Summary

Centcom briefing with Gen Vincent Brooks 07:06:08 brooks 07:06:16 we honor brave m en and women 07:06:27 coalition conducted simulatious attacks 07:06:46 regime command and control facility attack graphic 07:07:06 arrows 07:07:13 after attackmosque is in good shape 07:07:35 split screen 07:07:41 baath party hq 07:07:50 split screen damage 07:08:03 concerned about religious 07:08:28 heavy equippment in populated areas 07:08:51 video tank on transporters 07:09:02 tank on transporter 07:09:16 another cilp tank explodes**** 07:09:36 aerial surveilllance 07:10:05 another concerrn burning oil trenches 07:10:22 over 50 oil trenches on fire 07:10:29 graphic 07:10:46 brooks points to graphic burn points 07:10:58 coaliton had nothing to do with starting these fires 07:11:14 ansar islam 07:11:25 07:11:25 deny freedom on movenment in westeren desert 07:11:46 nightscope video 07:12:10 helicopter landing 07:12:35 take off 07:12:53 07:13:07 coaltion fores seize damcan flood eupraates rivestwo days ago preveented distruction 07:13:41 two core attack rg outskirts of baghddad near al kut has crossed tigris riverbaghdad division had been destroyed 07:14:19 action continues near karbal 07:14:32 5th corewelocmed by citizens and gunfie ali mosque 07:15:01 chose not to return fire 07:15:08 use of mosque of detestablereligious sites in jeopardy 07:15:30 capture of missile at airportcan be fired inkuwaiti territory 07:15:52 uk forces remain control of 07:16:27 07:16:37 each day effectilve of pushing info to iraqi people 07:16:53 psycho ops very effective and have impact 07:17:11 iraqi forces were encouraged to surrender 66 rg did surrender 07:17:43 coalition continues to move forward 07:17:57 photos food distribution 07:18:25 4500 enem;y powgeneva convetntion 07:18:39 photo red cross 07:18:50 construcion of new pow camp 07:19:16 07:19:32 coalition did stage operatiaon into al nasiriya saddam hospital 07:20:40 coaliton special ops operationmariensnavy seal 07:20:57 classic operationcamera crew 07:21:16 video rescue 07:21:27 lynch on stretcher being carried into air craft 07:22:04 color photo jessica lynch 07:22:50 she is alive and in coaliiton control 07:23:03 regime was holding her 07:23:18 buildings outside where we received fire 07:23:29 remains of 11 not identified at this point 07:23:41 9 inside others outside in grave area 07:23:54 someone who was taken in custody 07:24:18 weapons in school? 07:24:25 two things patternweapons cache inside schoolusing hospitalscommand and control 07:24:56 t55 tank outside hospital 07:25:07 pattern is very clearhow buildingd are being usedagainst law in this conflict 07:25:48 status of republican guard?? 07:25:59 we have seen some repositioningeffective of air attack relocation to some positions 07:26:29 they are in trouble under serious attackwe believe we will have intended effect and operation will continue 07:27:17 no torture devices so far 07:27:42 market attacks 07:27:48 we are deliberate in out targetsparticular case in Baghdad we have examined out flightsimagery to determine size of cratersabsolutely nothing that joins to coalition 07:28:47 no associatoan with coaliton forces 07:29:09 cluster munitionsuse by commadrs for tactial effect 07:30:04 will not appropirate to describe front line 07:30:20 we will approach baghdad dagger is pointed at baghdad 07:30:43 the dynamics of battlefieldexploit 07:32:34 dagger remaims pointed 07:32:58 we can fire back we chose not to fire backmosque was protected us all decisions made with discriminationwill protect our force 07:34:52 red zones or lines may be a trigger lineregime may use weapons of mass destruction it is a conceptual line were decision may be made by reqime 07:36:54 we say unit is destroyed no longer effective leadership brokenequipment destroyedkilled or captured considerable force 07:37:53 they are in serious trouble 07:38:03 troops in mosque in naja 07:38:15 there is still some resistance 07:38:33 changing tides in peoplewill reduce in time 07:38:53 as populatin had less tolerance we will see fewer and fewerbasrra example 07:39:14 military action by uk pressure on reqime in townwhen regime has no longer safe placeflee and destroyed 07:40:21 the coaliton will destroy regime 07:40:34 did find it surprisingwhy necesary to read statement 07:40:54 regime is not the run will not stop 07:42:19 we are making tremendous progress