***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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[bornintexas]

Get the lights...this is gonna take awhile. I sit in amazement.

[Timesink]

Everyone on the NYSE is watching TV instead of trading!

[Chemist_Geek]

Exactly. I can hear the grandfathers telling the stories now.

"We couldn't do anything. Saddam's thugs were everywhere. Then the Americans came..."

[BunnySlippers]

Shots of the New York Stock Exhange. Everyone is watching TV.

[Norman Arbuthnot]

This is about to be awesome!

You got that right. This scene is comparable to the Berlin Wall being taken down....amazing.

[Poser]

I'm here. I'm going to Hooters for lunch with some friends. I believe we will be celebrating.

I hope they can get this statue down before I have to go.

[Cboldt]

Someone better get Poser up, we may hit 7000 before noon.

Yesterday he said his collection is complete. I hope he has tape running.

[SoldiersGirl]

summary
big statue...small men has been turned into small statue Big Men.

[r9etb]

I'm 45 and I've never heard the term wanker. I must be leading a pretty sheltered life up here in Minnesota!!

Probably sounds different from the spelling, up there in Minnesota. Try saying it with the skoovie accent....

[najida]

Keep us posted on DUh......They are soooo funny (without tryin' even).

[Timeout]

Do a search on your comments. I did a ping to "all" when tanks entered the circle...about 90 minutes ago.

[Queen of Excelsior]

Anyone know where the Russian Embassy is?

[Severa]

I was wondering why the stocks were slightly down *L* That explains it.

[hawkaw]

Beeb reporting that Saddam may be at the Russian Embassy... Unconfirmed

Interesting. Very interesting. It would be the safest place for him. If this is true the politics that will go into motion will be very interesting to watch.

The Russian will likely have to put extra guards and troops around teir place to ensure angry Iraqis don't get him.

hawk

[GirlShortstop]

That worked! Thanks alot!

Sharing the Joy!
FReegards.

[Herodotus]

they've got the sledgehammer on top of the statue now...they're going to break it's baase from above.

All your bases belong to us.

[TomGuy]

good feed NTV, realplayer

[Anamensis]

It'll be a DARN SHAME if they get to Rachel Corrie a couple of them before our troops find out.

If they do I think we should do our imitation of the UN: stand back and watch, and when it's over, shake our heads sadly and say we will not stand for this sort of behavior, and then vote to agree that we think that was just terrible.

[Prince Charles]

He's just climbed atop the pedestal... he looks like he could probably push it over himself!

[wolf6656]

What I will miss from this is the sun comingk up and the birds, and someone out walking their dog. All those hours spent watching this cam.