***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.

Please have mercy on us dial up limited FReepers! Limit the big graphics, post links instead. A brief description of what the graphic is would help!  If you post graphics, please "size" them so that our browsers continue to load the rest of the 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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[mwl1]

Everyone call your local ABC affiliate and complain about Jennings (and Chicken too).

[Mo1]

We need ABC to be FREEPED

We need to IGNORE ABC ... when their Rating drop to the basement .. so will their advertizements and the money will dry up

Hit them where it hurts ... Their Bank Accounts

[Carolina]

The three-star flag actually predates the Ba'ath regime (it orginally represented Iraq, Egypt, and Syria, which were supposed to form the United Arab Republic). The Ba'athists changed the interpretation.

Thanks, Galahad.

[sorrisi]

" I just saw some footage of Kurds celebrating in a northern city. It wasn't Mosul or Kirkuk, but they are celebrating. "

It was in Erbil

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

The best day, Nam! (^:

Heading over to the Freepathon thread to make my meager additional quarterly contribution...and very grateful to Jim Robinson and fellow Freepers today!

Justshe, great idea adding the fundraising link. Someone broke it, though. It wasn't me...yet. Thank you for taking care of business. Hope you're all having as big a party as we are at the war thread today.

[melodie]

my vote is to keep chicken...just for the comic relief.

[Krodg]

nothing....we've beeb shut out...:-(

[Nefertiti]

Everyone call your local ABC affiliate and complain about Jennings (and Chicken too).

Dialing

Nefertiti

[Krodg]

nothing....we've been shut out...:-(

[bootyist-monk]

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

[Petronski]

I'll repeat what I said about Engle. The last time I saw lips like his, a baby lamb was coming out of them.

That may be the funniest thing I have read all year. Bwa ha ha ha ha!

[maica]

Rush is now listing the anti-American pundits...Jennings, Dowd, Scheer...says, "It's tiresome. The good news is you can put them in a tiny little neighborhood that's not very large, walled off from the rest of America." Calls them irrelevent. Heh.

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Did Rush read my comment a few hundred posts ago? I said that WE ARE THE MAINSTREAM.
LOL!

[Timeout]

I'm going to write to Liz and Annie at ABC and tell them about all we saw of Richard's "prep" work for his air time! Maybe copy a few of the comments on these threads and, of course, tell her about

Richard Engle = Pretty Boy = Mr. Chicken = Pretty Chicken

I have a feeling Liz might get a kick out of it. Oh, how I would like to see his face when he finds out!

[Mr. Silverback]

Thought you might want to see how the Arab street likes today's action...

A Jordanian in Amman cover his face in front of a television showing a U.S. Marine cover the face of a statue of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein with a U.S. flag in Baghdad April 9, 2003. Jubilant Iraqis tied a noose around a huge statue of Saddam Hussein in the heart of Baghdad and pelted it with shoes as the Iraqi president's 24-year rule collapsed in chaos. In scenes reminiscent of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, crowds cheered as men climbed the huge statue of Saddam in the center of Baghdad and placed the rope around the neck in preparation to topple it. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji

[AppyPappy]

Learn to like it, baby

[Prince Charles]

Did you get the tank pics in the square???

Started recording too late... but I'm sure Yahoo News will have boatloads of pix.

[Dog]

Timeout did you finally get to see a tank drive into that square??

[Lauratealeaf]

No CNN, MSNBC, and certainly none of the leftist 3 networks. They would suffer withdrawal symptoms .... heh he heh.

LOL! After having been liberated myself from three years of liberal tripe from the aforesaid channels I am easily irritated by those who continually lift up these so-called American media outlets when they allow one of two token conservatives on board. Let them be deluded. It is their loss.

[Timeout]

I was just thinking...all the networks are replaying the statue coming down. Fox is smart..they ought to replay the first moment the tanks rolled into the square. Lots of people wanted to see that moment.

(I just happened to wake up about 45 minutes before they got there...yippppeeeeee!)

[Jhensy]

Attn. New York Freepers... The New York Post will be publishing a rare afternoon extra later today: BAGHDAD FALLS.

A great day.