***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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[commish]

Locals starting to surround the statue.. IT's comin down soon!

[SC_Republican]

throwing shoes at the statue....

GET SOME!

[Robert A Cook PE]

Throwing shoes at Hussein!

[melodie]

PMS IS SHOWING PPEOPLE RIPPN SADDIE

[mewzilla]

Some mediot in the CENTCOM briefing this morning asked why weren't having a cease fire so Iraqis could surrender. Sheesh.

[ican'tbelieveit]

PLaque is off. They are tearing off something else now.

[Severa]

Decent size crowd gathering around the statue in the middle of the roundabout...tearing at the statue..

[epluribus_2]

lol. maybe we should ask Baghdad Bob if he wants to pet the monkey.

[juzcuz]

Whoo Hooo*******

In the Square -- Take down that statue--America and Iraq..

Whooo--- Hooo----- Yea----

This is so exciting.....!!!!!!

[retrokitten]

I just got here. Holy shnikes! Are they going to tear down the Saddam/Walt Disney statue??!?!?!

[golas1964]

The CBS guy couldn't figure out what the crowd was chanting but I could! They were shouting: "USA - USA!"

[Timeout]

D. Shuster on FOX...They're gonna take down the statue!

interviewing marine now...."satisfying to see these people don't have to suffer now. Glad to see it's over for the people...they can live their lives without fear"!

"I love you , Misty"....***sniff***

[GOPyouth]

I heard a big ass "whooooooohoooooo" on cnn.

[strela]

Watching the Fox coverage, transfixed.

First impulse - let the people pull down the statue with their bare hands - don't use weapons on it. Give them something else to remember about this marvelous day in the history of Iraq.

[mhking]

CBS BagCam: People trying to rip the statue down....CBS Broadcast taking Sky News raw feed....

[amom]

Thinking of you right now.

The locals are starting to chip at the statue in the circle.

[Cboldt]

It'll be most cool if the Iraqi people take the statue on their own, with no help from coalition equipment, material, or personnel.

[Robert A Cook PE]

At least lend them a ladder......

[rintense]

This is SUCH awesome stuff to see. The Marine just said, 'Freedom for everyone!'.

[prairiebreeze]

our POWs and our MIAs, without whose sacrifice this would not have happened.

We must see to it that they did not die in vain. I'm thinking of them too

Prairie