***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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[thedugal]

David Chater is not a traitorous Arnett! I just saw him interview a US Marine, he had a huge smile on his face, and he said "Bloody good to see you"

[hawkaw]

Oh I will. He put our Canadian troops in harms way and allowed our troops to plan your bombing runs in the AWACS planes but yet said we weren't part of the effort all to protect his votes on the left.

That lack of support to our troops has thoroughly pi$$ed me off.

Hey is anyone watching this on Sky. On Sky they are showing the Marines coming in on one side and the 3rd IN coming in on the other side. The "optics" for the world to see. Someone in CENTCOM realizes the image of this is very important for the world to see.

hawk

[arkady_renko]

David Chater to soldier, "Bloody good to see you."

You are redeemed, David.

A_R

[POGIFFMOO]

Boy that center of town sure looks like a quagmire to me.

[GOPyouth]

Hot damn! heh heh I went to bed about 2 hours ago maybe. I got a phone call a minute ago waking me up. PLEASE PLEASE rip that damned statue down.

[The Wizard]

Now pull down that Statue

[melodie]

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD!!

[Howlin]

I'm glad to be here with you all. (If not, I'd be running down the street, knocking on doors, trying to find somebody to share it with!)

[mhking]

"Today" finally shifting over; CBS still talking about "weird houses"...

[GirlShortstop]

I Cannot belive that after all the %$#(*^$%(# hours of watching these cams and sharing comraderie with all of you -- I AM AT FRIGGIN WORK WHEN WE FINALLY ROLL IN!!!!!!!!!

I hope you'll catch all the replay footage.   I feel for ya commish!  FReegards.

[johnb838]

Bob Simon "They don't WANT to be liberated". HAHAHA

Lance Corporal York! Soon to be Sargeant York?

[AppyPappy]

Canadian Special Forces are operating in Iraq.

[Howlin]

Corporal York!

I wonder how long it will be before the soliders get tired of these stupid questions?

[Herodotus]

Excellent...stay safe guys!

[Timesink]

Katie "High Colonic" Couric looks like she's not pleased...this news is like another colonoscopy for her.

She had drugs to get her through that one. This anal probe she's got to take allllll on her own.

[Prince Charles]

Good for them!

[prairiebreeze]

he's talking about it again. Says he feels like a big weight off his shoulders because the regime is gone, his minder is gone and he's in charge of his own life again.

I don't know if he's broadcasting or not.

Prairie

[melodie]

MR ARMED FORCES...PLEASE TEAR DOWN THAT STATUE

[Severa]

*L* I'd call my parents now but I'm almost positive they're already awake and watching Fox News (Dad would be anyway, this time of morning Mom would be working on her first cup of coffee)