*** Iraqi Time is Sun 27, 21:00, Israel is one hour behind. Allies destroyed pipelines to loading port. But it is not sure that this will stop the oil spilling. *** Iraqi Time is Sun 27, 22:00, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Sun 27, 23:00, Israel is one hour behind. I haven't been on so this is probably old to you. 2 American F-15e's shot down 4 iraqi migs of some sort or another. The brits took out a chinese made silkworm missile sight. That's the second one that's been taken out. The silkworm is a surface to surface missile, good at sinking ships. The US fired a smart weapon at the oil terminal spilling oil into the sea, apparently successfully stopping the flow. Some more planes fled to Iran from Iraq, bringing the total number of planes that have done so to over 30. Iran pledges to keep the planes impounded until after the war. Uh oh, a russian colonel known as "the black colonel" has hinted that the army may start a rebellion. Iran's parliamentary speaker put forth a peace plan, calling for immediate cease fire, pullout of iraq from kuwait, and the allies from the gulf. Iran is supposedly neutral in this thing. The total number of sorties by the allies so far exceeds 22,000. Unnamed congressional and pentagon sources say a ground war looks inevitable. 3 marines were killed 'accidentally' in an intense artillery duel last night. Aparently the allies are actually inside portions of Kuwait. here's some bits I'm skimming from various wire services. (summarizing) allies done hitting non conventional weapons production sites, now turning their attention to hitting non conventional weapons storage sites. (hundreds of depots scattered throughout the battlefield). Senior US military officials in saudi arabia said they expect iraq to launch a massive barrage of Scuds into israel and Saudi Arabia today during the airing of the super bowl(!), reasoning that the attacks would get massive tv exposure. The bombing of the oil terminal was a precision strike... performed after consulting with environmental and petroleum experts. Here's details on the 3 marines who were killed during the artillery duel. 3 killed, 7 injured when two light armored vehicles collided as they returned from the saudi/kuwait border after the duel. Unlike the shooting of the two iraqi planes by one saudi pilot the other day, where he pretty much just shot them from behind and picked them off easily, the shooting of the 4 planes by US planes today was a frantic dogfight. The international committee of the red cross said perhaps as many 24,000 Iranian POWS are still held by Iraq 3 years after the end of the war. Returning iranians told of pipe beatings, starvation and threats if they told red cross workers. about their mistreatment. Saudi arabia has been accused to of mistreating political prisoners by human rights organizations. US is turning over Iraqi pows to them. US says all POWs will be treated by the geneva conventions. Chinese court saturday sentenced the nations leading human rights advocate to seven years in prison and its foremost student leader to a four year term for 'counterrevolutionary propaganda and incitement". Six others sentenced to 2-5 years, 66 others apparently released. By chinese standards the sentences were relatively lenient, these charges can bring the death penalty. A diplomat in Beijing attributed the light sentences to US relations. *** Iraqi Time is Mon 28, 00:00, Israel is one hour behind. The latest # of planes flown from Iraq into Iran now totals 39. A leftist organization bombed planes in turkey twice today. They didn't bomb planes. :) oops *** Iraqi Time is Mon 28, 00:30, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Mon 28, 01:00, Israel is one hour behind. *** IRCII: /HELP for help %H%N%* *** Iraqi Time is Mon 28, 02:00, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Mon 28, 03:00, Israel is one hour behind. ABC News Australia: Israeli cabinet backs policy of restraint. ABC: Senior Iraqi diplomat in Australia leaves today after being expelled for "security reasons". ABC: Iraq re-opens border with Jordan. ABC: Pro- Allied march in Berlin. (that was ABC Radio Australia news) *** Iraqi Time is Mon 28, 03:30, Israel is one hour behind. ABC Australia: US estimates half a million Iraqi mines in Kuwait. OzABC: Top Iraqi diplomat in Australia leaves today after being expelled on security grounds by Aust Govt. OzABC: Iraq has re-opened border with Jordan. OzABC: UK says UN resolution would justify the removal of Saddam Hussein *** Iraqi Time is Mon 28, 04:00, Israel is one hour behind. Aust.ABC: UK is sending equipment to help with oil-spill in the Gulf. Aust.ABC: Israeli cabinet again backs policy of restraint Iran will attack Israel if Israel enters the war. -- ABC Aust.ABC: a rocket attack has destroyed the Amex building in Athens.. no injuries. Aust.ABC: (American Express). Aust.ABC: And bombs gone off in Turkey. .. (missed the details, sorry) /users/en-asen/crawford/ann: No such file or directory. Sorry, one sec all. Several gif (Graphics Interchange Format) images with techical. information about equipment used by both the Allies and the. Iraqi's have been made available by anonymous ftp from: ftp.e- technik.tu-muenchen.de [192.48.107.50]:/pub/desert-storm. Please observe courtesy and do not all rush to get them , as. it will overload the machine. All the gif images are. 640x480x16colors and about 13000 bytes each. This service. is brought to you by Wizzar and Arne. *** Iraqi Time is Mon 28, 04:30, Israel is one hour behind. Aust.ABC: UK sending equipment to help fight oil-slick in the gulf. Aust.ABC: two bombs in Athens against American targets test, just for the hell of it. Actually, to see if this info thingy is still working. Can someone kick start the infoserv. *** Iraqi Time is Mon 28, 05:00, Israel is one hour behind. who a british company has contracted to supply persian gulf troops with 500,000 camoflague. oops lets try that again. a british company has contracted to supply persian gulf troops with 500,000 camoflaged condoms. the condoms will be used to protect rifle barrels from being corrupted by sand. *** Iraqi Time is Mon 28, 05:30, Israel is one hour behind. thousands of refugees are stuck on the iraqi side of the iraqi/jordanian border. Iraq isn't letting them cross. US plane spots 20-30 iraqis on kuwaiti island having spelled out "WE SURRENDER" with stones. They're going to investigate further to see if it's a legitimate surrender. *** Iraqi Time is Mon 28, 06:00, Israel is one hour behind. def sec. cheney expresses confusion over the 39 iraqi planes that flew to iran. Unsure if they are defectors or what. (I said earlier that Iran pledges to keep the planes grounded until the war is over). US will be ready for ground war before end of NEXT month.--cheney CBS+CNN. chemical weapons expert says all out chemical war in gulf would cause max 1000 military casualties. 1-5% of those dead. --60 minutes test. last test. sorry test test gorby gives KGB new search and seizure powers. Supposedly anti-crime/corruption. Unnamed soviet sources say gorby is a victim of the soviet military.. who said 'get tough or get out'. Liberals have been forced out of govt. Test Merlyn. Results: Merlyn broken. *** Iraqi Time is Mon 28, 07:00, Israel is one hour behind. It's the top of the hour in the gulf. It's top of the hour in most time zones. allies evaluate bombing on Kuwaiti oil terminals, report oil flow "appears to be much reduced, but difficult to evaluate conclusively". (from BBC world service). BBC: Iraqi radio attacks Pres Mubarak of Eqypt as an "enemy of his own people and will soon be assassinated as was Pres. Sadat." Senior U.S. military officials report that Soviet military intelligence is giving U.S. volumes of secret information on Soviet-supplied weaponry in Iraqi arsenals. CIA refuses to confirm or deny this report. *** Iraqi Time is Mon 28, 07:30, Israel is one hour behind. norweigan ship capable of skimming half square mile of oil a day shipped to gulf. Aust.ABC: No injuries reported in two attacks against American financial institutions in Athens. Aust.ABC: A bomb went off in a vacant lot next to the Inter-American Insurance company building, and shortly afterwards a rocket hit the first story of the American Express building *** Iraqi Time is Mon 28, 08:00, Israel is one hour behind. Aust.ABC: Warning from US budget director that US budget defecit could blow out to $318 Billion because of the costs of the war. Treasury says defecit reached $87 Billion in first 3 months of 1991 fiscal year *** Iraqi Time is Mon 28, 08:30, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Mon 28, 09:00, Israel is one hour behind. (old) european community suspends 1 billion dollars aid to USSR in light of crackdown. Aust.Ch10News: US has set fire to part of the oil-slick. Others say this was accidental. I have no further info so far saudi govt. officials say they've written off protecting marine life from oil spill, and are concentrating on protecting desalinization plants (fresh water source) Aust.ABC: Military & pollution experts are waiting to see whether the American missile attack against Kuwaiti pumping equipment has succeeded in preventing more oil being poured into the Gulf. Aust.ABC: The American commanders in Saudi Arabia said earlier they believed it had succeeded, but only time would tell. Aust. ABC: some indication expected in about 10 hours *** Iraqi Time is Mon 28, 10:00, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Mon 28, 11:00, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Mon 28, 12:00, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Mon 28, 12:30, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Mon 28, 13:00, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Mon 28, 14: 00, Israel is one hour behind. test *** Iraqi Time is Mon 28, 15:00, Israel is one hour behind. earlier I said 39 iraqi planes fled to iran. Now the number is up to 50. Aust ABC: Iraq claims threat of nuclear contamination because of weapons carried by US planes in the area. Complaint is in a letter from Iraqi Health minister to the World Health Organisation. Aust ABC: Iraqis reportedly eased visa regulations at the Jordanian border. Aust ABC: Jordan preparing to receive thousands of refugees. Aust ABC: Personal messages to Australian sailors in the Gulf will be broadcast by Radio Australia, the ABC's Shortwave service 7 experts arrived to stand around and panic about the worlds largest oil spill. "what are we gunna do now???" *** Iraqi Time is Mon 28, 15:30, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Mon 28, 16:00, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Mon 28, 16:30, Israel is one hour behind. *** Iraqi Time is Mon 28, 17:00, Israel is one hour behind. Briefing in Saudi-Arabia in 5 Minutes. *** Iraqi Time is Mon 28, 18:00, Israel is one hour behind. Briefing starts now!! I will report, please pose questions later. Brigadier General Stevens is reporting in Baghdad. Weather: basically clear. air campaign continues. Targets: lines of commu. airfields, SCUDS, leadership, Republican Guard. losses (iraqi) 26. 2 F15 shot down 6 planes. 69 Iraqi planes in Iran (39 Fighters and bombers). Naval forces: 2 vessels attacked. status unknown of the vessels. patrol craft attacked , lefted burning. 19 intercepts. 873 boardings by the allies. last night : No SCUDS. 51 Scuds fired (total. 105 POWs. oil slick: appears that the flow of oil is stopped. 15 miles per day moving south. brifing concluded, question time. question: Why are the planes in Iran? answer: No idea. q:planes in Iran are massing to prepare an attack on the allied fleet? a: not a relistic idea. q:Air attacks on Iraqi leadership? a: not targeting individuals (SH). q:?? a: They try to avoid kill civilians. q: No combat plane losses in the last 24hrs? a: No losses in the last 72hrs. q:Target selection: religious targets? a:No targets with no military effects. q: POWs include people who decide to cross the border to defect? a: Yes. q:Diplomatic contacts to Iran? a: No answer: ask the state dep. q: What measures to protect the oil areas from Iraqi sabotage. a: No answer. a: No news about the journalists missing in action. q: One norwegian ship in the Golf to fight the oil desaster is enough? a: No idea. msg by general steven: one plane lost today (Harrier). q: Question about the fighjter types flying to Iran. a: We get the numbers for you. q: Question about the food for the soldiers. a: Mainly not fresh food in some areas. q: Does the rain influences the military action? a: We can deal with that. q and a: * Didn't get them. *. a: The campaign is progressing as planned. q: About the oil in the gulf. a: No comment about influence on operations and on planes. Two more questions in Saudi-Arabia. a: No comment on the air campaign. If the planes are in Iran than the allied fighters won't do anything. q: Are you absolutely sure that the pilots don't fly to Iran to preprare a massive attack? a: Idon't know what's going on in their minds. The Briefing in Saudi-Arabia by Gen. Stevens is finished. My report is finished!!!! Thank good, they are talking to fast. *** Iraqi Time is Mon 28, 19:00, Israel is one hour behind. #Hamlet# Sorry...check a bug with /wall command... appologies once again :-( *** Iraqi Time is Mon 28, 19:30, Israel is one hour behind.