***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.

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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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[Right_in_Virginia]

Thanks!

[Cboldt]

Sorry about that last "Beeb Summary" link. It's yesterday's news. Thy this one instead, for a quick picture of events OUTSIDE of Baghdad. Lots going on where we aren't watching, doncha' know.

The Beeb's Summary - War at a glance <-- Link

[Lauratealeaf]

"Can this day get any better?"

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

Better than even that.....The feds arrest him and haul him to jail for being the pervert/ped he is!

[MEG33]

You told it well.

[Timeout]

You mean this one?

Timeout takes on the mediots:

[ChewedGum]

no way - does "Spatula City" still exist? Used to live in Arkansas and there was one across the border in OK (Surplus City). And we all (college students) called it "Spatula City"!

Gum

[abnegation]

Sorry! Kind of a Freudian slip there! LOLOL

[O Neill]

I hope someday DU & all will join us,
And the World will be as one!

[rolling_stone]

Bush Inc to do list
1) Show Democrats for what they are ....check
2) Show our "allies" France Germany & Russia for what they are.....check
3) Show the World the UN is irrelevant and impotent....check
4) Liberate Iraq.......check
5) Straighten out the remaining Axis of Evil.....coming soon...

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Jim Engle, "Secretary General Kofi Annan has the authority to do humanitarian aid ONLY, ONLY at this point."

(^:

[Mo1]

Here's the list of names

Belly Girl - No explaination needed
Notlight - The stoplight in the old camera that would cycle but no one ever stopped for it
Keg Party Guys - Media types who lived near the old webcam site
Farik Sinatra - mullah who sings the prayers. Also know as the Cat Strangler.
Strangling cats - prayers sung over a loudspeaker
HagCam - Lindsay Hilsum reporting over the MSNBC cam.
BagCam - webcam in Baghdad
Pretty Boy/Mr. Chicken - Richard Engle, ABC News
Ollie Alert - Ollie North on Fox News
Baghdad Bob/BagBob - Iraqi Disinformation Minister.
Combover - the Iraqi UN spokesman
BagdadPeter/benedict arnett - Peter Arnett
Lara Loon/34D Lara - Lara Logan
BagWind - that is open for interpretation
Mediots - Reporters that ask stupid questions
Achmed/Achmed Villa The-Tool-Man Taylor
Dr. Bob Alerts! - Bob Arnet from MSNBC
Major Bob - Bob Bevelacqa
Sandy - the dog that would bark constantly during raidsBomb signal - Car alarms would go off if the bomb was close enough, sometimes before the exposion was heard.
Achmed Vila and Norm Habib co-hosted "This Old Bunker" marathon last weekend.
"Phallics gone wild" AKA "Viagra Mosque"
"Minister of Wishful Thinking." - Iraqi Disinformation Minister.
yo-yo geraldo - Geraldo Rivera
the Hands of Victory - Will now be known as Fallen Arches
Baghdad King - Scott Ritter
a very dark place - Where the peaceniks stick their heads
Six Flags Baghdad - Saddam Place
Baghdad Bob's House of Illusion






And a Special Note to ...
Well, of course, we've got to add the cast of "This Old Mosque": Abdul Vila, Norm Habib and the new guy, Sahib Thomas...
And Enrico Palazzo (the loud Italian/Spanish guy on the NTV BagCam with the operatic voice - if you can't catch the reference, think "Naked Gun")...
And Barf the Iraqi dog...
And car alarms.

David Bloom and Michael Kelly - who's outstanding reporting will never be forgotten ... Rest in Peace and may God Bless them and thier loved ones

The German journalist is Christian Liebig, reporter for the most-read German weekly magazine FOCUS (focus.de). A kind of TIME magazine. Last week, he celebrated his 35th birthday among his "new friends" - how he called the US troops...

Spain - Spanish journalist Julio Anguita Parrado of the newspaper El Mundo was killed Monday in Iraq while traveling with U.S. forces, the Defense Ministry and the newspaper said.

[Cordova Belle]

A WHISK!!!!!

RRROOOFFFLLLOOOLLL!!!!!!

[Nefertiti]

you gloat, I'll cry and between us well have all the emotions covered

don't forget to add in "frustrated" that I can't be home, really freeping....

Oh I'm sure the party will start up all over again when people start getting home from work!! I can't wait.... But tonight I'm also going out with some friends.. this is a military town and everyone is very happy... it's going to get wild tonight!!

Nefertiti

[Right_in_Virginia]

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

Sounds like a really good plan!

[Cordova Belle]

Dream on, little dreamer.....

[SoldiersGirl]

yay me
I made it to the gym on time to see the statue fall. I also saw the parade in Michigan

crying on the treadmill is normal right?

[Prince Charles]

Don't worry, someone will put out a DVD of the highlights.

[Lauratealeaf]

no way - does "Spatula City" still exist? Used to live in Arkansas and there was one across the border in OK (Surplus City). And we all (college students) called it "Spatula City"!

Hey! Did you live in Fort Smith??? My hometown!

[Carolina]

David Chater doing his confessional. Talking about the relief when he saw the American tanks and soldiers in the streets...that freedom had come.

Okay, David. I take back what I've said about you.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

I hope someday DU & all will join us, And the World will be as one!

I dunno...we'll need bigger sewers.