***Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - Day 19 - LIVE THREAD***

Multiple ^ | April 7, 2003 | Various

[An.American.Expatriate]

In honor of our Freed and the men and women who risked their lives to rescue her!

Freed POW PFC Jessica Lynch - Army Photo	Freed POW PFC Jessica Lynch - Private Photo

Good Morning.

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Special thanks to Null and Void for keeping these threads running on the weekends, Mo1 for the screamer, the AdminMods for their tolerance, mhking for the video links, Ragtime Cowgirl for her Exclusive Live Transcription Service™, Fledermaus for his 15 minutes of fame, and, of course, Belly Girl...

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[fiesti]

all thats happening now must be the reason we saw the drone earlier !!!!!!

[buickmackane]

Yup, those horns honking are catching my ear, too. What's the point at this stage?

[Tree of Liberty]

And there's a whole lot of black at the bottom of the crawl that's not being used for anything. Almost as bad as TNN.

[commish]

lOL .. I went back to the CBS cam .. and it is all nice and peaceful .. LOL .. Lots of smoke drifting in though.

[O Neill]

CNN International relay AP & Reuters - Information Ministry and al-Rashid Hotel captured by U.S. forces.

This effectively ends the ability of the Elite Democratic Guard to continue prosecuting the war!

Game....Set......

[SoldiersGirl]

siren on NTV
oh no
lost cam
oh no

false alarm again, it's back

[TrexDogs]

Chick on CNN just said "It will be quite interesting to see if the Information Minister holds his daily briefing today". ROFL!!!

[2Jedismom]

Oh! Here comes the police...

That can't be good...

;-)

[brydic1]

They are going to take the heart of the city and probably leave the residential neighborhoods til later. No way the propaganda minister is going to be able to convince the Baghdaddis that the US is not in town.

[Fledermaus]

When in downtown, we should change the movie theater marquee's (do they have theaters?) to "Now Playing: Wag The Dog" starring the 3rd ID.

[Mo1]

I can't wait for slimy Billy the ex-boy President to come out and say, "you know (bite lower lip), I had approved a plan to take Baghdad in 1998 that was just like this one".

I'm sure and a reporter should ask him if that is true .. then when didn't he use it ...

Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda .. He was a FAILURE are a leader so SHUT UP BILL AND GO AWAY!

[dogbyte12]

Ok, I am going to stick with cbs cam for now. Let's keep the running commentary going for those with no cams, or watching the other.

[Poser]

Back to roof cam in NTV. Reporters in background.

[SoldiersGirl]

holy smokes
look at all that smoke on NTV cam
I imagine thats what walking into hell would look like

[Oldeconomybuyer]

22:08 PST (AP) -- Col. David Perkins told his troops before the operation that the mission was intended to be "a dramatic show of force" to demonstrate that U.S. forces can enter Baghdad at any time, anywhere.

The Bradley fighting vehicles and tanks took up fighting positions around the presidential palace on the way in, up Highway 8.

U.S. troops had to pass through a 400-yard-long minefield to approach the area.

There were 200 anti-tank mines spread on the road and U.S. troops pushed them aside and proceeded down the highway.

[Green]

are cars still going around the traffic circle??

[thedugal]

why is it so dark? I thought it was morning there

[Dolphy]

I'm listening to the BBC reporter. He says none of the Western cameras are pointed towards the action. It's right along the Tigris where he sees a huge amount of black smoke, 4 tanks, major battle 500 meters from Presidential Compound. The Americans have been stationed there for 45 minutes.

[Davea]

DOWNTOWN

- as recorded in 1964 by Petula Clark

When you're alone and life is making you lonely
You can always go - downtown
When you've got worries, all the noise and the hurry
Seems to help, I know - downtown
Just listen to the music of the traffic in the city
Linger on the sidewalk where the neon signs are pretty
How can you lose?

The lights are much brighter there
You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares
So go downtown, things'll be great when you're
Downtown - no finer place, for sure
Downtown - everything's waiting for you

Don't hang around and let your problems surround you
There are movie shows - downtown
Maybe you know some little places to go to
Where they never close - downtown
Just listen to the rhythm of a gentle bossa nova
You'll be dancing with him too before the night is over
Happy again

The lights are much brighter there
You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares
So go downtown, where all the lights are bright
Downtown - waiting for you tonight
Downtown - you're gonna be all right now

------ instrumental break ------

And you may find somebody kind to help and understand you
Someone who is just like you and needs a gentle hand to Guide them along

So maybe I'll see you there
We can forget all our troubles, forget all our cares
So go downtown, things'll be great when you're
Downtown - don't wait a minute for
Downtown - everything's waiting for you
Downtown, downtown, downtown, downtown ...

[TomGuy]

NTV screen is black---due to smoke....