One of actor David August's previous blogs. Please go to stuff.davidaugust.com; I'm not maintaining this one anymore.
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Friday, March 21, 2003
Mushroom clouds and fireballs filling the night sky in Baghdad. Unbelievable. Dwarfs power of strikes in first Gulf War. (from abc news broadcast, via Blogs of War).
US Launches Major Air Campaign
US Launches Major Air Campaign in Iraq (according to the Associated Press, via yahoo news).
"Shock and awe" campaign has begun (according to WTMX, a radio station in Chicago, article from Sky News).
US forces given no flag order, to keep them from appearing as invaders. Specialist John Garcia said "When they're [other countries who aren't supporting the US] in trouble, they don't call Russia, China, France, Turkey; they call 911, the United States;" it seems it could potentially dampen US troops' morale. When asked "What's the reason we're fighting?" he answered, "I think Saddam Hussein got them weapons." (from the International Herald Tribune).
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