***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)
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CNN Baghdad Cam (WMV)
CNN Radio (WMV)
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IraqiTV (Real)
IraqiTV (WMV - #1)
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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)
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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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[bornintexas]

MG Brooks looks pumped up today! Just showed a picture of the reporters....they looked down...too bad.

[Kip Lange]

Iraqis have been using civilian hospitals, etc, as forts; Coalition forces are getting these under control and turning them back to civilian use...Spanish Field Medicine arriving soon...now taking questions...on Tikrit...having success in Tikrit, has been some repositioning...still assessing force in Tikrit, believe fighting there would be similar to what we've seen before.

[John H K]

Well, CENTCOM briefing on the radio, just turned to it to hear the first question...

Based on the first question I think the media is going to cling to the hope that there's fanatical resistance in Tikrit...

[Nam Vet]

The Free Iraqis will explain things to incoming thugs in NO uncertain terms. Trust me, they are NOT going to rid themselves of one group of tyrants just to replace them with another group of thugs.

Nam Vet

[kcvl]

Baghdad falls: No sign of police or government authority on streets, looters sack shops, offices

09-04-2003, 10:54


Hundreds of Iraqis cheered, danced, waved and threw flowers as U.S. Marines advanced through eastern Baghdad and into the center of President Saddam Hussein's capital on Wednesday.

People, mainly young and middle-aged men were chanting, blowing horns and throwing flowers, witnesses said, according to news agencies. A Reuters correspondent with the troops said crowds mobbed a Marine convoy as it drove through the suburbs to the Martyr's Monument, just three km east of the central Jumhuriya Bridge over the Tigris river.

http://www.albawaba.com/news/index.php3?sid=246597&lang=e&dir=news

[Kip Lange]

Of course, liberal media slack-jawed and trying to spin...

Yep, in the distance, I can hear it...sounds like a jeep stuck in deep mud...sounds like those wheels are spinning a little fruitlessly... ;-)

[Sir_Ed]

L.A. has tunnels everywhere? I was born and raised there, and I never heard that! Where are they?

Ed

[Kip Lange]

Centcom -- here comes the questions re: spin it towards "anarchy" and "looting".

[kcvl]

Cheers greet troops in Saddam City

12:00 - 09 April 2003

Hundreds of Iraqis cheered, danced and threw flowers today as US Marines advanced through Saddam City, a poor Shiite neighbourhood of two million people in eastern Baghdad.

http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=115856&command=displayContent&sourceNode=115854&contentPK=5063216

[Catspaw]

He's not a Major General YET. Vince still only has one star, so he's a Brigadier General.

[Howlin]

I was thinking this morning that these Saddam people aren't going to be that hard to find even though they have tried to blend in with the regular people; they are the ones who had everything, all the cars, all the good apartments, all the good jobs.

I imagine the newly freed citizens of Iraq will be more than willing to point a few of them out.

Vincent Brooks at CENTCOM says that these people are making choices for the first time in years and they think these things will settle down.

[Howlin]

He handled that very well!

[Trust but Verify]

I would like to take a moment to pay tribute to the brilliant military strategery of President Saddam and his generals. Rarely, if ever, does one lose control of an entire country in less than 3 weeks.

The French may be an exception.

[cajungirl]

Agreed!!!

[Nam Vet]

Seems to me the press has been re-directed to the Northern front. The more the better.

Nam Vet

[cajungirl]

Seeing your name made me wish this had happened in Viet Nam,,

[Trust but Verify]

What a picture! I just pray the Iraqi's do the right thing with the gift President Bush, PM Blair, and our brave military have given them.

[InShanghai]

The Beebs are saying the Shi'a are the ones celebrating, no sign of the Sunni... I guess that's the only way they can make sense of whats happening.

[kcvl]

The "reporters" want to make it sound like they are criminals. But, when this happens in others cities it's ONLY "civil unrest".

I have news for them. If I had been treated like they have been treated for so many years, I would be looking for someone to KILL(not just steal what was actually MINE to begin with). Starving people tend to get a LITTLE angry when their food has been STOLEN from them for YEARS.

BTW, did you get my email photo?

[bornintexas]

"Brigader General".....

Whoops! Still have sleep in one eye.