***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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[Catspaw]

The Marines just cheered about a TOW missle hitting the target...I hope Martin Savidge keeps his head down.

[Carolina]

Make that a sparkling wine from the leftist coast please. NO frenchie cr*p please.

USA all the way!

[wolf6656]

That statue has to come down, let the people do it!!!!

[Prince Charles]

We will reverently honor and remember our fallen heroes. OTOH the people of Iraq will forevermore curse the name of Saddam Hussein and his satanic fellow travelers.

[GOPyouth]

Let's take dibs... Tank shot? or pull down?

[fml]

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

[Carolinamom]

Three weeks to the day!! And they're OUR "cowboys"!! Eat our dust, Kofi and Chirac.

[Chemist_Geek]

MSNBC Bag Cam, 0905 EDT - Reporter says he hopes they don't hurt themselves trying to tear statue down. Statues all over the city, reporter says Iraqis will be busy for a while.

[dsmtoday]

some dude has a US flag that has a Harley on it!

[Tennessee_Bob]

Bookmark bump

[Conan the Librarian]

But it would be satistfying to see a 120mm round go through the statues face. and torso....and...all the rest...

[rintense]

Isn't this great!

[MEG33]

Fire fight on CNN

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Jim Mik can (never mind), (^;

MSNBC, not CNN...it was still a great quote.

David Chater without his minder on FN is doing a fine job....interviewing our soldiers, showing the Iraqi people throwing stones at Saddam's statue.

"Victory for everyone...freedom...just for everyone," a US Soldier in Baghdad!

[Howlin]

Isn't it odd that after all this time, the sure sign of our greatest success and freedom for the Iraqis is coming at the very place we've been staring at for 3 weeks.

[Howlin]

Isn't it odd that after all this time, the sure sign of our greatest success and freedom for the Iraqis is coming at the very place we've been staring at for 3 weeks.

[Carolina]

One of our guys told David Chater, "Freedom...it's for everyone."

[Jessamine]

I wish FoxNews would replay a still shot of the big red truck with the Iraqi driver with "Mr. Bush and Mr. Blair Good Good Very Good" painted on the door! But I guess there won't be a break in the action for a while for a still shot... LOVING IT!!!!

[Not A Snowbird]

Morning, Prairie. I'm debating the merits of calling in sick today... I'm sure I can will myself into a migraine if I try!