Bush on TV & Radio... .. not seeking Iraq distruction; Continue avoid civilian causulties, despite the fact that SH hid army in cevilian places... ..open for question: .. 15 Billion IS included in the budget, + allied support... (50 to 51 Billons). ..don't think war surtax is needed... not trying to wipe out oil production and refinary.. just to stop the Iraqi military machine.. ...do not beleive it would be long war... but this doesn't signal ground war... ...demonstration on TV shows strong support in arab counties, although there are some that don't... Anyhow, it would not influance/delay Bush decisions to continue the war as needed. ... Bush thanks the support of arab & other countries... ..Haven't seen Iranian proposal... ...Iran didn't convay a proposal to the US.. Iraq don't show any flexibility for withdrawal from Kuwait... PrimeMinister Majors spoke very well... ...about timing of ground war.. Bush is waiting to hear from Chany & Powels... he himself is not sure that air attack alone isn't enough... ...Bush don't know how much SA realy know what happens in the field (like in Chafji..) ... ...(err: ...how much SH really know. ... [not SA]...). ...(repate on my correction: the reference was to SH - Saddam, not SA !!) (sorry). ...Iran knows that Saddam have to comply with the withdrawl.. In all the talks there is NO indication that Saddam considers any withdrawl... ...Bush doesn't put it in term of surrendering, just complying with US resolution of withdrawal... but he (Bush) don't know what will give this result... ..again, want to keep risk to coalition allies minimal... ...Question about the Soviet Union.... Gorbi still represent S.U. ... Still the president.. so Bush will deal with him... ...reaching out to the Soviet Union was appropriate... ...visit Nikson to China was too, despite problems...[I missed some part]... *** Iraqi Time is Tue 5, 20:00, Israel is one hour behind. ...Saddam should be VERY VERY careful thinking about using chemical.... Bush want to leave it vague... ...No intention to re-instate the draft.. the volunteere army is capable of doing the job... No, he will not reinstate the draft... ...Bush is not going to second-guess ... (??).. remain on the military plan that was decided... ...Before Jan 15 there was the same filing -let the sunctions work-, same is now -let limit to air 'work'-, but Bush has total confidence on his military stuff to give the right recomendations... ...ceacfire (sp)... return right away to rightfull government.. SH should withdraw w/o concession... not "I'l withdraw when you do.."... ... Bush is sleeping very well... (corection: military staff; not stuff... and please overlook other typo's...). (or let me know, so I can correct it)... [ ;-)]. ...got a beautiful letter from a wife of a pilot that was killed... supporting Bush... ... very few losses, but Bush fill every one... ----- End of Bush talk ----- NPR: Military briefing from (?) :.... ... over 2800 sorties last 24hrs.... good evidence that now there are 110 plans Iraq -> Iran... ...US helicopter destuy 1 convey(?) with 1 tow missle... ...had report of 25 Iraqi surrendered, 2 of them officers... USS Missuri acting again...No Scuds fired last night... US didn't attack scuds because they were not active... ...open to questions... DJIA: +14.11 on 128M shares - Gold unchanged - $$$ down slightly in Europe the nationality of the 6 suspects (of what?) are not Iraqi.. ...don't know about any allied attack on oil facilities in the last 24hrs... ...the plans that went into Iran are....(missed that, sorry)... ...the 6 suspects are the ones investigated in S.A. ...what about reports that Saddam is on trenquilizeds? what position he is in? : . ..answ: can't speculate... *** Iraqi Time is Tue 5, 20:30, Israel is one hour behind. ...what about the comment of the Israeli report that only 1/2 of scuds launchers were destroyed?... ...no clear (to me) response... ...what usefull information do you get from the EPOW? ...ans: reffer the question to S.A. ... --- End off breifing---- (forgot to mention it.. oops) *** Iraqi Time is Tue 5, 21:00, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Tue 5, 21:30, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Tue 5, 22:30, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Tue 5, 23:00, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Tue 5, 23:30, Israel is one hour behind. Killed. *** Iraqi Time is Wed 6, 00:30, Israel is one hour behind. #Blitz# who pulled the plug? *** Iraqi Time is Wed 6, 01:00, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Wed 6, 01:30, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Wed 6, 02:00, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Wed 6, 02:30, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Wed 6, 03:00, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Wed 6, 03:30, Israel is one hour behind. Remember those 50 vehicles that mysteriously dissapeared from an army base in saudi arabia, that people feared would be used in a terrorist attack? They found 10 of them, borrowed by the marines. the others are believed to also have been borrowed. *** Iraqi Time is Wed 6, 04:00, Israel is one hour behind. *Splash* *** Iraqi Time is Wed 6, 04:30, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Wed 6, 05:00, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Wed 6, 05:30, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Wed 6, 06:00, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Wed 6, 06:30, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Wed 6, 07:00, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Wed 6, 07:30, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Wed 6, 08:00, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Wed 6, 08:30, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Wed 6, 09:00, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Wed 6, 09:30, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Wed 6, 10:00, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Wed 6, 10:30, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Wed 6, 11:00, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Wed 6, 11:30, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Wed 6, 12:00, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Wed 6, 12:30, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Wed 6, 13:00, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Wed 6, 13:30, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Wed 6, 14:00, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Wed 6, 14:30, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Wed 6, 15:00, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Wed 6, 15:30, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Wed 6, 16:00, Israel is one hour behind. BBC: Schwarzkopf says he believes the war will be over sooner rather than later. He said the campaign was going far better than might have been expected, but it was too early to tell whether a ground offensive would be needed. BBC: Bush says he's sending Cheney and Powell to Saudi Arabia later this week for a first-hand briefing. He denied that the decision was near on launching a ground offensive. +war BBC: US says the battleship Missouri has been in action again off the coast of Kuwait, firing more than fifty shells from its huge guns. BBC: Iran continues to insist that the planes that have landed there (over 100) will be impounded until the end of the conflict. BBC: British mine-sweepers are being moved into the Gulf to clear away Iraqi mines. BBC: Allied officials in Saudi Arabia say Iraqi front-line troops are continuing to take a heavy pounding from Allied bombers. BBC: Iraq claims to have shot down another 2 allied aircraft. *** Iraqi Time is Wed 6, 16:30, Israel is one hour behind. BBC: No new reports from allies on Allied losses. BBC: Baghdad continues to accuse the allies of hitting residential areas, but no details of which particular neighbourhoods have been hit, and no indication of the number of casualties. BBC: Iran holding talks with Soviet and Turkish foreign ministers. BBC: Syrian foreign minister visiting London says Syrian troops will not take part in operations inside Iraq. *** Iraqi Time is Wed 6, 17:00, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Wed 6, 17:30, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Wed 6, 18:00, Israel is one hour behind. BBC: Coalition forces say they have kept up their attack on Iraqi forces. Schwarzkopf says he believes the war will be over sooner rather than later. *** Iraqi Time is Wed 6, 18:30, Israel is one hour behind. #ag# (Sorry) Who has been killed by Tu-Muenchen.de in the last few minutes? Seems that someone tried to connect Munich more than one time .. and that caused some inconveniences .. complaints to Guenthi, pls :-) *** Iraqi Time is Wed 6, 19:00, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Wed 6, 19:30, Israel is one hour behind.