***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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[Jaded]

I hope Saddam and his currently living ministers are watching this.

[Spunky]

MSNBC cam. Hello, this is Richard. Tank seems to be going up to the statue now.

[Anamensis]

Burning building.... oh, I guess the tank is just being used as step ladder.... "no it is NOT a mosque burning"... we don't burn mosques. Sometimes I think we should, but we don't, because we are Americans and we do things differently. I cannot express how proud I am at this moment....

[Petronski]

I can't believe that the DU crowd, much of the media, Europe, and the middle east are depressed today...

Not just depressed, but angry!

---Leftist Stalinist Prick Alert---

Jeez this is about to be a really ugly day!!

Our regular weekly morning long sales meeting has just been temporarily postphoned so that we all can go into our boss's office to watch "history being made"! Our boss just called from his car phone so that he could let us know it is happening and to tell her it was okay to postphone so we all could go watch. I am so incredibly sick of this shit!!!

This is 'Clarence' at the other site, and he considers this Iraqi Liberation Day ugly.

Sickening, but 'know thine enemy.'

[Timeout]

Burning building on TV looks like that one at the top left of the CBS BagCam...behind the mosque.

[NTNgod]

Isn't that where Martin Savidge from CNN was?

[retrokitten]

Being American is more then just your address. It's a state of mind and a feeling in your heart and soul. Everyone watching this amazing moment around the world and rejoicing because liberty is prevailing is an American.

[Chemist_Geek]

Bring in the M-1 with a HESH round.

I don't think we have those rounds. We'll have to ask the Brits to loan us a Challenger 2, 'less'n it's the same chambering.

Sky News Bag Cam, 1022 EDT - Russia is helping Saddam Hussein flee Baghdad. Russian Ambassador & staff left Baghdad and were shot at several days ago. Russian Embassy in west part of capital. Russian gov't "neither confirms nor denies these reports."

Putin's in trouble...

[Howlin]

Simon on CNN says the Marines are now "working with" the Iraqis to get that thing down.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

The high rise on fire... a good view of the Iraqi crowd from there. Hope it isn't the last desperate gasp of a dying regime at work.

[GOPyouth]

heh heh that's Baghdad Bob saying, "this is not true.. this is a hollywood production!"

[hispanarepublicana]

This scene in Paradise Square is a METAPHOR FOR THIS WHOLE SITUATION. The Iraqis trying, futily, to "TAKE DOWN" Saddam. Us, waiting, waiting, waiting, patiently looking on....we're going to have to end up doing it ourselves in the end.

[Anamensis]

Here comes the chain you asked for....

[Sir_Ed]

"The government will not confirm or deny that or special comandos were operating in theater."

The Princess Pat's?

Ed

[Byron_the_Aussie]

..there's a government building on fire in Baghdad...

I guess in a country like that they're ALL government buildings.

Until today, that is.

[prairiebreeze]

Thanks for the report from the ugly side. Glad you made it back OK

Prairie

[Abigail Adams]

Where is this statue? Is it the one that we've seen on the bagcam in the circle??

[Timeout]

Anyone else think Baghdad looks a lot like Paris? (I don't mean the liberation part..I mean the city itself.) It looks a lot more beautiful today.

[NCjim]

3000 ?

[NTNgod]

Yup