***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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[cibco]

Saddam has now carved his legacy in history. His brutality has been striped from him. He will now be known as "The Master of Miscalculation".

[Mo1]

Al Jazeera was rumor according to Pentagon.

Rumor of what?

[Prince Charles]

Yes, but if the burning bldg was behind mosque, then that would not be university... would be the SE side of the city.

[AppyPappy]

Yup. That's the one

[Howlin]

One and the same!!!!!!

[Anomaly in Illinois]

Rope being replaced by heavy-duty chain.

Frank Sinatra's speaker being used to warn Iraqis to stand clear of the statue so that they don't get injured by falling Sadaam.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

They're so vain, they'll be watching...waiting for the mother ship to pick them up, perhaps.

[pitinkie]

Who has screen caps of the tanks and all!!!!

[Cboldt]

Reporter on CNN (not Zahn) totally mischaraterizes the "Go Home HUman Shields : US Wankers" sign, as being "go home US" sentiment. CNN wankers.

[Anamensis]

That's amazing. What sick, bitter creatures slink the swampy night of DU. Does that stand for Dark Underbelly?

[dfwgator]

Don't you mean "Master of Misunderestimation?"

[NTNgod]

I've gotten 2000 and 3000 on this historic thread without even trying :)

[dsw]

If pentagon can say Al Jazeera report of Saddam in Russian Emb. was a rumour that means they must KNOW where he is. So tell us, plz.

[tame]

That fire may have been set by a Saddamite to spoil the party?

[Timesink]

Sky News reported that the Saddam statue is less than a year old, put up for Saddam's 65th birthday on 4/28/2002.

I still say it looks more like a giant, bloated Mansour Ijaz.

[Abigail Adams]

When did all this liberation jubilation start? I just woke up and am trying to catch up on the situation!

[ChewedGum]

I too looked at DU for a few minutes - pretty hard to stomach. I guess they see this as a zero sum game...but it's not. Maybe Bush wins something here, and morality also...but the biggest winners are the people of Iraq.

Gum

[Howlin]

Notice what we are NOT seeing on any of the channels:

GUNS!!!!

They aren't firing off their guns!

[steveegg]

A few kilograms of C-4 ought to work too. It would be more dramatic to do it the way we did the swaztika near Berlin in 1945.

[Herodotus]

(to all)

what's "T" mean when it's on the Marine Hummer?

It's T/3/4, which is 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, in the 7th Regimental Task Force, which is the Marine unit in the square.