***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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[GOPyouth]

She just admitted that it's over in Baghdad.

[this_ol_patriot]

CNN Radio is spin mode...only some of the Iraqi's are celebrating..Iraqi's are looting..De Villepig has a plan to stabilize Iraq...light Iraqi resistance left but can cause big problems....How predictable they are.

[Prince Charles]

Let's see if we can make her go "poof!" again!

[thedugal]

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

CHater may very well be a lefty wanker, I don't know. However, would you be happy if there were desperate men with guns pointed at you? He's scared sh!tless

[MEG33]

He looked very unhappy.The armed gang aspect is scary and I don't blame him..His "purposely targeted' comment still sounded too passionate to be prompted by a minder.

[goldstategop]

I told you women had no place being in the middle of a war zone. I want to see the feminizt chicks run into the arms of the U.S military... Bwahahahaha!!!

[Consort]

Women loot on Thursday's and Saturday's, except in leap years.

[Howlin]

Well, if we can believe her, nobody that stayed in Iraq likes the "exiles."

This could be a problem.

[dsw]

Linsey is willing to admit that some of the people think it is over. But some are still afraid. She seems to agree that the people actually don't like Saddam.

Uh oh, now she speaks of "suffered under the 12 years of sanctions..." Ummm, weren't they suffering under Saddam. Oops, her true colors shine through.

[GOPyouth]

Lindsey said the exiled leaders will not be welcomed in Iraq.

[umbagi]

It began in Freedom (formerly Saddam) City, you slut. Its called a revolution.

Did you hear her tell us all "Don't be misled by apparent joy in the streets -- they tell me they don't want to be colonized, so we have a long road ahead!"

Earth to cam slut -- when was the last time we "colonized" a country we liberated?

That's not to say we didn't make a mistake with France...

[Timeout]

Awfully dark on the webcam..it's only 3:30 over there, right? Darnit, I hope that's a live shot!

[kcvl]

Headline: Leader: Kurdish-U.S. Forces Seize Hilltop - AP -- Detail Story



IRBIL, Iraq - U.S. special operations troops and Kurdish peshmerga fighters seized a strategic hilltop near the northern Iraqi-held city of Mosul early Wednesday, a senior Kurdish leader said.


The area called Maqloub had been heavily defended by Iraqi forces and served as a hub for air defenses against coalition air strikes as well as a munitions center, said Hoshyar Zebari, a leading member of the ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party. It is about 10 miles northeast of the commercial center of Mosul, Iraq (news - web sites)'s third-largest city.


"From our perspective it was the most important gain ... so far," Zebari said. "This shows the crumbling of the northern front."

More...

http://www.hipakistan.com/en/detail.php?newsId=en21951&F_catID=&f_type=source

[Gummi Bear]

Let's see if we can make her go "poof!" again!

I can. I just changed the channel.

[Howlin]

This is unreal to watch. IMO, the real test will be when the U.S. rides into town to bring law and order to this whole process.

[Tree of Liberty]

Fox - Greg Kelly on. Streets are mostly deserted. Civies that are out are happy to see the U.S. military. Will feed video in a little bit of his tour of the city. Right now, we're waiting for official word that the Regime is giving in. Marines are making their way further into Baghdad.

[GOPyouth]

Kelly is up on Fox

[Timeout]

Ha Ha! She didn't disappear on PMS. Maybe it was taped earlier and "fed" throught the cam???? Too early....I'm confuuuuuuuused!

[AFPhys]

Baghdad and Arbil are singing, "Happy Times are Here Again!"

[Tree of Liberty]

I'm concentrating and trying to do the "scanners" thing and just make her head go *poof*