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=================================================================== The IRAQWAR.RU analytical center was created recently by a group of journalists and military experts from Russia to provide accurate and up-to-date news and analysis of the war against Iraq. The following is the English translation of the IRAQWAR.RU report based on the Russian military intelligence reports =================================================================== The following are excerpts from these reports, english translations can be found at: http://www.aeronautics.ru/news/news002/news078.htm *According to [Russian military] intelligence Pentagon made a decision to significantly reinforce the coalition. During the next two weeks up to 50,000 troops and no less than 500 tanks will arrive to the combat area from the US military bases in Germany and Albania. By the end of April 120,000 more troops and up to 1,200 additional tanks will be sent to support the war against Iraq. * Over 60% of all available spare parts have been already used and emergency additional supplies are being requested. *The sand is literally "eating up" the equipment. Sand has a particularly serious effect on electronics and transmissions of combat vehicles. Already more than 40 tanks and up to 69 armored personnel carriers have been disabled due to damaged engines; more than 150 armored vehicles have lost the use of their heat-seeking targeting sights and night vision equipment. 3rd Motorized Infantry Division had more than 100 vehicles disabled. *The coalition command has effectively acknowledged its defeat in the information war with the strikes against the television center in Baghdad and now further strikes should be expected against television and ground satellite transmitters *During a meeting at the coalition command headquarters it was reported that up to 20 Iraqi reconnaissance units are active behind the coalition rear. *Aerial bombardment of Baghdad has so far failed to produce the expected results. All targets designated before the war have been hit 3 to 7 times, but this had almost no effect on the combat readiness of the Iraqi army, their air defenses or the command and control structures. *A particular point of concern for the US command is the huge overuse of precision-guided munitions and cruise missiles. Already the supply of heavy cruise missiles like the "Tomahawk" has been reduced by a third and, at the current rate of use, in three weeks the US will be left only with the untouchable strategic supply of these missile
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=================================================================== The IRAQWAR.RU analytical center was created recently by a group of journalists and military experts from Russia to provide accurate and up-to-date news and analysis of the war against Iraq. The following is the English translation of the IRAQWAR.RU report based on the Russian military intelligence reports =================================================================== The following are excerpts from these reports, english translations can be found at: http://www.aeronautics.ru/news/news002/news078.htm *According to [Russian military] intelligence Pentagon made a decision to significantly reinforce the coalition. During the next two weeks up to 50,000 troops and no less than 500 tanks will arrive to the combat area from the US military bases in Germany and Albania. By the end of April 120,000 more troops and up to 1,200 additional tanks will be sent to support the war against Iraq. * Over 60% of all available spare parts have been already used and emergency additional supplies are being requested. *The sand is literally "eating up" the equipment. Sand has a particularly serious effect on electronics and transmissions of combat vehicles. Already more than 40 tanks and up to 69 armored personnel carriers have been disabled due to damaged engines; more than 150 armored vehicles have lost the use of their heat-seeking targeting sights and night vision equipment. 3rd Motorized Infantry Division had more than 100 vehicles disabled. *The coalition command has effectively acknowledged its defeat in the information war with the strikes against the television center in Baghdad and now further strikes should be expected against television and ground satellite transmitters *During a meeting at the coalition command headquarters it was reported that up to 20 Iraqi reconnaissance units are active behind the coalition rear. *Aerial bombardment of Baghdad has so far failed to produce the expected results. All targets designated before the war have been hit 3 to 7 times, but this had almost no effect on the combat readiness of the Iraqi army, their air defenses or the command and control structures. *A particular point of concern for the US command is the huge overuse of precision-guided munitions and cruise missiles. Already the supply of heavy cruise missiles like the "Tomahawk" has been reduced by a third and, at the current rate of use, in three weeks the US will be left only with the untouchable strategic supply of these missile
aboshalabi wrote: *According to [Russian military] intelligence Pentagon made a decision to significantly reinforce the coalition. During the next two weeks up to 50,000 troops and no less than 500 tanks will arrive to the combat area from the US military bases in Germany and Albania. By the end of April 120,000 more troops and up to 1,200 additional tanks will be sent to support the war against Iraq. It could happen, but I doubt that we would need that many tanks. Also, more precision guided munitions were ordered months ago, so I would expect the stocks to be renewed quickly. BTW, do the russians have spies in the Pentagon? Is there an informant leaking this info?
Jason Henderson
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=================================================================== The IRAQWAR.RU analytical center was created recently by a group of journalists and military experts from Russia to provide accurate and up-to-date news and analysis of the war against Iraq. The following is the English translation of the IRAQWAR.RU report based on the Russian military intelligence reports =================================================================== The following are excerpts from these reports, english translations can be found at: http://www.aeronautics.ru/news/news002/news078.htm *According to [Russian military] intelligence Pentagon made a decision to significantly reinforce the coalition. During the next two weeks up to 50,000 troops and no less than 500 tanks will arrive to the combat area from the US military bases in Germany and Albania. By the end of April 120,000 more troops and up to 1,200 additional tanks will be sent to support the war against Iraq. * Over 60% of all available spare parts have been already used and emergency additional supplies are being requested. *The sand is literally "eating up" the equipment. Sand has a particularly serious effect on electronics and transmissions of combat vehicles. Already more than 40 tanks and up to 69 armored personnel carriers have been disabled due to damaged engines; more than 150 armored vehicles have lost the use of their heat-seeking targeting sights and night vision equipment. 3rd Motorized Infantry Division had more than 100 vehicles disabled. *The coalition command has effectively acknowledged its defeat in the information war with the strikes against the television center in Baghdad and now further strikes should be expected against television and ground satellite transmitters *During a meeting at the coalition command headquarters it was reported that up to 20 Iraqi reconnaissance units are active behind the coalition rear. *Aerial bombardment of Baghdad has so far failed to produce the expected results. All targets designated before the war have been hit 3 to 7 times, but this had almost no effect on the combat readiness of the Iraqi army, their air defenses or the command and control structures. *A particular point of concern for the US command is the huge overuse of precision-guided munitions and cruise missiles. Already the supply of heavy cruise missiles like the "Tomahawk" has been reduced by a third and, at the current rate of use, in three weeks the US will be left only with the untouchable strategic supply of these missile
aboshalabi wrote: During the next two weeks up to 50,000 troops and no less than 500 tanks will arrive to the combat area from the US military bases in Germany and Albania. By the end of April 120,000 more troops and up to 1,200 additional tanks will be sent to support the war against Iraq. on a related note, Rumsfeld originally tried very hard to get this operation done with a quarter of the troops that are in place now. our amazing technology ("Shock and Awe") was supposed to do the whole job by demonstrating to the poor ignorant Iraqis that they stood no chance. the military heads eventually talked him up (and it wasn't an easy job, i've read) to the level we're at now; and i've heard from the US media that we're adding another 30K or so troops very soon. interesting article, from TIME magazine: http://www.cnn.com/time/covers/1101030331/wroad.html?cnn=yes[^] -c
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=================================================================== The IRAQWAR.RU analytical center was created recently by a group of journalists and military experts from Russia to provide accurate and up-to-date news and analysis of the war against Iraq. The following is the English translation of the IRAQWAR.RU report based on the Russian military intelligence reports =================================================================== The following are excerpts from these reports, english translations can be found at: http://www.aeronautics.ru/news/news002/news078.htm *According to [Russian military] intelligence Pentagon made a decision to significantly reinforce the coalition. During the next two weeks up to 50,000 troops and no less than 500 tanks will arrive to the combat area from the US military bases in Germany and Albania. By the end of April 120,000 more troops and up to 1,200 additional tanks will be sent to support the war against Iraq. * Over 60% of all available spare parts have been already used and emergency additional supplies are being requested. *The sand is literally "eating up" the equipment. Sand has a particularly serious effect on electronics and transmissions of combat vehicles. Already more than 40 tanks and up to 69 armored personnel carriers have been disabled due to damaged engines; more than 150 armored vehicles have lost the use of their heat-seeking targeting sights and night vision equipment. 3rd Motorized Infantry Division had more than 100 vehicles disabled. *The coalition command has effectively acknowledged its defeat in the information war with the strikes against the television center in Baghdad and now further strikes should be expected against television and ground satellite transmitters *During a meeting at the coalition command headquarters it was reported that up to 20 Iraqi reconnaissance units are active behind the coalition rear. *Aerial bombardment of Baghdad has so far failed to produce the expected results. All targets designated before the war have been hit 3 to 7 times, but this had almost no effect on the combat readiness of the Iraqi army, their air defenses or the command and control structures. *A particular point of concern for the US command is the huge overuse of precision-guided munitions and cruise missiles. Already the supply of heavy cruise missiles like the "Tomahawk" has been reduced by a third and, at the current rate of use, in three weeks the US will be left only with the untouchable strategic supply of these missile
I for one would be interested in having you translate more of these posts from this web site. Maybe some or all of it is garbage, but I'd like to be the one to judge. None of this stuff is in the US media, and frankly, it has the ring of truth to it. Thanks for the post. Keep 'em coming. (In the soapbox please :-D) Marc Help! I'm an AI running around in someone's f*cked up universe simulator.
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aboshalabi wrote: *According to [Russian military] intelligence Pentagon made a decision to significantly reinforce the coalition. During the next two weeks up to 50,000 troops and no less than 500 tanks will arrive to the combat area from the US military bases in Germany and Albania. By the end of April 120,000 more troops and up to 1,200 additional tanks will be sent to support the war against Iraq. It could happen, but I doubt that we would need that many tanks. Also, more precision guided munitions were ordered months ago, so I would expect the stocks to be renewed quickly. BTW, do the russians have spies in the Pentagon? Is there an informant leaking this info?
Jason Henderson
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." - Gandhido the russians have spies in the Pentagon? Is there an informant leaking this info? Probably yes and yes. Just as we have spies and informants in the Kremlin. Those willing to trade liberty for security deserve neither - Benjamin Franklin
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aboshalabi wrote: During the next two weeks up to 50,000 troops and no less than 500 tanks will arrive to the combat area from the US military bases in Germany and Albania. By the end of April 120,000 more troops and up to 1,200 additional tanks will be sent to support the war against Iraq. on a related note, Rumsfeld originally tried very hard to get this operation done with a quarter of the troops that are in place now. our amazing technology ("Shock and Awe") was supposed to do the whole job by demonstrating to the poor ignorant Iraqis that they stood no chance. the military heads eventually talked him up (and it wasn't an easy job, i've read) to the level we're at now; and i've heard from the US media that we're adding another 30K or so troops very soon. interesting article, from TIME magazine: http://www.cnn.com/time/covers/1101030331/wroad.html?cnn=yes[^] -c
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Chris Losinger wrote: "Shock and Awe" The whole concept fascinates me. You'd think that we could learn from recent history. Didn't the Germans essentially try to do the same thing to the British at the beginning of WWII?
Jon Sagara
You know the world is off tilt, when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest basketball player is Chinese, and Germany doesn't want to go to war. -- Charles Barkley
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Chris Losinger wrote: "Shock and Awe" The whole concept fascinates me. You'd think that we could learn from recent history. Didn't the Germans essentially try to do the same thing to the British at the beginning of WWII?
Jon Sagara
You know the world is off tilt, when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest basketball player is Chinese, and Germany doesn't want to go to war. -- Charles Barkley
Jon Sagara wrote: You'd think that we could learn from recent history i wish. -c
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Chris Losinger wrote: "Shock and Awe" The whole concept fascinates me. You'd think that we could learn from recent history. Didn't the Germans essentially try to do the same thing to the British at the beginning of WWII?
Jon Sagara
You know the world is off tilt, when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest basketball player is Chinese, and Germany doesn't want to go to war. -- Charles Barkley
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like your sig ;) Is the tallest basketball player really chinese?? :omg:
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sighist | Agile Programming | doxygenpeterchen wrote: Is the tallest basketball player really chinese?? I think so. Yao Ming[^]. Actually, it looks like Shawn Bradley[^] is one inch taller, but it sounds cooler when you say that a Chinese guy is the tallest in the NBA. :)
Jon Sagara
You know the world is off tilt, when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest basketball player is Chinese, and Germany doesn't want to go to war. -- Charles Barkley
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I for one would be interested in having you translate more of these posts from this web site. Maybe some or all of it is garbage, but I'd like to be the one to judge. None of this stuff is in the US media, and frankly, it has the ring of truth to it. Thanks for the post. Keep 'em coming. (In the soapbox please :-D) Marc Help! I'm an AI running around in someone's f*cked up universe simulator.
Sensitivity and ethnic diversity means celebrating difference, not hiding from it. - Christian Graus
Every line of code is a liability - Taka Muraoka
Microsoft deliberately adds arbitrary layers of complexity to make it difficult to deliver Windows features on non-Windows platforms--Microsoft's "Halloween files"From the same site: Information coming from northern regions of Iraq indicates that most of the Kurdish leaders chose not to participate in the US war against Iraq. The primary reason for that is the mistrust of the Kurds toward the US. Yesterday one of the Russian intelligence sources obtained information about a secret agreement reached between the US and the Turkish government. In the agreement the US, behind the backs of the Kurds, promised Turkey not to support in any way a formation of a Kurdish state in this region. The US has also promised not to prevent Turkey from sending its troops [ to Northern Kurdistan] immediately following [the coalition] capture of northern Iraq. In essence, this gives Turkey a card-blanche to use force for a "cleanup" in Kurdistan. At the same time the Kurdish troops will be moved to fight the Iraqis outside of Kurdistan, thus rendering them unable to support their own people. If this is true, US has one more pissed off ethnic group to deal with in future. My article on a reference-counted smart pointer that supports polymorphic objects and raw pointers
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From the same site: Information coming from northern regions of Iraq indicates that most of the Kurdish leaders chose not to participate in the US war against Iraq. The primary reason for that is the mistrust of the Kurds toward the US. Yesterday one of the Russian intelligence sources obtained information about a secret agreement reached between the US and the Turkish government. In the agreement the US, behind the backs of the Kurds, promised Turkey not to support in any way a formation of a Kurdish state in this region. The US has also promised not to prevent Turkey from sending its troops [ to Northern Kurdistan] immediately following [the coalition] capture of northern Iraq. In essence, this gives Turkey a card-blanche to use force for a "cleanup" in Kurdistan. At the same time the Kurdish troops will be moved to fight the Iraqis outside of Kurdistan, thus rendering them unable to support their own people. If this is true, US has one more pissed off ethnic group to deal with in future. My article on a reference-counted smart pointer that supports polymorphic objects and raw pointers
Wow. Bastards. What our government is telling us and what its doing are like night and day. Interesting also: At the current level of combat operations and at the current level of Iraqi resistance the coalition may face a sharp shortage of troops and weapons within the next 5-7 days, which will allow the Iraqis to take the initiative. The White House took this conclusion of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff with great concern. Well, the veracity of this information and this site will prove itself as we see how these predictions pan out. Marc Help! I'm an AI running around in someone's f*cked up universe simulator.
Sensitivity and ethnic diversity means celebrating difference, not hiding from it. - Christian Graus
Every line of code is a liability - Taka Muraoka
Microsoft deliberately adds arbitrary layers of complexity to make it difficult to deliver Windows features on non-Windows platforms--Microsoft's "Halloween files" -
From the same site: Information coming from northern regions of Iraq indicates that most of the Kurdish leaders chose not to participate in the US war against Iraq. The primary reason for that is the mistrust of the Kurds toward the US. Yesterday one of the Russian intelligence sources obtained information about a secret agreement reached between the US and the Turkish government. In the agreement the US, behind the backs of the Kurds, promised Turkey not to support in any way a formation of a Kurdish state in this region. The US has also promised not to prevent Turkey from sending its troops [ to Northern Kurdistan] immediately following [the coalition] capture of northern Iraq. In essence, this gives Turkey a card-blanche to use force for a "cleanup" in Kurdistan. At the same time the Kurdish troops will be moved to fight the Iraqis outside of Kurdistan, thus rendering them unable to support their own people. If this is true, US has one more pissed off ethnic group to deal with in future. My article on a reference-counted smart pointer that supports polymorphic objects and raw pointers
Thomas George wrote: primary reason for that is the mistrust of the Kurds toward the US Understandable ... and likewise in the south ... there is no reason for anybody in Iraq to trust us. However I do not agree with the statement .. Thomas George wrote: the US, behind the backs of the Kurds, promised Turkey not to support in any way a formation of a Kurdish state in this region From the very beginning, and very publicly, the US stated it intended to preserve the territoral boundaries of Iraq .. ie that they would NOT allow it to be broken up .. so there is no behind the backs of the Kurds in regard to this issue.
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Thomas George wrote: primary reason for that is the mistrust of the Kurds toward the US Understandable ... and likewise in the south ... there is no reason for anybody in Iraq to trust us. However I do not agree with the statement .. Thomas George wrote: the US, behind the backs of the Kurds, promised Turkey not to support in any way a formation of a Kurdish state in this region From the very beginning, and very publicly, the US stated it intended to preserve the territoral boundaries of Iraq .. ie that they would NOT allow it to be broken up .. so there is no behind the backs of the Kurds in regard to this issue.
David Patrick wrote: From the very beginning, and very publicly, the US stated it intended to preserve the territoral boundaries of Iraq .. ie that they would NOT allow it to be broken up .. So much for the democracy they have promised the people of Iraq. If a majority (>66% perhaps) of the population of a region vote to secede, then according to the 'rules of democracy', who has a right to stop them? Cheers The universe is driven by the complex interaction between three ingredients: matter, energy, and enlightened self-interest.