***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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[Prince Charles]

Holy smokes! Can they get another guy on that truck?

[TomGuy]

Rope around it...

Won't be long...

Hope the rope doesn't slip....

Test case to see how much muscle their first tug of freedom and liberty has.

[retrokitten]

I would like to add to that... MY President, George W. Bush, from TEXAS, USA did this- NOT IN THIER NAMES! WANKERS!! ALL OF THEM!!

[prairiebreeze]

Who's picture are they holding up on that truck?

Prairie

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

"Women waved from balconies, girls threw flower petals at young Marines leaning across gun turrets. One woman held her baby aloft. Tank crews picked the flowers from the tops of their fighting machines, smelt them and grinned."

Al Jazeera, Apr. 9, 2003, as Marines rolled into Baghdad. Wow. Thank you for that post, kitten. Amazing.

[Timeout]

Go here:
http://www.virtualtuner.com/dir/ByCountry/Iraq/

click on the line under the first name, under the "300k".

[fml]

Sean Penn
Susan Sarandon
Tim Robbins
Madonna
Martin Sheen
Pierce Brosnan
Ed Asner
George Clooney
Rosie O'Donnel
Michael Moore
countless other "useful idiots"
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I wish they were stading under the statue when it comes down.

[Anamensis]

There's a woman out there who just threw a stone at the statue. Looked to be in her 20s or 30s, chin length hair...

[SoldiersGirl]

I wonder if I can make it to the gym before it falls

[dogbyte12]

I have to confess there is a bit of a tear in my eyes. Can you just picture these folks, living under Saddam for 25 years. Family members dissapeared, sanctions, Iranian war, Gulf War I and II... those under 30 remembering nothing in their lives other than this brutal regime... just gathering now, feeling freedom for the first time ever.

The terror evaporating under the strength of our presence, getting ready to see the symbolic representative of their oppressor topple before them. This is very powerful stuff.

[GOPyouth]

Oh this sucker will be down in about 5 minutes. I'm so freakin tired right now. I got to bed about 3 hours ago. lol

[Carolina]

I want to see, I really, really want to see, the next column by that jihadist apologist c#*ks*$ker, Robert Fisk.

You think he'll post that stupid picture with the column?

[GirlShortstop]

I'm sooo embarassed. I'm 45 and I've never heard the term wanker.

LOL... I worked with a New Zealander and "got educated"    :-)

[rolling_stone]

Anyone know if Peter Arnett escaped with Baghdad Bob?

[Jaded]

The one from bagcam circle?

[Herodotus]

i like the guy with the sledgehammer on FOX right now...check it OUT!!!!

[steveegg]

Sledgehammers are out now. That guy's doing some decent damage.

[Prince Charles]

A guy with a sledgehammer is now going at the granite base...

[AFPhys]

Let's get more rope over to them PRONTO!