***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.

It is designed for general conversation about the events of the day. In depth discussion of events should be left to individual threads - but links to the threads or other articles is highly encouraged. This allows us to stay abreast of the situation in general, while also providing a means of obtaining specific information.

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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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[fml]

A soldiers speechless, emotions running deep.

[cajungirl]

some churches o;ught to start ringing bells,,this is so wonderful!!

[Quilla]

This is the day we've been waiting for - to think we've been watching this square for a couple of weeks and it's now where all the action is. God bless America, President Bush and our brave troops.

[Prince Charles]

Ick... SkyBoy is a changed man w/o his "minder".

[strela]

I vote bare hands - LOTS of bare hands.

[bvw]

I suggest a giant "SHOE BOMB"!

[Moby Grape]

Howlin, I don't believe the reporters are FINNALY understanding what we have known all along...I think they now have NO CHOICE but to report that the Iraqi people are treating our troops as liberators...You KNOW this is just killing them...it makes Bush look good, after all, and that is the LAST thing they want to do....so as soon as the dust clears, I predict, they will go immediately into the COST of this war mode, followed by one year (as the elections are looming) of "worst ecomony in 50 years" crap....and for good measure, they will sprinkle in the "damage" we have inflicted upon the United Nations.

[mhking]

CBS BagCam switched to SkyNews raw feed/David Chater live...CBS Broadcast is taking this same feed.

[Carolina]

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.

I'm gonna miss that palm tree and minaret.

[Cboldt]

CNN still live at a battle: 1st Batillion, 7th Marines, in Baghdad, at a bridge. They are in the city. One of those pockets of resistance. Pray for our troops, folks. This is still a hairy place.

[placebo]

Get a tank over to that statue NOW,private!

[SauronOfMordor]

CNN showing happi Iraqis in Baghdad, tanks in downtown square.

The Arab/Muslim world can no longer deny reality. The biggest army of the Muslim world was smashed by the US in three weeks of fighting that caused US forces minimal casualties. The US military is now located where they can dominate the whole Middle East region.

[wolf6656]

An Operational Pause in the statue trashing??????

[Forgiven_Sinner]

Woo Hah! I'm here at work, watching the BagCam and cheering inside. Pull down that statue! Let's start a thread on how long it will take! I think it'll be down by 10 AM CDT.

Richard Engle talking about how happy his driver is!

[prairiebreeze]

Richard Engle, the twit

Prairie

[Howlin]

I'm wondering what we'll listen to on our media player.

[amom]

David from Sky News mentioning how great it is to be out of the hotel and walk around and stop whenever he wants. A different feeling.

[Timeout]

That Marine looks like Superman! Or, maybe Clark Kent, but Superman all the same!

[retrokitten]

Oh my God! I just realized that is a US TANK in the street!~ (I'm still half a sleep people) This is amazing!!!

[Prince Charles]

Hear, hear!