***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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[Carolinamom]

The Clintons will probably blame their ghost writers for quitting.

[AFPhys]

"...who it was that kept saying that the Iraqis hated Americans and wouldn't put up for us being there? "

Pay no attention... just another maroon...

[Aaron0617]

Where are our POWs???

[Cordova Belle]

Amen.

May it live forever on the trash heap of history.

[Abigail Adams]

Are we there yet??

Yup.

[July 4th]

Now let's hope that every student in Iran saw the same footage we did today!

[Howlin]

Isn't that the damn truth? No matter how well they dress that witch up, there is only ONE thing/reason at the bottom of ALL her answers.

Well, I haven't seen one of those "sky is falling" types that has been right yet.

It looks to me like those people LIKE us.

[hispanarepublicana]

 

Other than a hug from their spouse & kids, these soldiers want ONE THING right now.  Do your part.  Have a soldier over for a steak when they come home.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Our FoxNews just went to bluescreen w/ EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM - just flashed on the TV. Nothing followed. No, "this is a test." Odd.

[GraniteStateConservative]

SHeDAISY has a great rendition of this. Try downloading it off a file sharing service.

[AFPhys]

LOL

[azGOPgal]

AMEN!!!

[MeekOneGOP]

Earlier Thread of Iraq War Pics that Diogenesis posted!
Great pictures there of Iraqis being Liberated !!

Here are a couple, for example. The one on the right? "Beat it, Saddam !" . . .

In Umm Qasr, heroes AND Iraqis remove portraits of Saddam.

April 8th Thread of Iraq War Pics

DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH WAITING TO SEE THESE ELSEWHERE

In Basra, Iraqis are FREE.
They are happy and dancing - except where the European and American media
are pushing antiAmerican comments and then taping it - and skipping some of these pics.

[kcvl]

Absoutely! Let's repeat that...

you guys don't let those biased media ruin your day..

watch fox the positive and real news channel.

[InShanghai]

Beeb reporting interview with Baghdad US commander: "US has control over a majority of the city, some small arms fire but less than expected"

[tame]

re post 3752--SOOOO True.

[JFC]

I want our POWS also.... we will find them!

[nicmarlo]

Clinton will take credit for "preparing the groundwork for this".

Yes; he prepared the way for Saddam to get his military arms from France, Germany, Russian, and China. Clinton also gave away military secrets to North Korea, aiding their nuclear weapons ability; inviting Arafat to the White House, more than any other individual--someone who Bush never allowed to step one foot inside the White House. Clinton refused to take Bin Laden, when offered on a silver platter.

[Howlin]

Want to see something that is going to upset an AWFUL lot of people today?

I knew you did.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

HERES TO COWBOYS!

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