***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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[Abigail Adams]

Ha! Now there are gunfire sounds.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Russians blew that swaztika....Fighting was still going on when it happened too.

(Look at photo's of post-war Berlin to see what city fighting "could" be if the defenders wanted to fight.)

[Norman Arbuthnot]

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!

William Pitt actually posted a thread over on DU titled Regime collapses (Bullsh#t Alert)

How delusional can you get?!?

[Herodotus]

quick, FORCE PROTECTION!!!

[epluribus_2]

or that we own the (former) russian embassy. Document search?

[AppyPappy]

Some of the Iraqis aren't moving.

[pitinkie]

thanks..i tired but it wasnt capturing!! thought lots of caps would be up!! I want one as a background.

[null and void]

Too bad we can't send that missive to "Clarence"'s boss...

[Michael81Dus]

HAS ANYONE A THANK-PRAYER OR PSALM IN ENGLISH (I don´t want to quote from a German bible so far..)??

[Prince Charles]

Probably Fedayeen scum.... they'll have to be hunted down like mad dogs.

[InShanghai]

Shots fired in the square, people running.

[Spunky]

Shots being fired. Everybody scattering

[Howlin]

Well, I meant the way they usually fire into the air.

I wonder if that SHOT came from the Palestine Hotel??????

[Jaded]

What are the shots being fired?

[steveegg]

They should've used the chain first.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Good point. I think our military is as cautious as they are capable. Nothing can prevent every possible evil plot...still, our guys know this and choose to go to Iraq anyway. Awesome.

[GOPyouth]

From Debka:

US special operations forces have sabotaged Kirkuk-Banias pipeline cutting flow of illegal Iraqi oil exports smuggled through Syria. Damascus notifies buyers that 2003 supply diminished by 40pc, equal to 240,000bpd – exactly the quantity that Iraq previously pumped through.

[Cboldt]

Nothing will surprise me in the coming days as the last shrieks of evil are extinguished.

Evil is never going to be extinguished, not on this planet.

Brief delay while some evil takes pot shots at the circle. Not too bright, with Marines and tanks hanging out.

MSNBC saying "party's over." I think not. In the scheme of things, the shooter will become a dead ornament on the statue.

[melodie]

donkey urine

[Anamensis]

Everyone watching this amazing moment around the world and rejoicing because liberty is prevailing is an American.

You said it, hon. This is awesome. Ooo, did I just hear "crane" on FOX??