***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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[Not A Snowbird]

"Anyone else suspicious that the fire at the Finance Ministry was deliberately set by Saddamites to destroy a paper trail?"

That was my first thought. Hey, has anyone checked under the bed at the French Embassy to see if Saddam or Baghdad Bob are hiding there?

[nicmarlo]

Happy Days!!

[KSCITYBOY]

American troops should never have to buy their own beer again. I can't describe the debt freedom loving people of the world owe the troops involved in this. May God hold dear those US & British troops who lost their lives for this moment.

[Timeout]

OMG! You just made me start crying all over again!

Thank you!

[Jaded]

It's odd. My father spend his entire adult life in the service of his country. First in the Navy and then with the DOD. His country came first. If it weren't for men and women like him, who knows what we would be speaking this month. I am very much pro-US Military.

Men and women in the Military give themselves for us anywhere they are called to do so. Just ordinary men and women. They are the Heros. Not the Hollyweird ilk, not the athletes, not the political shills. The men and women in uniform. May God bless them all.

[retrokitten]

I just wanted to take a minute to remember this. "Angie" called in to the Don and Roma radio show on WLS-AM in Chicago after an "peace" protester sent them an e-mail saying that they hoped Don and Roma's son (who is in the military) would come home in a body bag...

Angie: Yes...hi...I love listening to your show -- I listen to it all the time. I just want to say that I was born in Iraq and I left Iraq when I was 17 and I came to a country that accepted me for who I am. Iraq never accepted me because of my religion I was a second hand citizen over there because I was Christian. Iraq people are dead. Bush in not kill'en Iraqi people or our troops are not killing Iraqi children -- saddam killed them a long time ago and thank god for Bush.F finally there is a man who can speak for Iraqi children. I know a lot of people will die and that is sad but Iraqi people ARE DEAD. You just don't how bad it is living under that regime. So for those people -- for those Americans who are IGNORANT about what is going on in Iraq please understand Iraqi people are dead; they have no voice; we cannot speak their mind; we cannot practice our religion and this is the only country THANK GOD FOR AMERICA. You just don't know - you should appreciate this country -- you just don't know how lucky you are and you know I am a citizen and I am a proud to be an American. (starts to cry) And shame on those Americans that talk like that about our troops. Shame on them -- Bush never killed anybody -- saddam been killing all these children. I cannot speak my mind because if I speak my mind (starts to really cry) he will cut tongue over there; he will rape our children in front of our eyes; you just don't know how bad it is. SO for those ignorant people PLEASE SHUT UP. Ok -- thats all I have to say. I so proud -- so proud to be an American. Thank you for listening.

[Carolina]

I had to turn off ABC .. I just can't take Jennings any more

I know. I heard Kicky Katie earlier commenting on the Bush Doctrine. Grrrrrr.

[azGOPgal]

Bump for an awesome picture!

[hispanarepublicana]

NBC: Iraqi soldiers on Jordanian border abandoning their posts, running "for their lives" according to Brokjaw.

[AFPhys]

Whether they see this footage in Iran and elsewhere or not, they WILL hear of it. This is going to be a thing of legend - it will grow and grow greater with the years. No one will need to see it... there is plenty of emotional value simply in the spoken words and facts of this day, and the past period of time engineered by the US, Britain, the "coalition" and the Iraqi people themselves.

Glory, Glory, Hallelulia !!!!!

[mhking]

when I try to capture all I get is black screen..how did you get that!

I'm using ScreenPrint Gold; I've just got it set on "Application Window Only" and take the snapshot; do a Save As, and upload it.

[Nam Vet]

Good Morning all. Woke up this morning (in office chair again ! ) to some mighty fine coverage. It's hard to imagine how the spineless French, Belgians, Germans and all the alphabet media are realizing, as we speak, just how base they really are.

That group of individuals with the room temperature I.Q. commonly referred to as the ' arab street ' has got to be feeling pretty damned stupid viewing coverage this morning. Ya think they're smart enough to realize they've been lied to a lot by their media about America? Ummmm, I'm not sure. Might take another few dozen more doses of reality.

Nam Vet

[Mo1]

[nicmarlo]

Men and women in the Military give themselves for us anywhere they are called to do so. Just ordinary men and women. They are the Heros.

Amen. God bless them, each and every one. They have made us all so very proud!

[hispanarepublicana]

Can you please edit the "Saddam statue down" photo to where he's holding a U.N. and/or French flag in his hand?

[Timesink]

Live on Fox: Dearborn Mich pro-Iraq parade

[Carolina]

RK, Sky's Ian Woods at the Pentagon grinning from ear to ear. As he said, "Can't wait to hear what Donald Rumsfeld will have to say," there was this glimmer in his eyes. I love this guy!

[Mo1]

FNC is showing Deerborn Michegin

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Rummy's good people, but don't you think that everyone who made the ultimate sacrifice would want Rummy to gloat to this press corp...for himself, and for them?

[melodie]

fox has celebrating iraqi on right now...beautiful...just beautiful day!!