7:00pm CST
I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, hereby determine that the United States and Iraq are engaged in armed hostilities, that it is in the interest of the United States to confiscate certain property of the Government of Iraq and its agencies, instrumentalities, or controlled entities, and that all right, title, and interest in any property so confiscated should vest in the Department of the Treasury. I intend that such vested property should be used to assist the Iraqi people and to assist in the reconstruction of Iraq, and determine that such use would be in the interest of and for the benefit of the United States.
I hereby order:
Section 1. All blocked funds held in the United States in accounts in the name of the Government of Iraq, the Central Bank of Iraq, Rafidain Bank, Rasheed Bank, or the State Organization for Marketing Oil are hereby confiscated and vested in the Department of the Treasury, except for the following:
7:12pm CST
The antiwar movement is going to destroy what little goodwill it has with the American people. MSNBC broadcast is showing video of protesters blocking Lakeshore Drive in Chicago. Chicago is preparing to deploy “bus loads” of riot gear clad police. And at the Leftist site sf.indymedia.org you get updates like this:
1:30PM: Crowd is getting rowdy at 7th & Market. One cop down.
7AM: Dozens of actions are planned in SF’s Financial District which vow to shut down the city. Thousands will plan to “call in sick” when the war starts to help disrupt capitalism from steamrolling on.
Disrupt capitalism from steamrolling on? I think they’re showing their true colors.
7:20pm CST
According to the Air Force the B-2 has has “joined the team” at a forward deployed location:
“Our primary job is ‘kicking the door down,’ as we like to say,” said 1st Lt. Matthew Hasson, a 509th Bomb Wing public affairs officer from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., the home station of all the B-2s. “We clear out the integrated air defenses that pose a threat to the other, less-stealthy airframes.”
7:21pm CST
Huge explosions and fireballs are being reported near Basra. Visible from 30 miles away. Speculation that the MOAB (RealVideo) is being used. – Sky News broadcast
7:49pm CST
More reports of explosions. This time in Mosul. – Fox News broadcast
The War: Hour 23
Photo of the first Tomahawk missile to be fired into Iraq 6:00pm CST Still no word of coalition casualties. Thank god. 6:27pm CST Peter Arnet reports Baghdad is quiet. –...
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 16
11:05am CST Live footage of the ground action in Southern Iraq on Fox News (and Sky News) broadcast now. 11:16am CST Rick Leventhal is live on Fox News. Reporting that...
The War: Hour 7
2:14am CST I thought I would take a shower and catch a couple hours of sleep. 15 minutes later I’m soaking wet and all hell is breaking loose. U.S. troops...
The War: Hour 5
12:01pm CST Strikes have hit other targets to “soften tha battlefield” including a large refueling facility (Post 160) on the Iraq-Jordan border which was apparently “obliterated”. – Fox News broadcast...
