***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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[Consort]

She's on MSNBC.

[AFPhys]

It looks like they are going to be in this position for at least two weeks, the sergeant says," said a Reuters reporter with U.S. forces in central Iraq.

Ah, yes... I remember that article well... thanks for the dig at the mediots

[Tree of Liberty]

ROFL!!! He's probably trying to print out his resume, getting an error and saying "No! Not again! Why does it say paper jam when there is no paper jam! I swear to God one of these days I'm just going to kick this piece of $%(^ out of the window."

[GOPyouth]

heh heh damn she's back. :)

[umbagi]

WOW! David Chater may be turning from the Dark Side! He just admitted that there are armed men hiding in the Mosque.

Okay, that's cool -- if he doesn't jump into a ten-minute extemporaneous diatribe on what a brilliant strategy that is, and how they've been forced into it by coalition treachery...

[Tree of Liberty]

Oh, what I'd give for a Marine to "correct" that helmet with his rifle butt

[thedugal]

He just said there are armed men in the buildings around him. Give him a bit of a break. (reserving judgement)

[Tree of Liberty]

Wow, they have landmarks named after hobbits?

[umbagi]

Yeah I love the look of the cockeyed helmet.

I wonder if he worked as hard at that as 3-2-1 Rick does with his hair?

[TomGuy]

Chater "wouldn't comment" on the fact that Iraqis were beating Saddam's pic with a shoe (insult)...

Chater doesn't seem to be a happy camper this morning.

[Timeout]

Mornin', Howlin! BaghDaddys celebrating and looting...some said "Thank you, thank you, Mr. Bush!". It's happening all over Iraq, sounds like. This has only been going on for about 1 1/2 hrs. Anarchy rules. You're still in time for the scene on the BagCam..nothing's happened there yet..not tanks.

Meanwhile, Lyin' Lyndsey was just broadcasting on the BagCam and, in mid sentence, she just went **POOF**---she disappeared! Vaporized. Wish we could arrange that for a few more "reporters". We just hope we're seeing live shot and not tape.

Looks like a good morning in Baghdad!

[Daniel Ramsey]

Man that was weird, I blinked and she was gone, at first I thought she was hit by a sniper or hit the deck when a gun shot rang out, so whats the explanation?

[Prince Charles]

The Bagcam wench is on MSNBC!

[Timeout]

Lyndsay's on MSNBC

[Timeout]

Let's see if she disappears! LOL!

[Consort]

Yes, Lindsey Hilsum, ITN.

[Howlin]

I'm looking now......where are the women?

(And isn't it scarey how they look the very same when they're chanting for Saddam and when they're chanting for freedom?)

[Prince Charles]

LOL

[goldstategop]

"Good Morning Baghdad." (With a backhand slap at Robin Williams' Role in THAT other movie.)

[kcvl]

Posted on Wed, Apr. 09, 2003

New life for some after Saddam's rule
TECHNOCRATS PUTTING EXPERIENCE TO USE
By Sudarsan Raghavan
Mercury News

BASRA, Iraq - For much of his adult life, Dr. Yaseen Taher served Saddam Hussein. As an Iraqi military general and a high-ranking official in Saddam's Baath party, Taher was in charge of the doctors who patched up Iraqi soldiers fighting against U.S. and British forces.

That all changed Tuesday. Taher joined the enemy and launched a new life helping to rebuild a postwar Iraq. He came out of hiding after British military commanders spread the word that Iraqi military doctors would be spared from prosecution under the Geneva Convention.

As British forces tighten their control over Basra, attention is turning toward the postwar phase. Technocrats of the old Saddam government are becoming valuable assets for the U.S.-led coalition's goals of rebuilding poorly equipped hospitals and other rundown infrastructure projects to win the confidence of ordinary Iraqis.






http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/special_packages/iraq/5592274.htm