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PostPosted:**Wed Mar 19, 2003 2:34 pm**

<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '><b>Link:</b> <a href="http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/waro ... rsion=1</a>

*ding ding* The fight commences!</div>

PostPosted:**Wed Mar 19, 2003 3:00 pm**

<div style='font: 11pt Dominion; text-align: left; '>already? geez...at this rate they'll be done by the end of the week...where's the fun in that? ;)</div>

PostPosted:**Wed Mar 19, 2003 4:14 pm**

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>You're joking. I realize you're joking. But the joke is in horrible taste.</div>

PostPosted:**Wed Mar 19, 2003 4:49 pm**

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>I've checked the Washingont Post, NY Times, BBC, CNN, the Guardian and the Independent, and none confirm this.</div>

PostPosted:**Wed Mar 19, 2003 5:04 pm**

<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '><b>Link:</b> <a href="http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=Bas ... rvice">You dumbass!</a>

Google Motherfucking News! Google News is god! Google News is good! Use fucking Google News! There is no other news source! Google News Google News Google News Google News Google News Google News! Google News is better than you! Google News can make you pancakes every morning! Google News!!</div>

PostPosted:**Wed Mar 19, 2003 5:08 pm**

<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '><b>Link:</b> <a href="http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=Bas ... ce%22">You dumbass!</a>

Google Motherfucking News! Google News is god! Google News is good! Use fucking Google News! There is no other news source! Google News Google News Google News Google News Google News Google News! Google News is better than you! Google News can make you pancakes every morning! Google News!!</div>

PostPosted:**Wed Mar 19, 2003 5:19 pm**

<div style='font: 14pt "Sans Serif"; text-align: justify; padding: 0% 15% 0% 15%; '>USA: #1 Seed from the West. Iraq: #16 Seed from the Mid East. Since a #16 has never beaten a #1, I'm going with the US on this one. The first 5 minutes might be interesting though. :)</div>

PostPosted:**Wed Mar 19, 2003 5:37 pm**

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Google New is nice, but I prefer to look at front pages.</div>

PostPosted:**Wed Mar 19, 2003 5:47 pm**

<div style='font: 11pt Dominion; text-align: left; '>we've started to soften them up but haven't openly declared war yet</div>

PostPosted:**Wed Mar 19, 2003 5:50 pm**

<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '><b>Link:</b> <a href="http://www.news.com.au/common/story_pag ... ml">Aussie News source</a>

Here. What kind of confirmation do you need?</div>

PostPosted:**Wed Mar 19, 2003 6:14 pm**

<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>A few Iraqi soldiers just gave up at the Kuwaiti border. It's on USAToday.</div>

PostPosted:**Wed Mar 19, 2003 6:16 pm**

<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>I think the players are just gonna forfiet the game. =8^)</div>

PostPosted:**Wed Mar 19, 2003 6:19 pm**

<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>It was just 17 soldiers. Now there are hundreds. Hehehe!</div>

PostPosted:**Wed Mar 19, 2003 6:25 pm**

<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>Are those the same soldiers that tried to give up earlier?</div>

PostPosted:**Wed Mar 19, 2003 6:28 pm**

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Yes, that and the bombings related to the no-fly zone are all over each paper I mentioned. But not groud fighting.</div>

PostPosted:**Wed Mar 19, 2003 6:30 pm**

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Sine, that's exactly what I was talking about. That uses as its only source the article that G-Man linked to. We're still left with ONE REPORT. If I make a claim, and you report my claim, that does not count as two sources.</div>

PostPosted:**Wed Mar 19, 2003 6:35 pm**

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Of course, this is all likely moot since the real deal will probably start in two days or less (I'm leaning towards less.)</div>

PostPosted:**Wed Mar 19, 2003 6:43 pm**

<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>Okay, okay. I seriously doubt many stories of that nature is going to have multiple sources, though. You think all of the soldiers involved are going to immediately call up every news station?</div>

PostPosted:**Wed Mar 19, 2003 6:44 pm**

<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>Less than that. It will start at 8PM sharp (1AM their time).</div>

PostPosted:**Wed Mar 19, 2003 6:47 pm**

<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>Probably....unless they were executed by Saddam's loyal troops.</div>

PostPosted:**Wed Mar 19, 2003 7:02 pm**

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Reporters are with soldiers. However, I seriously doubt reporters are with special forces. Like I said to Tessian, plausible and consistent, but that doesn't mean it's true.</div>

PostPosted:**Thu Mar 20, 2003 2:06 am**

<div style='font: 14pt "Sans Serif"; text-align: justify; padding: 0% 15% 0% 15%; '>There's an SAT word for that: It's called a "sophistry". That's a good one to keep in your vocabulary...</div>

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ding ding The fight commences!

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Two of those links mention ground fighting. Both reference the article G-Man linked. That's not confirmation.

Perfectly plausible and consistent with how I understand special forces are used, but that doesn't change that we have one report with doesn't name its sources.