***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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[Cboldt]

They do not need a TANK!!!

Those people will pull this down with their own hands.

[najida]

OK,
I am squallin' now...

The rope is here...

If it takes allll day I am sitting here until the statue comes down.

~~sniffle~~~

[Carolina]

David Chater talking to one of our guys with a flower on his lapel.

[retrokitten]

I'm at work watching on the msnbc cam. I'm not sure what cnn has.

[mewzilla]

YEEE HAW! They've got a rope!

[Lauratealeaf]

Hope those Iraqis don't hurt themselves trying to take that statue down. So Baghdad Bob didn't show up?

[dsmtoday]

dude has a ladder on the back, he's scaling it - precarious!

[wolf6656]

Tie the rope to a tank that would be the most fittikng

[steveegg]

I hope the crowds don't misjudge how far down the statue's falling; it looks to be about 25 feet in the air, then another 25 feet tall.

[Carolinamom]

"Older" woman here! My cup runneth over.....don't ask w/what! LOL

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

There will be some questions asked of the UN, I believe. (^;

Hey, UN: this is how you keep the PEACE.

FN: The neighborhoods where the celebrations are breaking out are the neighborhoods where there is a large military presence.

[prairiebreeze]

henceforth I will be using the word wanker at least once a day

FOFL!

Prairie

[Herodotus]

CNN just tried to get back to Marty Savage but they lost the connection again.

prayers for the marines there...

[Amore]

Thanks for posting that list of links to web cams, etc. I've had little success finding much that works on my own. Can't wait to try some at the office.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Ropes going around his shoulder!

(Still think they need a bigger ladder ....)

[no-s]

BOREGASM

How cute. I wonder if someone has a list of tank names. I feel sorry about poor COJONE EH, they keep showing it progressively more wrecked each day, like an abandoned car being slowly recycled on the long island expressway....

[Conan the Librarian]

Those people got a rope!!! They have a Rope! The statue is not long for this world!!!!!

[mhking]

This reminds me so much of the downing of the Berlin Wall that it's not funny!!!!

[rrrod]

hey all, in order to have free and fair elections we need to ban democRATS from iraq!