***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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[BagCamAddict]

Reports now surfacing that Saddam is NOT dead

The Coalition never said he WAS dead. We're all just speculating and hoping. But there haven't been any hard news reports that he is dead. Only that he went in, and he didn't come out.

My bet is he's stuck in a bunker somewhere with all the exits bombed closed, and he's singing to himself:

"Nobody likes me, everybody hates me,
I think I'll go eat worms.
Those long slim slimy ones,
short fat juicy ones,
itsy bitsy fuzzy wuzzy worms."

[Prince Charles]

Good question. I don't recognize her.

[Consort]

I forget her name, but she is a BBC/MSNBC type, I think.

[goldstategop]

Hopefully they'll be given the Mussolini treatment at the hands of their own people.

[GOPyouth]

She was on a day or 2 after this war started. She was on saying, "Look, I tell you again and again, I am not Peter Arnett..If you want Peter Arnett I shall pack my things up and go back to the hotel."

[Timeout]

This is Lyin' Lyndsey....CNN I think.

LOL! She talk to ANYBODY!

[Tree of Liberty]

LOL, yep. Getting it from Netflix this week.

"I don't like my job and I don't think I'll go anymore."

[AFPhys]

"Thank you - Thank you Mr. Bush"

(tears welling up in my eyes)

[fellowpatriot]

oooh! She sounds upset about something!

[kcvl]

As he gave the poster a drubbing, the man said: "Come see, this is freedom...this is the criminal, this is the infidel. This is the destiny of every traitor...he killed millions of us. Oh people, this is freedom."

[BagCamAddict]

Dream scenario: Marines and 3rd ID finally meet up...in the roundabout!

And play a game of soccer with the locals !!!

[Tree of Liberty]

What was she asked that provoked that, do you remember?

[Kip Lange]

"Damn it feels good to be a liberator" ;-)

[Nam Vet]

Big truth here, eh? Come nightfall, trust me, there will be many a slit throat and axed bodies. Using an ax is almost as traditional there as the 'smile under the chin'.

Nam Vet

[Timeout]

The morning news line: This is looting, not celebrating!

Sheesh!

[GOPyouth]

This most recent outburst was regarding mic guard.

[thedugal]

BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHH! on bagcam!!

[Consort]

She's putting a negative spin on it.

[Timesink]

Those are the happiest looters I've ever seen!

[fellowpatriot]

I don't remember who said it, but someone had it pegged!