***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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[Anamensis]

Look at those people, taking their shirts off waving them. Think I might be a little late to work today.

I'm late already. Partly cause I want to watch history and partly cause I have a reputation as an SOB to protect and I don't need to go in looking all flushed and choked up.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Re. Marines in his city: "Them don't hurt anyone. Don't shoot anyone. All the people here is happy. I see happy." an Iraqi man, a Baghdad resident smiles, Big Time.

[melodie]

bump

[Howlin]

Hey! Combover is out of a job!

[July 4th]

Take the GD statue down!!!

[Not A Snowbird]

Oh, h*ll, I have to get ready for work.

VCR is running... I'll catch up with you when I get to the office! The way this thread is going I'll have 2000 posts to read when I get there.

Enjoy!!!

[POGIFFMOO]

ACHMED: Emergency, emergency. Everyone to get from strit!

[mewzilla]

LOL. A lot of the journos seemed distraught when they heard Iraqis were looting UN offices, too.

[MadIvan]

David Chater from Sky has been under the gun from the first night of the war, as well - I think he's as relieved as anyone: ever since he said, on the first night, "these air strikes are very precise, very controlled", the Iraqi minders have been on his case.

Regards, Ivan

[prairiebreeze]

Wankers??

Prairie

[Timesink]

ROFL. At Du they refuse to believe this. They say we shot the reporters to stop the true video of Iraquis throwing rocks at US troops. And we will be gloating today so ask how your 401(k) is doing.

SCHADENFREUDE!!

[EllaMinnow]

"I see happy!"

Oh, what a wonderful day!

[Cboldt]

Paula Zahn still on totally negative reporting.

Vindicated by continuing pockets of resistance, those well-placed snipers, etc. Not showing the square. Parallel universe. Zahn switching to Kuwait City, and talking about the contrasts, pockets of happy Iraqis, but POCKETS OF STIFF RESISTANCE.

C'mon over here, Paula, I'll show you a pcoket of stiff resistance. Bitch.

[steveegg]

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

We don't want to squash the folks trying to take down the statue with insufficient firepower.

[GirlShortstop]

I suggest a giant "SHOE BOMB"!

LOL... very ironical!   :-)

[MEG33]

Thanks I saw Go Home.. quite different.

[mhking]

Where's Baghdad Bob?

[Anamensis]

I love it when they do the shoe thing. That's so funny.

[najida]

Yep,

This is their day....Let them tear the statue down on their own (OK, MAYBE give then some ropes and chains and stuff)

[epluribus_2]

If they have power.

Hey, maybe the US should immediately get moving wiring the whole country for highspeed internet so the free iraqis can all become freepers.

I will get Free Republic translated into iraqi arabic today (Baba in law from Baghdad).