***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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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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[FourPeas]

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

Now THAT is a legacy.

[GOPyouth]

lol no joke.

[monafelice]

not to take away from this glorious a-la berlin wall moment-
I'm glad they got the timing right- Hollywood is waking up and turning on the tube justa bout now

[Carolina]

Anyone know where the Russian Embassy is?

You mean the future crater?

[steveegg]

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

Paging Poser, paging Poser.

[aloysius89]

Amen sister.
Did you hear David Chater about 5 minutes ago
"... the day freedom arrived with the U.S. Marines..."

[rolling_stone]

Did anyone catch that FOx News said this is called Liberation Park for when the Baath Party & Sadaam came into Power. How ironic an ending...

[goodolemr]

I love that big guy! He rocks!

So amazing to be watching living history...

[Catspaw]

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

Well, well, well....fortunately, it's not the job of the Coalition forces to guard the Russian Embassy--or any other hidey hole for Saddam and anyone else. Just like the statue, we'll let the Iraqis take care of it.

[steveegg]

And while the cat's away, the lib bears will play.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Lol! Pax!

FN: Simon Marks in Amman, Jordan...though Iraqi people are being freed, the big story is the death of an Al Jazeera reporter yesterday.

They (the Vast Left Wing Corrupt Conspiracy) would rather have slavery under Hussein and Castro - control of the people and the money - than have that messy freedom. Let 'em loot! Talk about your Super Bowl celebration!

Not gloating, here in SW Florida. (^;

[AppyPappy]

We'll just hand the Iraqis some AK's and RPG's and tell them about it.

[Timesink]

LOL...2 'human shields' show up to yell at our soldiers. Woman in black shirt and backpack, man w/long hair.

Damn, I was watching the wrong channel. I would have loved to have seen that.

The great thing is, now that they've been on international television, they WILL be named eventually and will receive a LOT of attention from military families when they come back home. They're going to regret what they just did for YEARS AND YEARS.

[aloysius89]

Go Baghdad, Go Baghdad, Go Baghdad, Go Baghdad!!!

[melodie]

Calling baghdad Bob...i repeat..Calling Baghdad Bob...CAN YA HEAR ME NOW??

[Chemist_Geek]

MSNBC Bag Cam - 0953 EDT: Reporter spoke of living in fear, Iraqis couldn't speak freely, afraid of going to jail for defacing a picture of Saddam. Said they were waiting for this day, to see the statue come down. Now speaking of repair work necessary in city... Engineers will be busy.

[prairiebreeze]

Well, that's their choice to make I guess over at DU. The planet is rejoicing and they are miserable. Good deal!

If you have the stomach for it, please touch in with what idiocies they are saying. I don't go over there becaus I don't want to get warts.

Prairie :^)

[Lauratealeaf]

Great post! I wake up to the troops being in the center of Baghdad and Iraqis putting a rope around Saddam's statue. Is this the beginning of the Wake for the Democrats? At least David Chater has come to the party.

[bornintexas]

Didn't Poser say he was going to Hooters today? What a way to celebrate!

[GeorgiaYankee]

Did anyone catch that FOx News said this is called Liberation Park for when the Baath Party & Sadaam came into Power. How ironic an ending... >>>>>

It's ending? I just read in the NY TIMES that this is a QUAGMIRE another VietNam!