***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.

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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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[Timeout]

It don't get any better than THIS....Marines in the roundabout and Richard can't get anyone to answer the phone.

Bwahahahahahahaha!

[melodie]

that is just pitiful howlin....figures

[AppyPappy]

Shots appear to be fairly far off.

[mhking]

"Here come the tanks. They're American tanks. Smoking? Yes."

And I thank ya!!!!

[GirlShortstop]

FYI, MSNBC is appears to be ahead of Dubhai ... side by side comparison of footage of Paradise Square.

[TomGuy]

I hope they are piping this into the UN building...in the background playing:

"Anything you can do....we can do better...."

[Timesink]

US FORCES HAVE TAKEN CONTROL OF IRAQI TV AND RADIO.

[Herodotus]

MSNBC reporting that the U.S is now broadcasting on Iraqi TV/Radio

[johnb838]

No, lets blow the hell out of it like that big swastika in WWII

[Prince Charles]

DNC-SPAN is still taking calls from DUmmies; no Bagvideo. Idiots!

[Big Bad Bob]

please past on, my disregard for your wimp of a PM!

[mhking]

ABC, CBS, and NBC are NOT showing any of this.

ABC is live with it - thanks to Richard Boufant-hairdo Engle...

[hawkaw]

You know, you have to give the Administration credit. All those people like Bob Simon who said that the Iraqis hate outsides and will hate the Americans when they come. The gloom and doom could freak anyone out.

And what do I see but cheering and happyness. Just like the bush administration had predicted.

Very impressive. What a great moment in history. And Bob Simon - you can go to hell as far as I'm concerned

hawk

p.s. -Sky news link seems to still be working fine for me.

[najida]

Thanks for the addys! I just fired off letters to them all. I am furious at the reporters behavior at the Centcom briefing!

[fml]

This is much better than Joey Bishop!! BTW thanks, again, for the ping.

[ican'tbelieveit]

He finally got to admit how much of his reporting was affected by the minders, 40%+.

[Howlin]

We should have taken down phone numbers so we could call the ones of us who have shared this for the last three weeks who live in earlier time zones!

[melodie]

LMAO Poser

[MEG33]

Pray for the safety of our guys. I think I'm too nervous to type!

[fellowpatriot]

This must be how everyone on our side felt after hitler was toppled! It's a beautiful thing!