***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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[bygolly]

Which bagcam currently has sound?

[JLS]

Our man Hunt is up.

[Tree of Liberty]

Fox - *** Col. Hunt Alert ***

[TheLion]

How about making them a state...hehe. We sure would have a lot of oil!

[Tree of Liberty]

Watching and listening to NTV Bag-cam right now.

[O Neill]

Thanks for all those photos! I appreciate the info..

[Fledermaus]

I at least respect the "embeds" because before this war, they were required to go through boot camp.

[Slip18]

Are you going to have a sugar overload tonight? LOL!

[amom]

OH yes.

[spectr17]

Is there a civilian medal for enduring CNN for so many hours?

[bornintexas]

I think that is what ticked me off the most about Shep's lecture.....saying that there wasn't much difference between being embedded with our military and having a minder in the hotel.

[Prince Charles]

They were taking fire from all sides, office buildings, low-rise roofs, behind walls, the tall office building north of the hotel... when the pic was taken I think they had already blasted the sniper who was behind them.

[pnz1]

See the Dixie Chick's/Saddam pic on FOX?

[Tree of Liberty]

ROFL @ Brian Wilson. Showing a niiiicely done photoshop of Saddam and the Ditsy Chicks.

Fox - Chris Jumpelt on

[Fledermaus]

Ah yes, more eye candy!

Such a shortage of those types there, eh? At least straight ones. lol

[GOPyouth]

Brian Wilson just showed that doctored up photo of Hussein and the Dixie Chicks. That was too funny.

[bootyist-monk]

Not sure. The video that everyone sees where the camera is knocked over by machine-gun fire and then the tank puts a round into the building underneath the camera a moment later happened on the other side of the river from the Palestine, as I understand it. It was an Abu Dhabi camera on the west side of the river, and I don't think anyone with that crew was killed. The shot to the 14th floor of the Palestine Hotel I have yet to see. Maybe someone else can help out here, or clarify.

[reformed_democrat]

Batchelor and Alexander are almost the Art Bell of the political scene.

I wasn't aware of that. I'm afraid I'm not very familiar with their work (spend too much time FReeping to pay attention to much else -- you mean there really is a world outside my computer screen?)

On the other hand, I have caught myself listening to Art Bell and thinking, "Hmmmmm . . . he might have something there."

[sheikdetailfeather]

I have been taping just about everything going on since day one. Snipers were reported to have been firing on our troops from that building hours before our troops responded. I was surprised that we let it go on as long as we did.