***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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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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[Aaron0617]

Good morning Patti Ann Yumm Yumm.

Never mind looking for Saddam's body in that rubble. Find our POWs.

[fellowpatriot]

There once was a man from Tikrit....

[BagCamAddict]

The Republican Guard still exists? We haven't destroyed it all?

No, not yet. They still have 12-14 tanks. LOL

[GOPyouth]

Here I sit plain as ever
took a dump, pulled the lever
The toilet clogged, the water flowed
Look out world, it's a mother load.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Ollie report that bears repeating.

He said that all of the Fedeyeen they have captured or killed yesterday were Syrians, Egyptian, Palis, ect. People from almost every Middle Eastern country but Iraqis.

[Timeout]

Or Cecesneau. Do they have lamp posts in Baghdad?

[GOPyouth]

There once was a lady from china...

[Clean_Sweep]

"Reports now surfacing that Saddam is NOT dead from the UK...dunno"

This report is BS. How do they know?

[Tree of Liberty]

There is, and I read the article. It only quotes Brit intelligence. It's unlikely they had boots on the ground monitoring the building that we blooed up. The strong rumor is that Delta was assigned to kill him, and they were the SpecOps that confirmed that he was in the building. CIA so far is euphoric, according to the reports. I believe us before I believe the Brits here. Keep in mind, too, that the papers that are reporting this (the Guardian and the Independent) are very anti-war.

[Kip Lange]

Let's not forget that we left escape routes open...why we're not BOMBING the leadership caravans, I'm not sure...but they're there.

[Prince Charles]

Who said to his sons "This is it"...

[Kip Lange]

Bleh, it's from the Guardian and Independent? Okay, Saddam's dead. :p

[Tree of Liberty]

LOL, I just took a swig of water when I read that. I'm typing this through streaks now.

[Timesink]

Reports now surfacing that Saddam is NOT dead from the UK...dunno if there's a thread on here yet about it.

That report's a good twelve hours old. Just more left-wing UK papers trying to make Bush and Blair look bad anyway, not serious journalism.

[GOPyouth]

Fox shot live..boy holding up a sign saying "bye bye Saddam"

[Tree of Liberty]

Good assessment :)

[Prince Charles]

Hehehe

[MEG33]

I see a pattern here.Did you read about the Palestinian terror training camp they found..air conditioned!

[fellowpatriot]

There once was a man from Tikrit
Who’s initials were spelled S.H.I.T.
He controlled all of Iraq
Till the coalition took it back
And the Iraqis don’t miss him one bit

[GOPyouth]

Courtesy of Beavis and Butthead. :)