***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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[cajungirl]

These are happy looking looters taking the booty from the Iraqi govt office. I love the guy with the yellow plastic flowers,,what a funny thing to loot.

[blondee123]

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.

Very well said! ROFLMAO!!

[fellowpatriot]

The Bagcam wench is on MSNBC!

Had to go make breakfast for my son - what did she say? Was it the same as earlier?

[CasearianDaoist]

It could have.

[Kip Lange]

Indeed, I like Brooks a lot. Cuts to the chase, no BS, very businesslike, very respectful and restrained despite the level of inanity directed at him sometimes.

[Catspaw]

I just checked. If Vince had gotten a promotion, I would've been celebrating.

[cajungirl]

I know.

[Cboldt]

get ready for, "...and this is what 12 years of US sanctions have done to the Iraqi people..."

Those were UN sanctions, and were also violated by France, Germany and Russia (among others)

[TomGuy]

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.

And by the blood of some very brave and heroic men and women who gave their lives for Iraq's liberation.

[Howlin]

Yes, I did.........LOL. Just looking at it.

[AFPhys]

This is actually very amazing. Iraq is not small, either, and we definitely encountered a hostile environment. Nevertheless, it appears we have prevailed in well under a month! Historic. This brilliant military campaign will be studied and emulated, possibly for over a century - not only the strategy and tactics used, but no doubt the methodology which was employed in designing the plan.

[Catspaw]

Some guy is asking about a cease-fire. Vince says, "not yet."

[Howlin]

Oh geez........the news boy wants to know why we don't have a cease fire since the fighting is so one-sided.

Brooks says they can SURRENDER.

[Sir_Ed]

I've always been interested in tunnels, too. My girlfriend's from Brooklyn and I used to ride their subway all the time and just stare in facsination at all the tunnels and rooms and hideaways off to the side...totally interesting!

My Mom was born and raised there, too, and was a Rosie The Riveter for Lockheed during WWII, and used to take the Red Line to Watts every weekend to hear people like Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington, and she NEVER heard of any tunnels under L.A.!

Are you sure of this?

As a side remark, in Ashland, Oregon, (southern Oregon) there was an article about an old tunnel that was discovered that Chinese miners had made in the 1800's. They filled it in without exploring it. There's also stories the old timers tell about tunnels that still exist under the local cities, all made by Chinese miners in the 1800's. Fascinating!

Ghost towns are just as interesting, every time I go to Comdex in Vegas I go to Gold Field and Gold Point and explore all the old mines and abandoned buildings.

Is there any books I can read about those old tunnels?

Thanks!

Ed

[Kip Lange]

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

And when it happens in LA and anyone NOT black gets killed, it's "black rage against white oppression" -- and somehow morally justified.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

I like the looter who looks like he took Saddam's Debbie Gibson albums.

[GAGOPSWEEPTOVICTORY]

Ok, this media idiot just asked why don't you just have a cease fire? Are you kidding me?

[kcvl]

Kurdish-U.S. Forces Seize N. Iraq Target
By BRIAN MURPHY
Associated Press Writer


IRBIL, Iraq (AP)--As American troops strengthened their hold on Baghdad, U.S. special operations forces fought Iraqi forces and allied warplanes pounded away at Iraqi positions Wednesday in the key northern city of Mosul.

Allied forces were ``actively engaging'' Iraqi forces in Mosul and Saddam's Hussein's hometown of Tikrit--widely considered the last stronghold of his resistance--according to Lt. Mark Kitchens, a U.S. Central Command spokesman.

http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/content/news/ap/ap_story.html/Intl/AP.V9307.AP-War-Northern-Fr.html

[Kip Lange]

get ready for, "...and this is what 12 years of US sanctions have done to the Iraqi people..."

I know that, you know that, any sane person knows that. But what do we do about the liberals? ;-)

[Timeout]

We'd "heard it all before", you might say. :)

Only diff, she didn't disappear on the MSNBC report.