***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.

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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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[aloysius89]

"Oderint Dum Metuant."

translated " Don't laugh, you're next."

[Anamensis]

You know, it might not take that long after all... they're making some pretty good progress at the base of that statue.... cement just crumbling away...

[Timeout]

Who ever thought we could watch a war on a webcam?!

I'll miss Richard, Lyin' Linda, birds who looked like planes, Barf the dog, car alarms, orange lights floating in the sky, and of course....ACHMED!

Somebody needs to go up on that roof and interview Achmed and Norm!

[juzcuz]

It'll take all day to bust through that concrete and probably steel with a sledge hammer...

Maybe they should ask the US for help......

Then again, maybe they need to take out some aggresssion on hitting on it for a while....

The guy in the muscle shirt looks like a wrestler...

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Robert Fisk. IIRC, the Palestine Hotel was where he was staying..

Oh...that's why. (^:

[steveegg]

Doesn't Saddam know the history of embassies in the region?

[SoldiersGirl]

go baghdad, get busy, get your groove on

throw on a little breakin stuff by limp bizkit...eerrr I banned him, how bout..oh man, someone come up with a destroying a statue song!

[mhking]

My only fear now is the statue falling into the crowd and crushing someone.

[Cboldt]

CNN back on the "pockets of resistance" jag. Wankers.

[meyer]

They need to let that buffed out dude in the muscle shirt to start whaling on that thing

He seems to be taking charge of the demolition team. Perhaps he's a good candidate for Mayor of Baghdad!

[mewzilla]

One young man put quite a nice dent in it. He looked very angry.

[Kip Lange]

PETER ARNETT SIGHTING...front of statue...

[aloysius89]

all your base are rubble to US

[Conan the Librarian]

Oh to be one of the guys with the Sledgehammer. Just think of the shear history of that momment.

BTW I hope all those people move out of the way before it falls over.

[ican'tbelieveit]

Let them hit away. I will sit here and enjoy. They have 25 years to make up for.

[Slyfox]

Let 'em loot!

If it was stolen merchandise in the first place is it really looting?

[Carolina]

Somebody needs to go up on that roof and interview Achmed and Norm!

We can't forget them. Hey, where's Farik Sinatra? Why isn't he singing?

[prairiebreeze]

The "Go Home Human Shields, you Wankers" banner has been a highlight so far Laura.

Prairie

[melodie]

IS THIS BEING BROADCAST OVER iRAQI TV?

[Robert A Cook PE]

They HAVE GOT to get a longer rope.


(Help 'em out tankers.......)