***Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - Day 21 - LIVE THREAD***

Multiple ^ | April 9, 2003 | Various

[An.American.Expatriate]

Operation Iraqi Freedom

This thread is dedicated to the brave men and women of the

 Armed Forces of the United States of America.

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"Wish You Were Here"

For all the free people that still protest.
You're welcome. We protect you and you are protected by the best.
Your voice is strong and loud,
but who will fight for you? No one standing in your crowd.
We are your fathers, brothers, and sons,
wearing the boots and carrying guns.
We are the ones that leave all we own,
to make sure your future is carved in stone.
We are the ones who fight and die,
We might not be able to save the world, Well, at least we try.
We walked the paths to where we are at
and we want no choice other than that.
so when you rally your group to complain,
take a look in the back of your brain.
In order for that flag you love to fly
wars must be fought and young men must die.
We came here to fight for the ones we hold dear.
If that's not respected, we would rather stay here.
So please stop yelling, put down your signs,
and pray for those behind enemy lines.
When the conflict is over and all is well,
be thankful that we chose to go through hell.

Corporal Joshua Miles and all the boys from 3rd Battalion 2nd Marines,
Kuwait 3/9/2003

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Links to the past threads

Day 1	Day 8	Day 15
Day 2	Day 9	Day 16
Day 3	Day 10	Day 17
Day 4	Day 11	Day 18
Day 5	Day 12	Day 19
Day 6	Day 13	Day 20
Day 7	Day 14

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Mhking's live cam links 

Live Video/Audio Feeds: (If you can't reach a feed by clicking on it, make sure to try copying the address, and pasting it in the appropriate browser -- WMV=Windows Media Player; Real=Real Player/RealOne; MP3=WinAmp/Audion/other streaming MP3 player; QT=QuickTime) FR: Final Update: Streaming Video/Audio Links (Includes info & HTML/Javascript code on how to create your own multi-feeds page)
"Mother Of All War Websites" (Additional links to live audio/video feeds)
VirtualTuner.com - Showdown in Iraq
WWI-TV Portal (WorldWide Internet-TV Portal Site)
Abu Dhabi TV (Real - Arabic)
BBC/Baghdad Cam(Real)
BBC News 24 (Real - 56)
BBC News 24 (Real - BB)
CablePulse 24 - Toronto (WMV)
CBS/Baghdad Cam (Real)
CBC RadioOne - Toronto (QT)
CN8 Philadelphia (Real)
CNN+ (Spain) (WMV)
CNN Baghdad Cam (WMV)
CNN Radio (WMV)
CNN via KGW/Portland (Real - mostly down)
DW-TV Berlin (Real - German/English)
IraqiTV (Real)
IraqiTV (WMV - #1)
IraqiTV (WMV - #2)
IraqiTV (WMV - #3)
ITN News Channel - London (Real - Audio Only)
MSNBC/NBC (WMV/Feeds page)
MSNBC (WMV - Audio Only - Headlines & Breaking News)
MSNBC Bagdad Cam (WMV)
N-TV Berlin (Real - In German Where Available)
NTV Baghdad Cam (Real)
NWCN, Seattle/Portland (Real)
Reuters Feedroom (Real - Raw Video Feeds)
Sky News (56K - WMV/Copy/Paste)
Sky News (BB - WMV/Copy-Paste)
SNN6 Sarasota, FL (Real)
WSVN-TV/DT Miami (WMV - Fox Affiliate)

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Cboldt's Goody Bag

Baghdad City Maps

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/baghdad_nima_2003.jpg <-- 1.6 Mb
http://www.stripes.com/02/dec02/baghdad.pdf <-- 440 Kb

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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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[Tree of Liberty]

Fox - Arabic TV stations state that neither Baghdad Bob, nor any of the journalists' minders have shown up at the Palestine Hotel

[Prince Charles]

Someway somehow the LATimes, NYtimes and some of the other left leaning news outlets will report this in the most negative way.

Lawlessness Breaks Out in Iraq; Tax Increases Needed For New Government

Looters Rampage Through Iraq; Republicans Deny Involvement; France Deeply Saddened

[thedugal]

This is so awesome, I'm grinnin from ear to ear!

[Irishguy]

yep looks like a no show...maybe he finally put on the glasses and suddenly saw all those sand coloured abrams!!

[Aaron0617]

And Daschle is still deeply saddened.

Because we should've waited longer for the inspections to work. Blix only needed 4 more months.

Bush just had to rush into war. The inspections were working.

[GOPyouth]

Email has been sent. ;)

[Daniel Ramsey]

That does it then, when they start burning presidents its gonna get busy! I would be surprised to see anyone burning the Iraq flag, though it may be a good idea to adopt a new liberated version.

[Kip Lange]

What you say?

All Your Base Are Belong to Mr. T.

(takes a few seconds to load but it's worth it for AYBATU & A-Team fans :p)

[this_ol_patriot]

We gave them their freedom, now it is their job to learn how to keep it.

[GOPyouth]

This is amazing. I'm only saddened that we had to wait 12 years to do this. But, we can't change the past. I'm so happy Bush and Blair have done this.

[fellowpatriot]

France Deeply Saddened

Shouldn't that be:

France Deeply Daschled?

[GAGOPSWEEPTOVICTORY]

yep looks like a no show...maybe he finally put on the glasses and suddenly saw all those sand coloured abrams!!

I'm kinda gonna miss laughing at Baghdad Bob and all his lies.

[Kip Lange]

This is so awesome, I'm grinnin from ear to ear!

Heh, yeah, glad I decided to pull an all-niter tonight!

[Consort]

Tell me you are kidding.

[MEG33]

See comments above and below #527

[Consort]

Syria deeply saddened.

[this_ol_patriot]

Maybe it's Daschle deeply Frenched.

[Tree of Liberty]

"A Republic... if you can keep it"

[smokeyjon]

"Daschle deeply Frenched."

That's a nasty thought...

[Kip Lange]

Anybody with Fox ties, please tell a Mr. McDorman -- I told you so, ya pansy-ass liberal. ;-) (and I still have your hairbrush)