***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.

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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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[Consort]

Who yelled at Peter Jennings???

We all did.

[prairiebreeze]

I heard a similar humanitarian hand-wringer earlier today. I also heard that the coalition expects the Baghdad International airport to start receiving supplies very soon.

Prairie

[Trust but Verify]

Listening to Rummy on the radio. He sounded choked up when talking to the families of the brave marines and soldiers who have died.

[tame]

I am almost sure Rumsfeld started to get choked up when he spoke of the deceased soldiers who "made it possible". Did you catch that?

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Great story of heroes over Iraqi's throw grenade and meet Fate due them by American Sargent Major (my title)

[Dog]

BAGCAM on MSNBC...of the square....something happened it seems..

[Not A Snowbird]

Ooh, Rummy just said "capture or kill". How very un-PC of him... I love it!

[retrokitten]

Yes, I heard it too.

[prairiebreeze]

I'll bet Rummy is being heard in Baghdad radio and possibly TV too

He just said we would pay rewards to that unsavories didn't escape and evidence wasn't destroyed.

Prairie

[AppyPappy]

Which cam?

[Lauratealeaf]

It takes a big person to admit when they're wrong.

In the same way that Chater and Marks are celebrating WITH us, some need to be sure they don't fall for the sudden spirit of conservativism and patriotism on the part of some hosts and networks. They're just trolling for ratings.

Well, I am glad that Chater told us about the oppression he endured while trying to report with his "minders" hovering around and it is good that he managed to stay in Baghdad so that he could report freely as he did today! What are the excuses of the network anchors? Do they have minders? Well, maybe but they are probably the DNC.

[tame]

Listening to Rummy on the radio. He sounded choked up when talking to the families of the brave marines and soldiers who have died.

That's exactly what I said in post #4284! I'm watching it on fox.

[LauraJean]

''spatula city'' was a commercial on UHF by Weird Al. Rush often plays the commercial on his web site during comercial breaks.

[Carolina]

I heard a similar humanitarian hand-wringer earlier today.

My opinion of these do-gooders has sunk quite low.

[retrokitten]

Ooh, Rummy just said "capture or kill". How very un-PC of him... I love it!

LOL! I don't think there is ANYTHING PC about Rummy!

[knak]

I loved the kid riding saddams head down the street!

[Mo1]

sounds like Lara loon is on the NTV Cam

What's going on on the MSNBC CAM??

[cyncooper]

RUMMY IS ON TV!!!

It is on all network channels, too. Thank goodness because this is a wonderful and stirring statement.

Rummy telling the Iraqi people to tell their stories to the embedded reporters!

[mwl1]

Who yelled at Peter Jennings???

Dog, I did not see the ABC coverage but it was reported on this thread that Jennings called the entire US military campaign in Iraq a "cakewalk." A retired general by the name of Joulwan came on ABC moments later and gave Jennings hell for using the term and treating our soldiers with casualness bordering on contempt.