***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.

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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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[Howlin]

Combover is to speak shortly in NYC, per Fox!!!!

[Prince Charles]

Combover is gonna talk in New York shortly.

[InShanghai]

Beeb reporting altercation between Marine and a female British Human-Shield. Broken up... I guess it was just name calling.

[retrokitten]

LMAO!!

[avg_freeper]

That knot looks pretty loose.. I hope it holds!

too bad they don't have boy scouts over there.

[fml]

Can't they find anything POSITIVE to talk about??????????
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And risk sounding like the republican President was right?

[dead]

Can anybody out there point me to a good internet news feed? I'm cubicle-bound but I really need to see that statue topple!

[Anomaly in Illinois]

I can't believe this!! I awake this morning to Iraqi's getting ready to pull the statue down (with a noose), and tanks in the circle!

Whoooo Hoooooo!

[prairiebreeze]

You're cracking me up this morning SG!!

Prairie

[GOPyouth]

Those folks need to back up bigtime. That statue is going to fall hard.

[Robert A Cook PE]

The Egyptian pyramids were made of heavy stones carried (pulled) uphill by these people too....

It will come down.

(Doesn't ANYBODY in a tank have a longer rope???????)

[retrokitten]

Now, you made me cry. Sniff...and LOL!

It's revenge for all the times you made me cry! LOL!

[bornintexas]

"neenerneenerneener"

ROTFLMAO! TOO GOOD! My jaws hurt from grinnin' ear to ear all morning!

[amom]

the dam will be breaking big time mucho today.

Understand completely.

It's a GREAT DAY for these folks.

Those young men are doing great with that rope by the way.

[dsmtoday]

rope isn't long enough

[PogySailor]

To the Hollywood crowd, Iraq has been liberated. But NOT in your name.

• Sean Penn
• Susan Sarandon
• Tim Robbins
• Madonna
• Martin Sheen
• Pierce Brosnan
• Ed Asner
• George Clooney
• Rosie O'Donnel
• Michael Moore
• countless other "useful idiots"

[steveegg]

would it be wrong to send CNN an email that simply says

NEENERNEENERNEENER?

No.

[Carolina]

NEENERNEENERNEENER

I love it. Blasting off some love notes now.

[null and void]

OMG!OMG!OMG!

Ropes on the statue!

Going down in munutes! Pulled down by grateful Iraqis.


Bad day to be a lib-uh-ruhl!.

Iraqis with signs: "Human Shields Go Home"