[10-Ring]

Just heard on Fox News that what planners thought would be a day o intense fighting took 3 hours! Onto Baghdad!

God Bless our fighting men & women and God continue to Bless America!

[MitchSchaft]

http://www.sky.com/skynews/home
US-led forces claim to have encircled the city of Karbala in central Iraq, seen by the American military as the last major hurdle on the road to Baghdad.

[Schuey2002]

They have just mentioned that the Marines have "bridged the Tigris River"!!!!

Saddam, here we come! :evil:

[SquirrelNuts]

And I was expecting another April Fools post.

-SquirrelNuts

[Blackhawk]

The sadDAM has cracked, and the flood will occur shortly. :neener:

[WilderBill]

Now, if Baghdad will just cave in...:cool:

[Mike Irwin]

Well, encirclement isn't exactly falling...

[ZekeLuvs1911]

It is just the first step to falling....:D

[Admiral Thrawn]

"encircled the city of Karbala"

Well there still could be a significant amount of resistance within the city itself.

[Thumper]

From what I understand, taking Karbala isn't part of the plan.

We just want it enclosed so we can protect our troops rolling through the "Karbala gap" headlong into Baghdad.

CENTCOM is saying that the Baghdad Division is as dead as Cleese's parrot.

[Leatherneck]

They're trying to get back "on plan" I think. No need to defeat in detail every town and city enroute. But, as the 7th and 8th Marines have learned the hard way, flank security for your logistics train is vital. Damn the torpedos! Full speed ahead!

TC
TFL Survivor