*** Iraqi Time is Wed 30, 19:30, Israel is one hour behind. mode +o ceoil *** Iraqi Time is Wed 30, 20:00, Israel is one hour behind. #Hamlet# Please everyone send a warm Happy Birthday message to love, she is 20 today :-) #Hamlet# This is a message from love...thanking you for the /m's, sorry once again :-( *** Iraqi Time is Wed 30, 20:30, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Wed 30, 21:00, Israel is one hour behind. report on CNN: Maybe the Iraqi poured more oil in the gulf. The briefing by Schwartzkopf begins. I will report, please ask questions later. attack on power plans, generators (25% destroyed, 50% severly degraded). 75% of the communication systems are degraded or destroyed. more than 800 sorties today. the iraqis have abandoned to centralize their air deffence. 19 planes lost (total). Not one airplane has crossed the border since the war began (Iraqi planes). Originally targeted 44 airfields. 13000 sorties again air fields. border->planes :Saudi-Arabia - Iraq. $lost something#. something like AWACS planes (3) destroyed. commander of the 14th air divisions explains something about the hardened shelter attacks, he shows a video. attack on the shelters mainly by f117. $I can't see the Video!!$. more than 70 (or 17???) of the shelters destroyed. Now every time an iraqi plane takes off it runs away. 36 bridges targeted. Video about the destruction of the bridges 1,3,4. First bridge: Railroad-bridge. Now: Highway-bridges. No news about the ground fights till now. all video-tapes are taken during the night. attack on a convoy a few days ago. He shows the main supply route to Kuweit on a map. 90% degredation on the routes. No news about the ground fights till now. next topic nuclear, biological and chemical. all nuclear reactors destroyed. one video showed 'the luckiest man in Iraq' said Swartchskopf, some vehicle running right through targeting crosshair before bombs hitting the bridge next topic rep. Guard. yesterday 350 tons, today 4xx tons on the rep. Guards by B52. some news about exlosions, $didn't get it#. convoy and tanks attacked i won't write the numbers! Navy sorties 3xxx from the ships. 6 patrols boats attacked. 3 sunk. oil spill is smaller now. ground operations. sporadic fire till last night. last night: attack by an iraqi mechanised batallion. some tanks destroyed. sorry missed the numbers of destroed tanks. i'd say about 25 tanks. damm! he's talking to fast! SCUDS: 53 launches 43 Iraqi tanks destroyed, 13 other vehicles 35 first 18 second week 15000 sorties against the scuds. sorry 1500 i suppose. 53 scuds launched! video f15c - MIG xx. the f15 shot down the mig. Video about missiles. and F15 etc attacks. Still the video about the planes and missiles. attack on scuds on ground. in video. 4 scuds destr. and some vehicles. he can't say, that there are no more scuds left. today over 500 000 troops in the theatre. briefing completed, i will report some Q&A stuff now. Very good treatment of the POW in SA. Iraqi troops weren't taken by surprise last night. Even if the Iraqi were 12 miles in SA. american troops in the front lines, but no numbers. 89 planes in Iran. possibilities: launch an attack from Iran, keep them for another day or defecters. 40 tanks and about ??? troops came over the border. There is a chance that a ground war is not needed but it's not very probable. Q about the bombs against the shelters and bridges. An Iraqi oil port is leaking, maybe there's more oil in the gulf by now. Why the attack last night? The best deffence is offence and maybe they couldn't wait longer. explosion after bombardment of the major ammo storage of Iraq: Strength 12 on a scale from 1 to 10. he refuses body-count, i.e. no numbers of death ppl. This is still the report of the Question and answer time after the briefing of Gen. Schwartzkopf wow, how come so many guesses in here. notice tyler: no guesses, news. This is still the report of the Question and answer time after the briefing of Gen. Schwartzkopf. $sorry, I lost some news in the last 2 Minutes$. Question if the saudis are trying to get back a village near to the border. No information when or after which happenings the ground war will start. No information if the allied forces will enter Iraq as soon as Kuweit is freed. re: Village. I didn't get when they lost the village, but they did. This is still the report of the Question and answer time after the briefing of Gen. Schwartzkopf. questions about contamination (???), the effect of B52 bombardment on dugged in Ground Forces in Iraq. No reports if the Iraqi destroyed oil facilities in Khafji. 2 more questions. are clusterbombs in use? yes, even if there are big amounts on civilian casualties. But no intentional attack on civilians. *** Iraqi Time is Wed 30, 22:00, Israel is one hour behind. The briefing and the Q&A is completed. I will finish my report now and thank you all for listening. Good night world, where ever you are. (Jack Kilian) :-). I hope you liked it!? ceoil is leaving channel +report now. I'll be back tomorrow with more news! *** Iraqi Time is Wed 30, 23:00, Israel is one hour behind. Can anyone give me a summary about the ground battle? I have just heard from the Australian TV morning news (with CNN relayed) that there was a gound battle overnight. help Several gif (Graphics Interchange Format) images with techical. information about equipment used by both the Allies and the. Iraqi's have been made available by anonymous ftp from: ftp.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de [192. 48.107.50]:/pub/desert-storm. Some example gifs include: (SH's hideout bunker, f117A Stealth. Attack Fighter, T-72 Tank, and about 35 others). Please observe courtesy and do not all rush to get them , as. it will overload the machine. All the gif images are. 640x480x16colors and about 13000 bytes each. This service. is brought to you by Wizzar and Arne. *** Iraqi Time is Thu 31, 00:00, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Thu 31, 00:30, Israel is one hour behind. The Sucess of the U.S. Army Patriot Missile air. defense system is in part due to the design of. the Iraqi SCUD B Missiles. The fact that the SCUD. does not eject it's booster makes for a larger. cross section and an easier intercept. In addition. it is believed that the predictable ballistic trajectory. of the SCUD further adds to the chance of intercept. This is the first time an antimissile missile has been. successfully used in combat, surprising quite a number. of people because the Patriot was NOT originally designed. as an antimissile weapon. The Patriot was originally. an anti- aircraft missile, but in the late 70's it was. realized that it could be converted to Tactical Ballistic. Missile (TBM) interceptor. The first stage of the process. of conversion, designated PAC-1, was to upgrade the software. that guides the radar and the missile itself. The second. stage, which nearly was killed by Congress, and actually. saved by Dan Quayle (yes Dan Quayle), was known as PAC-2 and. invovled loading the missile with a larger warhead and (cont.). better fuze. The larger warhead is more effective in destroy- ing TBM's in that the warhead fragments into several large. pieces, any one of which would impact an imcoming TBM with. the force that an automobile would hit a brick wall going. 80 mph ( 130 kph ). Both PAC-1 and PAC-2 systems are being. used in Saudi Arabia and Israel. Obviously the PAC-2 is the. preferred missile as a near hit almost guarantees destruction,. but both have proved very effective in anti-missile roles. By a quick comparision, the incoming SCUD will be going about. MACH 6 in it's descent, compared to about MACH 24 for an. incoming ICBM. The Patriot would be unable to handle something. as fast as an ICBM. Each Patriot missile costs around $540,000. US dollars, and it is standard doctrine to fire two missiles. at an incoming target. SOURCE (AW&ST Jan 28, 1991) *** Iraqi Time is Thu 31, 01:00, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Thu 31, 02:00, Israel is one hour behind. AustABC: The first big ground clash in the Gulf war has left a confused situation around the coastal town of Khafji. Saudi military says the situation is under control. BBC says Iraq has moved into the town. AustABC: Allied commander says the abandoned town has no military significance. *** Iraqi Time is Thu 31, 03:00, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Thu 31, 03:30, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Thu 31, 04:00, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Thu 31, 04:30, Israel is one hour behind. (CNN) Saudi lead Allied forces are attempting to retake the Saudi Arabian city of Khafji. *** Iraqi Time is Thu 31, 05:00, Israel is one hour behind. BBC: Italian naval commander resigns. Says that sanctions should have been given more time. BBC: Domestic opposition against the coalition grows in Egypt, Syria, and Pakistan. (CNN) Larry King's show gives a preview of poll to be released tomorrow: 81% keep radio or TV tuned to all news station 50% can't stop watching war news 70% say media is doing a good job 80% say military is not hiding bad news. (CNN) poll 70% say military should keep more secrets 45% don't like Iraqi censered news. BBC: Iraqi and coalition forces are still fighting for control of Kahfji. *** Iraqi Time is Thu 31, 05:30, Israel is one hour behind. BBC: 12 marines KIA in SA. *** Iraqi Time is Thu 31, 06:00, Israel is one hour behind. Sirens in Tel Aviv. 3 confirmed hits in Tel Aviv. 1 maybe non-conventenal. 1 SCUD was reported to be carrying a nuclear warhead. CNN: New (third) oil slick reported in the Gulf. Confirmed nuclear attack against Tel Aviv. Palestinians are storming jerusalem. Israelis are swimming into the Mediterean to advoid mad palestinians. Jordanians and Syrians are arming Palestinians.. Rihad hit by chemicals.. US casualties reported at 76%. Nuclear strike against Baghdad. Soviets condeming action. Nuclear strike against USSR by US. and vice-versa. Iraqi SCUD attack against Latvia, Liberians are retaliating.. Iraq SCUD attack against Lithuania, Panamanians are retaliating.. *** Iraqi Time is Thu 31, 07:00, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Thu 31, 07:30, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Thu 31, 08:00, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Thu 31, 08:30, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Thu 31, 09:00, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Thu 31, 10: 00, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Thu 31, 11:00, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Thu 31, 12:00, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Thu 31, 12:30, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Thu 31, 13:00, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Thu 31, 14:00, Israel is one hour behind. Aust.ABC: The battle for control of Khafgi in northern Saudi-Arabia is continuing. Saudi soldiers and others are reported to be making progress in forcing the Iraqis out of the town, but several hundred Iraqi troops are still in the town. Aust.ABC: US helicopters and artillery are also involved. Allied military officials say thousands of Iraqi troops are positioned along the Kuwaiti/Saudi border, about 50 kilometres west of the current conflict. Aust.ABC: Iraq says it has taken the initiative in winning Khafgi and urged its soldiers to move forward. An official newspaper in Baghdad said it heralded the start of the storm that would blow across the Arabian desert. Aust.ABC: Iraqi Radio stresses that the movement into Saudi-Arabia is not an occupation, but an operation aimed at liberating the holy-land from the infidels. Aust.ABC: There's been another rocket attack on Israel from southern Lebanon, the third in two days. Dozens of rockets were fired, but they fell short of the actual Israeli border, hitting the self- proclaimed Israeli "security-zone". Aust.ABC: No one was injured in the rocket attack. There has also been a gun- battle north of the border between Palestinians and Israel- backed militia men. The Israelis say 3 Palestinians were killed as they prepared an attack on Israel. Aust.ABC: The Israeli military say they replied to the rocket-attack with artillery fire on positions in South Lebanon. Aust.ABC: There have been appeals by Christian leaders for Israel to lift the curfews in the occupied territories. They said the curfew was a type of "collective punishment", effecting the daily lives of one and a half million people. Aust.ABC: A man was shot dead today by Israeli troops in a refugee-camp in the Gazza Strip. Palestinian sources say it was because he violated the curfew. Israeli military says he tried to seize a soldier's gun *** Iraqi Time is Thu 31, 15:00, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Thu 31, 15:30, Israel is one hour behind. NPR-News: The Iraqi planes which are/were in Iran fly freely back and forth from Iran to Iraq. NPR-News: Khafji is recaptured by Saudi forces. About 11 allied soldiers are dead. *** Iraqi Time is Thu 31, 16:00, Israel is one hour behind. AFN Germany: Iraq claims its troops captured female soldiers *** Iraqi Time is Thu 31, 16:30, Israel is one hour behind. BBC: Saudi military communique says its forces have recaptured Khafgi. It said the Iraqis had all been driven out, but have no details. No confirmation of this from other Allied officials. BBC: Baghdad radio says Iraqi forces smashed an Allied counter-attack on Khafgi. It said a number of Allied soldiers had been killed or had fled, and that a number had been taken prisoner, including American women. BBC: A spokesman for allied forces said that Iraq had suffered heavy losses. BBC: US says 11 of their men have been killed in the fighting. BBC: Iran says four high-ranking delegations from Iraq, France, Algeria and Yemen will discuss Gulf war in Tehran - they will hold talks with senior Iranian officials on ways to end the war. BBC: Saudi-Arabia and Egypt call on Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait, saying if it does, fighting will cease. Egpypt says its forces will only contribute to the liberation of Kuwait - not enter Iraq. BBC: UK Naval helicopters have destroyed another Iraqi patrol boat armed with Exocet missiles *** Iraqi Time is Thu 31, 17:00, Israel is one hour behind. AFN Germ.: Marines report Iraq amassing six divisions at Kuwait/Saudi border CNN: Less air-raids today on Baghdad. CNN: Two cruise missiles flew over Baghdad. Another oil spill in the Gulf, the oil comes from an offshore station. *** Iraqi Time is Thu 31, 17:30, Israel is one hour behind. CNN: Iraq captured US female soldiers (according to Iraq), but US officials say that it's not true. *** Iraqi Time is Thu 31, 18:00, Israel is one hour behind. CBS: Two coalition military took a wrong turn in Khafji and ended up in the middle of the battle. They abandoned their vehicle which was later found. A search and rescue effort has been launched. *** Iraqi Time is Thu 31, 19:00, Israel is one hour behind. what's up? ISRAEL IS UNDER MISSILE ATTACK. sirens were heard all over Israel One scud hit close to green line *** Iraqi Time is Thu 31, 19:30, Israel is one hour behind.