***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.

This is the Daily Thread of Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - LIVE THREAD.

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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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[fellowpatriot]

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

oh, that's what they said the last time LOL

[Prince Charles]

I'll have to catch the replay.

[Tree of Liberty]

Gotta love Mike Judge (catch "Office Space" if you haven't seen it)

[Timeout]

If Baghdad Bob didn't show up, will General Brooks show up for his usual presser next hour?! I don't EVEN want to hear the question they'll have today.

"Why haven't you stopped all this looting???"
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Dream scenario: Marines and 3rd ID finally meet up...in the roundabout!

[Prince Charles]

ROFL. Ding!

[Kip Lange]

Curious -- jubilant Iraqis are holding up pictures of an Arabic-looking guy in a lot of the shots...anybody know who he is?

[GOPyouth]

Great flick. :) "Hey, Peter, man..."

[GAGOPSWEEPTOVICTORY]

Probably the Kurdish leader. The live shots are from Kurdish controlled territory.

[Consort]

Lara on webcam.

[GOPyouth]

The british chick is on CBS cam.. this is the "I tell you, I'm not Peter Arnett!" lady

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

I think that picture was the last Iraqi king.

[fellowpatriot]

Curious -- jubilant Iraqis are holding up pictures of an Arabic-looking guy in a lot of the shots...anybody know who he is?

Isn't that in the Kurdish region?

[Timeout]

Lying Lyndsey doesn't look too happy this morning!

[Tree of Liberty]

Who's the chick on the CBS Bag-cam?

[kcvl]

Baghdad man gives Saddam the boot

A Baghdad man has beaten a poster of Saddam Hussein as scenes of jubilation spread through the city.

See photos at link below...


http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_768898.html

[Sir_Ed]

"On the other hand, I have caught myself listening to Art Bell and thinking, "Hmmmmm . . . he might have something there."

Yeah, he does. In fact, I'm still trying to contact The Visitor behind Hale-Bopp that Bell told us to concentrate on and communicate with.

And those 40-mile high glass buildings on Mars? Yeah, they exist, I'm sure of it...and NASA killed the astronauts because they were about to squeal on the moon landing's being faked.

Bell told the truth...yeah, that's the ticket!

Ed

[Kip Lange]

"Mmmm. Yeah. Did you GET the memo about this being an unjust war? Let me just send that to you again. Mmm. Yeah."

[Consort]

Oops, not Lara. The other idiot.

[Prince Charles]

The Washington Times has a contrary story this a.m..... CIA thinks we got him.

[GOPyouth]

Didn't know that was her. heh heh She's been a b!tch everytime I've heard her on this thing.