***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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[Severa]

URL please? or is it in the list at the beginning of the thread? *s*

[AppyPappy]

I got motion sickness watching it

[mware]

Did you see the segment of the old guy beating Saddam's portrait with his shoe?I am still trying to figure out what the other guy was doing who faced the portrait. I will keep it clean and say I think he was showing his distain for Saddam by pretending to urinate on the portrait.

[E Rocc]

The CBSCam is CLOSE UP on that statue...please tell me it's coming down soon...

First....

Release. The Pigeons.

-Eric

[Timeout]

I got a question. We saw Richard on GMA, but he never showed up on the roof cam. Whazzup with THAT?

[Big Bad Bob]

I had a tear in my eye watching that!!!

[TomGuy]

NTV webcam...guys attacking statue...hit it with egg...it's coming down now

[AppyPappy]

He used a different cam or it was prerecorded.

[Cboldt]

My wife noted that the crowds are a bit bigger this morning, than were there when Saddam recently came out for his press-the-flesh tour.

[fellowpatriot]

Beating saddam statue with their shoes! This is great!

[Timeout]

old guy beating Saddam's portrait with his shoe

Diane Saywer just had on a translation of what the old man was saying:

"We are Americans...We are U.S.A.!".

**sniff**

[cajungirl]

It is on beg of thread,,guys on statue,,incredible

[MEG33]

Centcom spokesman is wondering where the concern about our POWs and dead is.. compared to concern for jounalists.

[Kip Lange]

"Surgeon General's Warning: Freedom can be intoxicating and habit-forming, and may lead to impromptu refrigerator theft."

[thedugal]

NTV Must see tv!! Iraqi just walked to camera and said "F*cking Saddam"

[cajungirl]

Marines watching.

[johnb838]

Not too surprising. She probably views every man as a potential rapist.

[Big Bad Bob]

Is President Chirac watching this, because you just have to get the feeling that we are watching his political career, as well as Schroeder's and Daschle's fall into the Tigris!!!

[fellowpatriot]

Uh oh, sounds like they've been spending some time with some of our boys - HA!

[mware]

It shows how hated Saddam is/was. To use ones shoe to attack another is the worst sort of insult in that region of the world.