***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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[Not A Snowbird]

The station I listen to carries Fox for their top of the hour radio news... the one clip they played from the VP's speech was the one about the retired generals "embedded" in TV studios...

LOL! Go, VP Cheney!

[Prince Charles]

Yeppers.. this was the night to stay up late! (or get up early?) Oh well, I can sleep anytime!

[O Neill]

You may say I'm a dreamer,
But I'm not the only one...

[Not A Snowbird]

We could let loose several jars of angry sand fleas on them.

[tame]

Hi, Doug. Possible parody titles/themes in tribute to the Iraqis:

"I wish they all could be middle Eastern Girls"

(To the tune of "California Girls")

Baghdad Girl

(to the tune of "Uptown Girl")

Oh well, just a thought:-)

[Scott from the Left Coast]

Being at work is a good thing (I know...I'm searching right now), so don't be unhappy about that!

But it was so intensely incredible.

All that garbage about Iraqis not welcoming the troops as liberators was just flushed down the toilet -- along with a whole lot of military "experts" who've been blathering on for a few weeks. There are a few newspapers, including my local one, that have so much egg on their front pages that they could die of salmonella.

So will Scott Ritter ever show his face again (now that his patron is gone, wonder if he got that last check cashed yet?), or is he going to hanging out with Baghdad Bob for the rest of his life?

[epluribus_2]

there are a lot of lebanese, palestinian, jordanian, and syrians in Dearborn. Some are probably shaking with fear.

[Mo1]

HEY DUMBOCRATS!!! YOU JUST LOST 30-50,000 VOTES IN THE DEARBORN, MI AREA!!!!

Iraq is liberate .. 30-50,000 people block party .. Our Troops are doing an outstanding job

Can this day get any better .. *L*

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

I missed it. Check the transcipt and note the time..."We are the mainstream." maica, Freeper. (^:

[Trust but Verify]

I'm jealous. I have been holding back on the vacation day thing until the right moment. Since I'm at work, I guess I miscalculated!

[texasbluebell]

Al-Combover is the Iraqi UN ambassador, Al-Douri.

He now doesn't really have any place to go home to. Here he is leaving his NY residence today.

Maybe he'll go live in France.

[abnegation]

Combover is the UN ambassador to the UN.

[bvw]

Six score and 18 years ago:

April 9th, 1865, The Civil War Ends. General Grant accepts the uncoditional surrender of the Confederacy from General Lee.

[blastbaby]

"Can this day get any better?"

Sure - when they drag Ritter down the street and someone rides on his head.

[Mr. Silverback]

Excuse the graphics, but a comparison just has to be made:

Arab Street

Iraqi Street

Iraqi-American Street

As Appy Pappy said, they'd better learn to like it. Syria and/or Iran is next!

[melodie]

did he have any comments on the "situation" in iraq?

[Dog]

Thank you for sharing that moment with someone who missed it.....I bookmarked todays thread and will go back to the point when you realize our troops were there.

Glad you got to see it..

[Robert A Cook PE]

"Lauratealeaf suggested they were in such bad shape we could attack them with a cursor, I believe Caroline favored a cricket bat, and Timeout, hammers. LOL! The press had better shape up....

Oh you of little imagination. Come, come, get series with their punishment.

Shirley, 'tis only a hugh flat whisk that is called for to beat their bu*ts out of town - with a bagpipe salute on pennywhistles.

[Prince Charles]

Note: Saddam Hussein Il Tikrit is the tyrant's full name.

There was a man from Tikrit
Whos said to his sons "This is it!"
The bomb went "Ka-Boom"
And spelled out his doom:
REST IN PIECES, S.H.I.T.