***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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[Cboldt]

Hard for them to hide but easy for liberals to (somehow, give me a minute, I'll come up with spin :p) to explain away.

They can't explain it, so they change the subject. Seriously, they are pathologically non-responsive.

[cajungirl]

Iraqi women need beauty parlors and manicures and hair colorists and waxing,,those women are going to love freedom. Who knows what the men need,,they got their guns.

[Howlin]

Yes, a whole year. Imagine. :-)

[bornintexas]

What is the presser asking BG BRooks? She wants them to help
AL Jezzera and Abadabdo press now? Is that what she said? They have trashed US and troops for 20 days and she wants help? Did I hear her right?

[Timeout]

Do these CENTCOM reporters have TV's?!

The Iraqi people know more than these ninnies!

[Kip Lange]

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"!

Let's call it like it is: They're not looting, they're revolting (and no, I don't mean they're unattractive). And the revolution is, in fact, being televised. Live. :-)

[MEG33]

Al jazeera wants American escort...(They deserve special treatment .Yea, I can see that)

[Howlin]

The firing came from around the Palestine Hotel, home to many foreign journalists, but the U.S. military did not return fire.

Thus putting them in harm's way!

[kcvl]

I don't know about TVs but they must not have soap and water. They all look like tramps.

[AppyPappy]

Anything seen on the webcam yet?

[cajungirl]

yep,,Martha need Iraq for redeeming herself, the women need Martha cause they have been deprived of beauty in themselves and their homes and their lives. They need an orgy of beauty. Look at the poor things.

[Kip Lange]

And, on the homefront, let's not forget the numbers coming out showing 63% support for the war...in San Francisco! Yeehaw!

[Sir_Ed]

What did Bob say?

Ed

[Howlin]

Al jazeera wants American escort...

Because they are now claiming that they have been targeted by the United States.

Never mind that their studio was in the Minsitry of Information, a building that was ON the target list and everybody in the world knew it, never mind they had been WARNED to evacuate.

[Kip Lange]

(Note to self: San Franciscans can aid with Martha in the redocaration effort)

[Catspaw]

Maybe the journalists in the Palestine Hotel can come up with a solution, perhaps fighting the thugs by themselves.

[Timeout]

Anything seen on the webcam yet?

Just pedestrians, traffic, calm. Statue still there. No tanks.

[AppyPappy]

They only want out now because they know the Iraqis got their ass kicked. So much for Jihad.

[Catspaw]

I want that statue GONE, GONE, GONE.

[Kip Lange]

"My God! How could you people fire on a place you said you would fire on and told us to evacuate!!" (ROFL)