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WARSAW, March 24 (Reuters) - Polish commandos have seen their first action of the Iraq war, with more than 50 troops joining the five-day-old campaign to oust Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, the Defence Ministry said on Monday.

A Defence Ministry spokesman said "GROM" (Thunder) special forces had joined operations in the Gulf port of Umm Qasr
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A Welshman is believed to be one of the first servicemen to die in the war against Iraq.

Although not officially confirmed, he was today named by friends as Royal Marine Llewelyn "Welly" Evans of North Wales.

Mr Evans, believed to be aged 24, was reportedly one of eight Marines who died when their US helicopter crashed in northern Kuwait on Friday.

He came from Llandudno and was serving with the Plymouth-based 3 Commando.

His rank and identity has not yet been confirmed by the Ministry of Defence.

But team-mates at Llandudno Rugby Club, where Mr Evans played as a back, today paid tribute to the dead serviceman and cancelled their fixture in his memory.

Club captain Dave Davies said: "Welly was a superb lad, one of the best.

"We are all devastated here and our thoughts are with his family. We need some time to ourselves because we have lost a great friend."
 
A Welshman is believed to be one of the first servicemen to die in the war against Iraq.

Although not officially confirmed, he was today named by friends as Royal Marine Llewelyn "Welly" Evans of North Wales.

Mr Evans, believed to be aged 24, was reportedly one of eight Marines who died when their US helicopter crashed in northern Kuwait on Friday.

He came from Llandudno and was serving with the Plymouth-based 3 Commando.

His rank and identity has not yet been confirmed by the Ministry of Defence.

But team-mates at Llandudno Rugby Club, where Mr Evans played as a back, today paid tribute to the dead serviceman and cancelled their fixture in his memory.

Club captain Dave Davies said: "Welly was a superb lad, one of the best.

"We are all devastated here and our thoughts are with his family. We need some time to ourselves because we have lost a great friend."
 
Let's have a break from the media BS and have some proper information for a change, shall we:

1.Downed AH 64 seems to be undammaged, so it maybe is
a result of an emergency landing. Bad anyway because the
Iraqi militairs will be very interested in the frequencies and
other tech notes this helo will provide.
2.The marines are pulling out of Umm Kasar. They had great problems with urban combat and there are reports and medical support transmissions that indicate a high number of marines injured/killed. Now british forces take their place and will continue the urban warfare.

3. Basra is a milestone and it proves that the guerrilla tacs Saddam´s forces use show impact on the warplans of Pentagon. As a sidenote we have Pentagon official voices right now that claim that the TBA has been warned intensly that this war will not be fought the way TBA thought. The Pentagon itself warned the politicians to underestimate the power of Iraq´s troops within urban scenarios and on fast adapting strategy changes. Basra is no longer an objective for coaltion forces. They try to isolate the town but don´t move in in larger amounts. The Basra airport is under heavy fire from Iraq forces. Most likely the coaltion forces will not be able to hold it as their troop strength there is too small and right now there are ongoing discussions to leave the airport.
4. All major tank movements from Kuwait to Bagdad have come to a stop at the moment. It´s either bridges that are in Iraqi hands or the marshlands totally controlled by them. There are several reports on have infantry battles at the moment. As long as the major ways to Bagdad are closed for the coaltion there will be no significant harm done to Bagdad itself. Air bombardments will carry on but resistance among the Iraqi people is growing in plenties as they see the vulnerability of the coaltion forces on their TV sets and experience heavy casualties amongst the civillian population.

5. Iraq troops managed to disturb the routes of supply multiple times now. This tactic cuts or is intending to cut the support for the support dependant tank forces forcing their way to Bagdad. There are already reported lacks of fuel for tanks and heavy infantry ammunition. If these tactics will be extended from Iraqi forces there can be done significant harm to coaltion forces in two ways. First the POW´s on US side will "Shock and Awe" the US public. Second, if the Iraqi army is able to fight at least 5 percent of the incoming support it will have major impact on the ability of coaltion forces to move, invade and fight the most skilled enemies available in Iraq wich they only have faced in very small numbers at Umm Kasar.
You know this town, besides to any other town coaltion forces claimed to have control over it is still resisting in big numbers.
Also interesting. The large surrendering forces on Iraq side seem to be propaganda only. There are no reports on surrendering forces more than 200 men in one piece.
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Let's have a break from the media BS and have some proper information for a change, shall we:

1.Downed AH 64 seems to be undammaged, so it maybe is
a result of an emergency landing. Bad anyway because the
Iraqi militairs will be very interested in the frequencies and
other tech notes this helo will provide.
2.The marines are pulling out of Umm Kasar. They had great problems with urban combat and there are reports and medical support transmissions that indicate a high number of marines injured/killed. Now british forces take their place and will continue the urban warfare.

3. Basra is a milestone and it proves that the guerrilla tacs Saddam´s forces use show impact on the warplans of Pentagon. As a sidenote we have Pentagon official voices right now that claim that the TBA has been warned intensly that this war will not be fought the way TBA thought. The Pentagon itself warned the politicians to underestimate the power of Iraq´s troops within urban scenarios and on fast adapting strategy changes. Basra is no longer an objective for coaltion forces. They try to isolate the town but don´t move in in larger amounts. The Basra airport is under heavy fire from Iraq forces. Most likely the coaltion forces will not be able to hold it as their troop strength there is too small and right now there are ongoing discussions to leave the airport.
4. All major tank movements from Kuwait to Bagdad have come to a stop at the moment. It´s either bridges that are in Iraqi hands or the marshlands totally controlled by them. There are several reports on have infantry battles at the moment. As long as the major ways to Bagdad are closed for the coaltion there will be no significant harm done to Bagdad itself. Air bombardments will carry on but resistance among the Iraqi people is growing in plenties as they see the vulnerability of the coaltion forces on their TV sets and experience heavy casualties amongst the civillian population.

5. Iraq troops managed to disturb the routes of supply multiple times now. This tactic cuts or is intending to cut the support for the support dependant tank forces forcing their way to Bagdad. There are already reported lacks of fuel for tanks and heavy infantry ammunition. If these tactics will be extended from Iraqi forces there can be done significant harm to coaltion forces in two ways. First the POW´s on US side will "Shock and Awe" the US public. Second, if the Iraqi army is able to fight at least 5 percent of the incoming support it will have major impact on the ability of coaltion forces to move, invade and fight the most skilled enemies available in Iraq wich they only have faced in very small numbers at Umm Kasar.
You know this town, besides to any other town coaltion forces claimed to have control over it is still resisting in big numbers.
Also interesting. The large surrendering forces on Iraq side seem to be propaganda only. There are no reports on surrendering forces more than 200 men in one piece.
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Courtesy of a friend :)
 
Foreshadowing the Future

CENTCOM
March 24, 2003
Release Number: 03-03-55
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
First Predator Strike Takes out Anti-Air Threat


In-Depth Coverage

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM - A U.S. Air Force MQ-1 Predator found and destroyed a radar-guided anti-aircraft artillery piece in southern Iraq Saturday at 5:25 EST making it the first Predator strike of Operation Iraqi Freedom, defense officials announced.
The multi-role Predator used one AGM-114K "Hellfire II" missile to strike an Iraqi ZSU-23-4 Mobile anti-aircraft artillery gun outside the southern Iraqi town of Al Amarah.

The Predator is an unmanned aerial vehicle remotely piloted from a ground control station.
"The RQ-1 model is used for reconnaissance, while the MQ-1 model is used as an unmanned strike platform," said Lt. Col. Brian Pierson, Chief of Reconnaissance Operations at the Combined Air Operations Center located on a desert air base in Southwest Asia.

The ZSU-23-4 is a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun with a self-contained radar dish for finding and tracking airborne targets. The anti-aircraft systems pose a significant threat to Coalition flying operations, said Pierson. Predators have executed successful strikes previously in Operation ENDURING FREEDOM and Operation SOUTHERN WATCH.
 
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Originally posted by djdavies14
do we have any ideas on the size of the RG?
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Iraq's elite forces

Republican Guard ........................Special Republican Guard

50,000 men ...................................10,000 men
6 Divisions (3 armoured,
2 infantry, 1 mechanised)..................4 brigades
400 tanks .......................................100 tanks

More info here :)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2511765.stm
 
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Originally posted by djdavies14
do we have any ideas on the size of the RG?
Click to expand...

Iraq's elite forces

Republican Guard ........................Special Republican Guard

50,000 men ...................................10,000 men
6 Divisions (3 armoured,
2 infantry, 1 mechanised)..................4 brigades
400 tanks .......................................100 tanks

More info here :)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2511765.stm
 
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