***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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[Mo1]

What is going on in Iraq .. FNC is reporting mortors

[Nefertiti]

Ok.. how about this.. you gloat, I'll cry and between us well have all the emotions covered

Nefertiti

and it's really sad that the people you work with can't take 5 min. and be happy for others... oh well.. we will just have to be happy enough to make up for it!!!!

[fml]

I hope the future leaders of Iraq remember the UN and others who were against this fight for freedom.

[Abigail Adams]

FNC "Dusty" with the 23rd Marines as they're taking mortar fire from Iraqis.

[Clean_Sweep]

It's Rick Leventhal with the Marine Infantry taking rounds.

[O Neill]

God bless the fine young men and women that fight for us and the world.

Amen! They are the Champions!!

[pitinkie]

Dont they know the wars over!!!

[angelwings49]

Wow, I don't think I have any goosebumps left to feel! What a glorious day this has been!! I am SOOOO proud to be an American, proud of our Troops, ESPECIALLY proud of our great leader and President(!!!!!), and happy to be a FReeper!!! Could it possibly get any better than this???!!!!!

[Timeout]

Soldier talking to Richard just said

"It's hard to tell who's friend or foe".

Hey, soldier, you're talking to Pretty Chicken!..Foe!

[Krodg]

Beautiful

[Pro-Bush]

What a wonderful day to be an Iraqi citizen...Bastard dictators of Syria, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, & Iran are surely taking notice on what is comming down the pike.

[The Hon. Galahad Threepwood]

I dunno, I think that sign might have been misinterpreted.

Looks to me like it was originally intended to identify human shields (in the hope that Coalition forces wouldn't fire on them), and someone (maybe a Brit traitor) wrote "Go home US wankers" on it, probably addressed to our troops.

Whether the Iraqi guys holding up the sign have any idea what it says, I don't know.

[retrokitten]

You are right. I can't complain too much. I sit right outside the bosses office and as long as I am caught up on my work he doesn't say anything about my FReeping.

[NewsJunqui]

French correspondent on NTV now.

[melodie]

does anyone have a visual on cbs bagcam?

[Mo1]

FNC "Dusty" with the 23rd Marines as they're taking mortar fire from Iraqis.

Back to real life ..

Please God, keep them safe

[Timeout]

Could it possibly get any better than this???!!!!!

Only if one of those gorgeous Marines looked straight at the camera and said, "Ain't this freepin' fabulous!".

[CurlyBill]

Let's find our POWs and bring them home!!

[angelwings49]

hehehe... I've always had a thing for Marines ;)

[BreitbartSentMe]

Well, if they didn't want the words HUMAN SHIELDS included in their message, they would have turned the banner over and written their message on the blank side.