> Scott: Yes.
<star> Iraqi air force decimated! we will know for sure 
   later
<fin-bbc> swan - unbeliveable!!
<Swan> star: that is ollld :)
<star> ok
<Scott> for wumpus:  I am watching ABC.  and I switch to 
   PBS (15/23 petersburg/richmond)
<star> gone back to fnet see ya!
<Swan> (for those of you just tuning in to radio IRC I will 
   give an update now).  1) republican guard (iraqi elite 
   troops) "decimated".  2) iraqi air force near eliminated.  
   3) scud missiles probably eliminated.  5 launched, 4 burst 
   in air, 1 landed harmlessly in
<CBS> CBS: Oil prices relaxed to $35.00 a barrel.
<Swan> desert.  nuke/bio/chem sites hit.  command centers 
   hit.  iraqi shelling saudi refinery.
<CBS> CBS back to local news.
<Scott> If turkey declares war, can the soviet tanks roll 
   through?
<CBS> CBS Local news reports 400 cruisemissiles launched 
   from Gulf.
<Swan> rioting in the occupied territories.  israel not hit.
    saddam asks his people to teach americans a lesson.
<Scott> abc: all targets outside/visible are in "pretty bad 
   shape" or "decimated" --> like republican guard..
<NPR> Scott: Turkish PM wants to get permission for US to 
   use bases inside Turkey.  That's all
<Nati> IRC radio reporter Nati, reporting from Nati comm 
   center, Haifa, Israel. This is an update: In israel Civil 
   Defence State was announced, Citizens were ordered to stay 
   at home, keep gas masks near and be ready
<Swan> NPR: CNN stated permission was already granted?
<Nati> Full cerfew put on the occupied teretories, strictly 
   kept. In east Jerusalem: some riots in 2 arab nighberhods 
   after which there were heavy police potrols
<Swan> see ya quaze. I'm leaving too.
<spam> nati: Are they having a lot of casualties?
<Nati> No alarm was sounded and most Israelis continued to 
   sleep as normal. The economey here has been put in 
   emergancy state for the first time since 1973 (th Yum Kipur 
   War)
<fin-bbc> thanks alll..see ya soon on this bat-frequency..
<tatsuya:+report> 93?? that is a lot ...
<Nati> No casualties at all. Nothing happend here.
<Eye:+report> ok thanks. I will only be useful.
IRC Log ended Wed Jan 16 23:56