***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.

It is designed for general conversation about the events of the day. In depth discussion of events should be left to individual threads - but links to the threads or other articles is highly encouraged. This allows us to stay abreast of the situation in general, while also providing a means of obtaining specific information.

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To all who helped this get started and keep it running, thank you!

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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[An.American.Expatriate]

YOur welcome Ma'am

[reformed_democrat]

Why do women always want to take men to the ballet? Why show them women who weigh 20 lbs less than the average woman and can lift her leg over her head?

Good point.

Anyone want my tickets to Swan Lake? I think I'll have a cramp that evening.

[pitinkie]

Shep.."Sadaam theres a tank in your front yard!" HA!

[GOPyouth]

A tour of the palace coming up on Fox.

[najida]

Thank you!

[Slip18]

This is one of my nephews *over there* getting a break.

Thanks to the Orange County, CA, Register.

[spectr17]

I wanna see the video of the tank blowing the doors open on Sodomy's palace

[smith288]

I want to see the side by side with the guy I saw...the weepy fat man... an obvious Ba'athist based on his waist line.

[nicollo]

I don't have cable, and I don't have DSL. That is to say, as I peek over my rock for the first time today, I wonder if the incident of killed journalists yesterday has yet been described as "friendly fire"?

My guess is never. We've lost too many to this oxymoron, and I don't see why it doesn't apply to this one -- other than to fulfill an agenda. Had we the 24-hour head-bang over U.S.-to-U.S. losses?

The press righteousness disgusts me.

[GOPrincess]

Many thanks, as always, for the ping! :) :)

[reformed_democrat]

I'm TV-deprived. No cable, no dish . . .

Sometimes I wonder if all this fresh air and clean water is really worth it.

[Howlin]

And just so you'll know, this statement:

The Russian convoy headed for Syria with the Russian ambassador was shot up (30 minute gunfight) because the secret communications equipment was being taken out.

is false, too. They were shot up because they changed their designated route and were mistaken for the enemy.

[MEG33]

God bless him..

[Sacajaweau]

A ballet is probably pretty demoralizing for men. They appreciate the males agility but are probably extremely jealous of the males "firm buns".

A Bun Lady

[spectr17]

a well deserved break I bet. A marine?

[mrsalty]

Ive got a question, anyone here know why the NTV cam keeps showing that I dont have enough bandwidth? Just got broadband hooked up last wednesday, it shows Im pushing 1900 KPS. New to this.Sorry

[An.American.Expatriate]

My boss is actually going to make me do some work today, so I will be "in and out" of the thread - if something is important, please freepmail me ( "See post #9999 to see Saddam's body parts being disposed of "properly").

Thanks to all of you for keeping this alive.

[amom]

Great picture. You must be proud.

[dogbyte12]

I am beginning to think it may take quite a few days to clean out Baghdad. From the reports we are hearing, it isn't the irregulars or the republican guard who are giving us the most probs, but the jihadists from other areas.

One report of a syrian, who had his leg blown off, but refused medical treatment from the american pigs.

These folks are flocking into the country any way they can on a mission to die. We are going to have to enact some serious border control, or it will be non stop suicide attacks for a while.