***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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[retrokitten]

Okay, that did it. I hope I have some tissue in my desk.

[ican'tbelieveit]

LOL, well I am female, so its ok to look flushed, but I am not going to miss this with my kids. My daughter is sitting here (9 yo) saying its incredible to live in this time.

[strela]

There is one way that I could be persuaded to leave the statue standing - if somebody welded a pink tutu and little pink toe shoes on it.

(naaaahhhh ...)

[TomGuy]

It's not Memorex, people;
it's LIVE
History in the making!

[Howlin]

The Riviera?

[Timeout]

Tear down that statue and put a sign on it:

"I SEE HAPPY!"

[SauronOfMordor]

This is Baghdad Bob. What you see is not happening. American troops are NOT in the square. This is an imperialist trick by the losers.

I would think that the Saturday Night crew must be searching for Baghdad Bob. I'm sure they would offer him $100K for a 5-minute skit for this coming Saturday Night's episode!

[Not A Snowbird]

Tempted, believe me. My husband had to leave for Portland for a day of ground school, so he had no choice. The VCR is now running, so we'll watch it together tonight.

This is just amazing.

[Carolina]

Perky Katie saying, "very, very successful military campaign." EAT CROW!!

[July 4th]

The pictures of the Kurds celebrating are beautiful!

[hawkaw]

Heard on CFRB that we have a Canadian KIA. Was operating with U.S. forces. That's all I got. Don't expect the moron from Shawinigan to acknowledge it, mind you. B*stard Chretien, I hate him.

OMG!!! CFRB is one great conservative talk radio station. If they are on it, I hope the National Post and Globe and Mail pick up on it.

The Canadian troops need the respect they deserve for their hep in this war. Something our prime minister doesn't want to give them.

hawk

[Timeout]

B-Bob had a scheduled presser this morning...he was a NO SHOW!

[amom]

I'm on trying so hard to hold back the tears!

Understand!

FoxNews has gone to a four window screen. Now that's great...Greg Kelly in one...oops back to single window. *sigh*

[retrokitten]

Perky Katie can cram it. Bandwagon jumper.

[Straight Vermonter]

LOL

[Lauratealeaf]

WOW! The one morning I sleep in and the troops are in the center of Baghdad!

[Catspaw]

I hope B-Bob is a guest of the coalition forces.

[Mare]

Yes, that's exactly what I could hear too. A very memorable moment to witness live.

Pretty cool that just a few minutes before, the announcer had said that the people were probably afraid to come out to the street with all the huge tanks around.

God bless the USA!!!

[Howlin]

I am feeling really mad at all these reporters today; WE have known all this all along, and now here they coming, acting like it's all big news.

I now know how the press controls this country.

[melodie]

really?