***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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[Dog]

Whoa..... we posted the same thing at the same minute.....:-)

[chnsmok]

WOW Tanks on MSNBC cam I think

[ken5050]

Congrats...noble effort....Wanna try another, with Peter Jennings face this time??..

[Fast5]

I double dog dare ya to call her! :)

[cyncooper]

Rummy: Why don't we do one question at a time. There are some many people here today.

Said when the reporter was following the new line of questioning we'll be hearing---"What if you don't find WMD?"

Rumsfeld concerned about WMD being possibly moved out of the country.

Male reporter: "What about Saddam Hussein?"

Rummy: "What about him are you interested in?"

Laughter in the room.

Rumsfeld says it's hard to find people when they're alive or buried under rubble. Listing possibilities of where, oh where, Saddam might be. "Who knows, time will tell".

The regime will change.

[Carolina]

Rummy: Exactly what about him [SH] are you interested in? His health?

He's either dead, decapitated, or hiding somewhere. Time will tell. Important things that need to happen will happen.

I love this guy!!!

[Mo1]

Now Lara is worried about the lighting and a better camera angel

OH wow .. now there is a spanish women talking REALLY loud .. I have no idea what she is saying but boy does she sound mad .. FOFL

[Not A Snowbird]

Why, thank you kindly!

Rummy just threw down a challenge to Saddam, suggesting he was cowering in a bunker. Ha! Take that!

[Carolina]

They may eventually have a free press there!! HAHAHAHAHA!

[cyncooper]

Thanks.

[O Neill]

And the rockets red glare.
The palm tree is still there...

Yes! We took Baghdad without even harming the old-growth palm...longtime habitat of the endangered Tigris Sand Flea!

[Consort]

I'm going to play hard to get.

[Inspectorette]

Mmm. I don't think Rummy likes him the way you like him.

Ha! I'm old enough to be Bret's Mom! Now Brit Hume, on the other hand...

[ken5050]

Oh, thanks for reminding me.....NOT

[retrokitten]

how the Marines have a lot of work ahead of them to convence the iraqi people ..

Yes, these people seem terrified.
US Marine Sgt David Sutherland signs autographs for Iraqis on their 250-denomination dinars notes in Baghdad. Cheering crowds of Iraqis welcomed US marines as their tanks and troops poured into the center of Baghdad and the regime of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) collapsed.(AFP/Karim Sahib)

[Lauratealeaf]

They may eventually have a free press there!! HAHAHAHAHA!

That was choice!

[GOPrincess]

Brit Hume's wife is one lucky woman :).

[cebadams]

Lara was talking about all these Iragi's she has talked to who feel "violated" by the "invassion of the American's". That there is tremendous suffering by women and children as a result of the violence ... yada yada

Typical of her other recent broadcasts.

[GOPyouth]

Which cam?

[ken5050]

Would Assad be stupid enough to take in Saddam?