***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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[melodie]

mr snufalupagus is on w/peter jennings

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Heh. MEANtown. (^:

One thing's sure...the oppressed Iraqis understood our troops are under attack from tobacco Nazis at home. They give them cigarettes...whether they smoke or not. LOL!

CNN take, "Iraqi civilians fighting back using evil tobacco as a weapon against coalition troops."

[NewsJunqui]

Brian Coyle batallion commander of group at Palestine hotel about to be interviewed by Peter Jenning on MSNBC bagcam.

[Consort]

Jennings accused Cheney of taking a cheap shot at "retired Generals in TV studios".

[Cboldt]

Has anyone gotten an interview with the soldier who climbed up on the crane and put the flag on Saddams face?

Not that I have heard of.

[Armed Civilian]

The Elite Republican Guard is now the "Extinct" RPG. Where is Baghdad Bob, and where is Achmed. God Bless Our Troops!

[ken5050]

FYI..all those p.o.'d at some of the media coverage, today's NY POST had a blurb int he TV section that Greta's show this week at 10PM on FOX had the highest ratings ever for FOX, some 5=million, almost DOUBLE that of CNN...

apropos of nothing, I was just thinking of the line from the George Peppard character on the old TV show, "A Team"

"DON'TCHA JUST LOVE IT WHEN A PLAN COMES TOGETHER?"

and don't forget.....it took Janet Reno 51 days to "conquer" the Branch Davidian compound...

[Carolina]

Jennings accused Cheney of taking a cheap shot at "retired Generals in TV studios".

And the reverse wasn't true? Hey, Petah. It's crow for dinner complete with feathers.

[GOPrincess]

*Cheney* took the cheap shot? That's rich.

[Cboldt]

I wonder where the previous owners of that banner are now? Human shields no longer necessary!

I assume they are in Iraq. And IMO, they should stay there and help. That is, if they have the courage of their convictions. They don't, and they won't.

[retrokitten]

Heh. MEANtown. (^:

LMAO!!

[NewsJunqui]

MSNBC bag cam just went to test bars.

[Norman Arbuthnot]

Anyone watching Mr. Chicken? He seems very effeminate next to that soldier.

Is Mr. Chicken the reporter on ABC who is interviewing the marines and asking questions on behalf of Jennings?

It must be because he does seem pretty wimpy. Not only that, the guy is clueless. Earlier a marine who speaks arabic and is serving as translator told Mr. Chicken that he came over from the States only a month ago, but that many of the marines in the infantry unit that he attached to had been in the region for five to six months. Mr. Chicken looked at him in disbelief and asked the marine how that could be since the war only started about three weeks ago. The marine had to explain to this dumbass reporter that the troop deployments didn't just start a month ago. It never ceases to amaze me that people that ignorant are working at the network level.

[Mr. Silverback]

Jennings accused Cheney of taking a cheap shot at "retired Generals in TV studios".

Translation: WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

Yeah, Cheney said the generals were "embedded" in numerous TV news studios. Got a big laugh from the press audience.

[Cboldt]

Jennings accused Cheney of taking a cheap shot . . .

This does not surprise me. I never watch ABC. Never.

[mwl1]

Read from the beginning. Amazing stuff.

[Not A Snowbird]

"Jennings accused Cheney of taking a cheap shot at "retired Generals in TV studios"."

One person's cheap shot is another person's chuckle... I thought it was priceless to mention the retired generals "embedded" with the TV studios!

[prairiebreeze]

Cheney's remark wasn't a cheap shot. The man nailed it on the head about the critical media retired generals and military pundits.

Jenning's feeling pretty defensive today it seems.

Prairie

[Petronski]

The Regime Loses Control in Baghdad

[retrokitten]

But CNN is running commercials (on it's own network) that say they are #1 in war coverage?? How can this be?? *snicker snicker snicker*