***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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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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[melodie]

Where, oh where, is Baghdad Bob???
Where, oh where could he be?
anyone want to fill in the next verse?

[Cboldt]

Where, oh where, is Baghdad Bob???

Here's Baghdad Bob <-- Link

[Not A Snowbird]

"Sandy, I heard on the radio news this morning (David Cheter(sp?)), Sky News, that he had seen Bagdad Bob hop into a sedan this morning(evening, Iraq time),with some of his staff, and drive off towards the north."

Well, now, isn't that interesting? Straight into the waiting arms of our troops lurking near Tikrit?

[Timesink]

Ramesh Pommeru, NRO: There may be some gloating from hawks over the next week, or weeks. Much of it will be ugly; some of it will be unfair. There will be high-minded calls to refrain from such gloating. These calls should be resisted. When a lot of people get the big questions wrong, they deserve a few I-told-you-sos, and their future predictions should be taken more skeptically. That's what happened to those supply-siders who made excessive claims about Clinton's tax hike in 1993, and it's what should happen now.

[Sir_Ed]

They sure are...God bless America.

Ed

[bvw]

It's a closure, maybe. The OKC bombing was a child of both our national disgrace of the Waco Massacre and out national wimp-out after Gulf War I. The Iraqis were involved in OKC ... that seems to be clear.

[Not A Snowbird]

LOL!

[Timeout]

They briefly showed the cameras in front of Combover's apartment, but he never came out. I think we should make him go back to Bahdad and let the free Iraqis deal with him.

How much you want to bet he applies for asylum?!

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

My family and I are heading to the beach for Spring Break this afternoon

Have a wonderful time, Qilla! Happy people will be celebrating on Panama Beach today.

[Sir_Ed]

Man, that sounds interesting! How do I find 'em?

Ed

[abnegation]

Combover is on our list of most wanted Iraqis. He's not leaving his apartment for good reason.

[r9etb]

anyone want to fill in the next verse?

Where, oh where, is Baghdad Bob???
Where, oh where could he be?
He's gone to the birthplace of Saddam Hussein
And calls himself Tikrit Tommyyyyyyy

[Mo1]

NBC is interviewing a guy that is from Iraq .. he is emtional and speechless

[Nam Vet]

I will celebrate with him, but the Kurds will go wild with Mosul and the northern cities falling even more, if you can imagine that.

Nam Vet

[The Hon. Galahad Threepwood]

I'm fairly sure it wasn't originally intended as a pro-US sign. It doesn't, in fact, say "Go home, human shields, you US wankers." It has "HUMAN SHIELDS" printed on it, and then someone wrote, "Go home, US wankers," which is not really plausible as an expression of support for the US military. It's much more reasonable to suppose that it was a typically juvenile and semiliterate expression of protest by some British "human shields."

It is perfectly possible that those two Iraqi guys liberated the sign from some British human shields and were taunting them with it. That's merely a supposition, but it is reasonable to suppose that pro-Saddam Iraqis are not likely to be demonstrating against the US in the streets of Baghdad today.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

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

Lol!

[melodie]

asylun natzi to combover.....no asylum for YOU

[BreitbartSentMe]

GOTTA

[BreitbartSentMe]

HAVE

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