***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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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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[GraniteStateConservative]

No, both Conyers and Dingell are safe. Conyers' seat has a big chunk of Detroit and no Republican can win there. Dingell is immortal and will never be beaten.

[GOPrincess]

Bret took it well, he was laughing sort of sheepishly.

(I'm sure Bret has a good relationship with the Pentagon, he treats them with *respect* and gets excellent info out of them...)

[Trust but Verify]

What planet are these people from? The food they were bringing in is being found in Saddam's palaces! It wasn't getting to the people! Ahhhh!!!! This makes me so mad! They think trying is more important than doing!

[Timeout]

When it's time for free Iraqis to write their new national anthem, I hope someone suggests a line:

"And the rockets red glare.

The palm tree is still there.

Gave proof through the night,

That the webcam's still there."

[Carolina]

Rummy: A lot of experts thought they knew [how long this war would take].

Take that, you embedded in studio generals.

[Dog]

Rummy slammed the "experts".......LOL!

[alnick]

What was the question that he gave a one word answer to? I missed it.

Brett: "Is Saddam dead?"

Rummy: "I don't know."

Brett: "Was Saddam in that building?"

Rummy: "I don't know."

At this point a lot of other reporters tried to get their questions in but Brett didn't want to let go, so he said to Rummy, "Hold on."

You could see the fear on Brett's face as he suddenly realized, "Uh-oh, I just told Rummy to hold on."

[Fast5]

Did ya'll here what that lady reporter repeated what was just said to her about where SH might be?

[GOPyouth]

Yeah, Rumsfeld was cracking a smile, too.

[Lauratealeaf]

Brett asked about the whereabouts of Saddam Hussein. Dead or alive? Rummy just said, "dunno"

Thanks for the info!

[Fracas]

LOL. Wasn't that funny? And I loved Rummy's little grin as he said it. The canary feathers were just falling out of his mouth. ROFL.

[Mo1]

and where's Lara "Ligan" Logan?

She is on the NTV Cam giving her report

[MomwithHope]

With apologies to Registered and all you others out there who are way more talented, but I just had to do this....

[retrokitten]

LMAO!

"O say does that red light on the mosque still glow?"

[GOPrincess]

Thanks for the smile, those are great lyrics :).

[Inspectorette]

I like Bret - he's a cutie. I think Rummy likes him too.

[GOPyouth]

Great stuff.

[TheFilter]

I just got home and I wanted to say I'm so happy. There's a lot of work to be done, but here's to our troops and to the (hopefully longtime) Free Republic of Iraq!

[justshe]

Oh......BOO HISS!!!!

Too clever~~