11:00pm CST
there is still nothing happening in Baghdad we can only hear distant explosions and there still is no all clear siren. someone in the BBC said that the state radio has been overtaken by US broadcast, that didn’t happen the 3 state broadcasters still operate.
- Where is Raed? (Iraqi Blogger)
11:06pm CST
“When the main air campaign starts you will know it.” – MSNBC broadcast quoting anonymous Pentagon official.
11:15pm CST
Sky News Reporting 5 Iraqi leaders killed in earlier attack. – Fox News broadcast
11:16pm CST
Possible new explosions in Baghdad – Fox News. Quality of Fox coverage seems to be picking up. MSNBC was much better than expected at the start.
11:27pm CST
Sky News shutdown by Iraqi officials in Baghdad – Fox News broadcast.
11:29pm CST
Saddam Hussein and his two sons may be among 5 dead in U.S. attack according to Fox News’ Rita Cosby – Seems unlikely since he is reported to address the nation.
11:32pm CST
Saddam addressing nation. It looks like he’s wearing a Monica Lewinsky signature beret. The speech is rambling and meaningless. He is reading the speech from a notepad that resembles a book of MadLibs. This may explain the complete lack meaningful content in his address.
11:41pm CST
Saddam speech over. Impossible to confirm if the speech was indeed live. Fox News is already floating the idea that the address was taped earlier.
11:47pm CST
I can’t watch 5 minutes of CNN without realizing how far they’ve sunk since the glory days of Peter Arnet and Bernard Shaw in Baghdad. Watching Aaron Brown drone on with psychobabble-peppered commentary just doesn’t do it for me. One mention of “closure” or “resonance” and I’m switching channels.
11:55pm CST
In my last three checks on CNN I’ve turned it on to find Aaron Brown questioning America’s “staying power”.
The War: Hour 19
2:00pm CST The bombing aould come and go in waves, nothing too heavy and not yet comparable to what was going on in 91. all radio and TV stations are...
The War: Hour 18
1:00pm CST President Bush will be briefing his full cabinet in about 15 minutes. The event will be televised. – Fox News broadcast 1:02pm CST “Indications that the Iraqi military...
The War: Hour 17
12:00pm CST Air raid sirens in Baghdad. No signs of strike yet. – Sky New broadcast 12:10pm CST Air raid sirens in Baghdad. No signs of strike yet. – Sky...
The War: Hour 2
9:07pm CST AP – Current attacks are a surgical strike aimed at “targets of opportunity” in the Iraqi leadership – Fox News broadcast 9:09pm CST Iraqi news service is reporting...
The War: Hour 1
8:41pm CST Still no sign of US attack.. President Bush may be about to speak to the nation soon. 8:45pm CST President Bush to address the nation at 9:15pm CST....
