STARTED! Baghdad Being bombed - Post made by Mr. OverclockerBloke, War Fanatic

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It seems the ITN crew were caught in the cross fire, and ended up getting in the way of British Artillery.

Also it was stated in the same article, they had crossed many checkpoints, were told it was not safe, but chose to carry on.

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Iran Says Errant Missile Probably Iraqi

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TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said on Sunday that a missile which landed in the northwest of the country was probably fired by Iraqi forces, the official IRNA news agency reported
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If not stray AA missiles then the mind boggles what they could be as to fire at Kuwait but hit Iran is incompetance of the 1st degree
 
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Central Baghdad nr a bridge over the river something is going on. Crowds + security forces searching for something.

Arab TV source reports parachutes over Baghdad
 
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Some of the bombs loaded onto the B52s at Fairfield were M117 (the ones with a yellow ring near the nose)

These weapons date back to Korea

The M117 series was used extensively during the Vietnam War, and B-52G aircraft dropped thousands of tons of M117 and M117R bombs during Operation Desert Storm. The B-52s dropped virtually all of the M117 bombs during Desert Storm.
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Yeah Sleepy, similar stuff that the BBC is reporting.... wonder if they shot something down.

Haven't seen anyone mention this, but the Camerman from the ITN crew that escaped, Daniel Demoustier claims that it was friendly fire from British forces that his crew got caught up in. He sounded very coy about it when interviewed on tv.
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Aye, although they were more caught in fire between British forces and iraqi forces, rather than them just being shot at.

They were also told to turn back at several checkpoints, but chose to carry on.
Its very sad indeed if they have lost their lives, very sad indeed. But, they were taking a big risk after being advised otherwise.

They even decidied to travel on their own, rather than with a brigade.
 
Originally posted by Nexus
Yeah Sleepy, similar stuff that the BBC is reporting.... wonder if they shot something down.

Haven't seen anyone mention this, but the Camerman from the ITN crew that escaped, Daniel Demoustier claims that it was friendly fire from British forces that his crew got caught up in. He sounded very coy about it when interviewed on tv.
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Aye, although they were more caught in fire between British forces and iraqi forces, rather than them just being shot at.

They were also told to turn back at several checkpoints, but chose to carry on.
Its very sad indeed if they have lost their lives, very sad indeed. But, they were taking a big risk after being advised otherwise.

They even decidied to travel on their own, rather than with a brigade.
 
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