***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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[Big Bad Bob]

Makes it all the more wonderful to see!

[MEG33]

Ministry of oil was on the building..

[cajungirl]

Hunky marines on NTV cam, laughing with crowd, holding guns in incredible macho fashion,,,good looking men!!!!

[AppyPappy]

They hung a tire from his arm!!

[johnb838]

I LOVE this thing about beating people with shoes. Next time somebody pisses me off I'm going to take off one of my loafers and whop them with it.

[mware]

Lovely, bloody lovely.

[cajungirl]

Oh heck they moved on,,guess the gorgeous marine was too much for them. The crowd didn't quite know what to do but they were getting into it,,,tire was a nice touch.

[Big Bad Bob]

On another point, now the Arab world are seeing all this, what do we all think is the likely hood that the Syrian and Iranian people in particular might, just might ask the Americans to bring those regimes down like we are seeing Saddam's in front of our very eyes.

[InShanghai]

Heck, my Mom used to do that to me whenever she wanted my attention! LOL!

[cajungirl]

Believe me the Arab leaders are terrified of just that.

[Timeout]

CBS cam gone to black?

[thedugal]

Its one of the highest insults in the Arab world. It may look silly to us, but hitting someone or image of someone with a shoe is worse than flipping the bird.

[Kip Lange]

Oh, of course. She even had her little Mao glasses on. Can you imagine what would be going on had we NOT jumped off the "World Court" bandwagon? They'd be trying to indict everybody left and right. Several counts of inciting tire theft and giving cigarettes to people.

[Big Bad Bob]

And so they should be, heck what's the likelyhood there's special forces already operating inside Damascus and Tehran?

[thedugal]

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[MEG33]

Yes

[epluribus_2]

Iran has a LOT more folks than Iraq, with the most educated in the army. They could do it themselves in a few days if, er, when they choose to join the 21st century.

[Big Bad Bob]

It might've been attacked?

[mware]

Believe me the Arab leaders are terrified of just that.

Yeap, the Arab world backed the wrong horse in this match. Their hatred of the West was so strong they were willing to let fellow Muslims be terrorized by Saddam and his thugs.

[Big Bad Bob]

what sort of incentives could we give them?