***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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[TheLion]

Will they (libs) now be bashing Fox for this unsensitive photo?

[spectr17]

Ewwwwww beggggggie. CNN showing a female pilot explaining how to drop bombs from fighter.

"Then we just squeeze the pickle button."

I think I'm in love.

[GOPyouth]

I don't recall saying that you were one of those, but if I did, I apologize.

[O Neill]

Is there a civilian medal for enduring CNN for so many hours?

Yes, you may qualify for a Lewinsky!

[amom]

lol

[Fledermaus]

That wacky stuff makes me laugh. The website has pictures posted from idiots that think the light hitting lens of a their digital camera is a UFO.

My favorite was the pictures of "dancing ghosts" this one woman posted of her digital camera picking up rain.

[MEG33]

The German sounds stressed. I wonder if it's just normal from"volitile situation" he mentioned.(war) or the Iraqis?

[Consort]

Friendly fire(?).....Collateral Damage(?).....Organic Debris(?).....Wasn't the media was warned weeks ago to leave Baghdad?.

[bootyist-monk]

Couldn't agree with you more. Shep got this one wrong. There is no comparison.

Any "journalist" who agreed to stay in Baghdad as a "guest" of the Iraqi government basically agreed to become a propaganda tool, since they can't say or show anything that their minders don't want them too. Our embedded reporters, on the other hand, have been showing live, real-time images directly from the front lines.

Thankfully, we have seen steady US victory, but it is just as easy to imagine a situation where Greg Kelly is live as a Bradley takes a kill shot, or even worse, one of the soldiers riding in the vehicle next to him takes one. It could have happened, and still might, so to compare the two seems a stretch to me.

[Prince Charles]

No problem... anyone FReeping at this late hour HAS to be a good guy.

Cheers.

[stlnative]

No Problem... I go through them nightly, so why not share as many people may miss out on seeing them.

[spectr17]

CNN, CENTCOM Brig. Gen Brooks on sniper fire from press hotel in briefing today.

Too early to say what happended. We don't know enough yet to have the big picture.

[nicollo]

lol!

Either that or I'm lost here. Please say that you understand my comments to regard the attitude of the press, and not our shells... please?

[najida]

It is a war! Hello!

Journalists! Those big SUV's with tracks are tanks...
Those guys with guns are soldiers....

Those things flying by your ears are bullets....

I know you weren't staying here for the Baklava..

[Fledermaus]

Thanks, I saw here already. Laurie just said she likes watching those statues come down.

She can help make my statue come down any day!

[thedugal]

I hope they liberate the hotel tonight.

You mean from traitorous western press?