Department of Holy F*cking Shi’ite!
March 26th, 2003 - 3:46 pm
Caught this at The Command Post — the Second Marine Expeditionary Force may be staging in (and then out of) Jordan.
The Big Surprise in Gulf War I was VII Corps’ secret deployment to the western Saudi desert, well past Saddam’s trenches. That — and a lot of speed and fuel and guts — made possible the famous “left hook” which trapped most of the Iraqi Army in Kuwait.
Could this be the Big Surprise of Gulf War II? Stay tuned.
Also, I plan on wargaming this to see what effects it might have.
I swear I heard the 75th Ranger Regt, had taken H3 airstrip (al Walid) but I can’t find a trace of it on the web.
Interesting development indeed. Hell, Jordan was on the other side in 1991.
Of course the 4th Division is going to show up somewhere too.
perhaps this is the shock and awe part
And the 173rd Airborne just parachuted into northern Iraq. A tentative Wow.
Take a close look at the F-15 video in http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/library/imint/iraqi-freedom-08.htm – a soon-to-be lost soul runs right-to-left just below the tank revetment.
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Umm… It’s not much of a surprise if it’s all over the internet, is it?
Still counts as surprise, George, if it’s too late for the enemy to do anything about it.