***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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[Sir_Ed]

Zachary Awl...I remember them, along with Cal Worthington, Earl Schieb and Machine Gun Kelly on 93 KHJ!

Ed

[cajungirl]

The Iraqi women would adore Martha,,I guarantee you.

[Timeout]

NTV cam back on the circle....no tanks...yet. :)

[Kip Lange]

How about the guy running around with one tire? ;-)

[Kip Lange]

And Martha would adore the chance to help "set up" a new Iraqi free market. *whistle*

[InShanghai]

I like the bus pulling the boat, without a trailer. LOL!

[cajungirl]

He needs to get together with the guy who looted the semi,,I neveer heard of looting a semi, that is a looter with attitude

[Kip Lange]

Wow, that was such a stupid question even the reporters laughed. "How do you make the love remain?" -- "I'm feeling a lot of love in here already..." ;-)

[glock rocks]

The Iraqi women would adore Martha,,I guarantee you.

after saddam, it would only be a tiny adjustment for them.

[Timeout]

Well! What can one say about the "love or fear" question!

[cajungirl]

We need a LOOTERS HALL OF FAME thread.

[Howlin]

OMG.....reporter asks Brooks if the dancing in the street is because "they fear you, or they love you," and if it's the love, how will we keep them "loving you?"

OMG>>>>>>>>>FEELINGS...........in a PRESS CONFERENCE!

Brooks handles it well: "I feel a lot of love in this room..."

[kcvl]

Hey, YOU IDIOT PRESS "people"!!! All of this "loot" was bought with THEIR money that was suppose to buy them FOOD!!! I can't blame them for "looting"!

Why weren't you reporting this kind of LOOTING when the Clintons were STEALING property from the White House? I am sick of these so-called "reporters".

They MUST trash every report with "looting". We can't have the Iraqi people CELEBRATING the END to a MONSTER without putting in the "looting".

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Hundreds of Iraqis cheered U.S. troops in Saddam City, a poor neighborhood in northeast Baghdad. One shouted, "Thank you, thank you, Mr. Bush!" One group of Iraqis held up a portrait of Saddam Hussein and smashed it, calling him a "criminal."

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COALITION FORCES IN STRUGGLE FOR LAW AND ORDER


12:12 - 09 April 2003

Desperate Iraqis swarmed tanker trucks distributing water in Basra yesterday, as British forces turned their attention to restoring order in Iraq's second-largest city but were unable to quell heavy looting on the streets.

Meanwhile, further north, US forces were tightening their grip around Baghdad while facing criticism after assaults that killed three foreign journalists.

In Basra, young men cruised the streets in trucks, pick-ups and even bicycles, grabbing what they could - ceiling fans, mattresses, car seats, furniture, even slabs of wood.

Hordes of people also picked through the wreckage of universities and government buildings damaged by coalition bombing.

[Catspaw]

I can see Martha telling the Iraqi women how to make the Perfect Hummus, using six kinds of chick peas....

[InShanghai]

We need a LOOTERS HALL OF FAME thread.

Now that would be cool! :-)

[Kip Lange]

Yes, never forget the traditional "Dance of Fear" (?) seen in every "occupied" (?) city. (2+2 = "They're dancing out of fear", apparently)

[John H K]

The remarkable thing about sanctions is the whole "waiting for the sanctions to bite" mantra from 1990 was completely forgotten (along with a lot of things about 1990) in the run up to this war.

There literally were legions of people and newspaper editorial after editorial advocating waiting a YEAR (or more) for the "Sanctions" to "bite" and cause Hussein to simply withdraw from Kuwait because of the "pain."

[Howlin]

I said a lot, none of it printable on this thread unless Jim has lifted the ban on profanity for the duration of the war.