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***Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - Day 21 - LIVE THREAD***
Multiple ^ | April 9, 2003 | Various

Posted on 04/08/2003 9:03:27 PM PDT by An.American.Expatriate

Stars & Stripes

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



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


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)


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


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.

Please have mercy on us dial up limited FReepers! Limit the big graphics, post links instead. A brief description of what the graphic is would help!  If you post graphics, please "size" them so that our browsers continue to load the rest of the 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...




TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: april9th2003; baghdad; iraq; iraqifreedom; liberation; live; situationroom; victory; war
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To: retrokitten
"You know she's got everythang that a woman needs to please a man..."

BTW, is that a picture of you on your profile page? You look familiar. No wonder why you wrote I'm married" in red letters, lol!

4,601 posted on 04/09/2003 11:45:58 AM PDT by tame (Beach Boy Brian Wilson is the greatist artistic genius in pop/rock music history!)
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To: redlipstick; ken5050
Thanks for the summary, should save me a lot of time.

I have noticed the FR problem too. I figure either we are being overwhelmed by posters, or hacked!
4,602 posted on 04/09/2003 11:46:44 AM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla (We'll hang Peter Arnett on a sour apple tree!)
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To: Cboldt
Thanks again for your recaps. They're great.
4,603 posted on 04/09/2003 11:46:51 AM PDT by Carolina
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
No trip to Iraq for GWB until summer 2004, and then only if politically necessary and/or related to other Middle East business. Just too dangerous a part of the world unless absolutely necessary.
4,604 posted on 04/09/2003 11:46:57 AM PDT by mwl1
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To: LauraJean
I'm surprised that helen has never questioned Ari's "objectivity" because he's Jewish...
4,605 posted on 04/09/2003 11:47:12 AM PDT by ken5050
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To: ztiworoh
Yes - President Bush - understands the human yearning to be free! And the world's tyrants understand the only way for them to stay in power is to DENY FREEDOM TO PEOPLE!

Hitlery Clinton and her tyrant friends the world over are going to have major TMJ disease from gnashing and grinding of their teeth after witnessing these scenes of Freedom's Jubilation!

4,606 posted on 04/09/2003 11:47:21 AM PDT by Freedom'sWorthIt
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To: RayBob
D'OH...I meant 4,600...

Nothin' like making a total ass of yerself infront of a few hundred...hell thousand people!

4,607 posted on 04/09/2003 11:47:25 AM PDT by RayBob (Put your ad here!)
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Don't know if this has been posted:

[BBC defense correspondent Andrew] Gilligan casts doubt on source of hotel attack

He added that after examining the scene he concluded it was virtually impossible for the US tank to have fired on the 15th floor room.

"I have to say I rather doubt it and, having been underneath it and looking up now just before it got dark at the hole again in the side of the hotel, I still doubt it.

"For a start the damage to the hotel is superficial, it's only the masonry that's been torn off in a very small area, a tank shell would have done more damage I feel.

"Secondly the angle that the tank would have to have reached to hit that roof, it would more or less have had to have shot just round the corner and I don't think even the Americans have got those kinds of weapons."

Gilligan said although American tank fire hit other parts of the hotel, it was possible an Iraqi attack was responsible for the journalists' deaths.

"Now the Americans have admitted they fired at the hotel. There was damage to other parts of the hotel.

"This was the main one the 15th floor room, where the two people were killed and three injured, but there was also damage to rooms on the 14th and 17th floors.

"Now that might have been the responsibility of the Americans.

"This might have been the responsibility of someone else, maybe some Saddam Fedayeen with a rocket-propelled grenade, who did not like the fact the Reuters guy was shooting footage from his balcony at the time of the attack.

"That is pure speculation. I just think there must still be some doubt over this area."


4,608 posted on 04/09/2003 11:47:37 AM PDT by The Hon. Galahad Threepwood
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To: RayBob
Just 400 short. Practice makes perfect...
4,609 posted on 04/09/2003 11:48:01 AM PDT by Damocles (Find a "Rally for America" near you and support our troops)
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To: angelwings49
This experience, like 9-11, will age this president. The pressures are enormous. Thank God he is in excellent health and has tremendous faith.
4,610 posted on 04/09/2003 11:48:15 AM PDT by mwl1
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To: RayBob
LOL..I wondered what the H you were doing!
4,611 posted on 04/09/2003 11:48:48 AM PDT by Mrs.Liberty
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To: RayBob
"Nothin' like making a total ass of yerself infront of a few hundred...hell thousand people!"

No, I won that award already today. You'll have to work to top my faux pas! (Pardon the swearing)
4,612 posted on 04/09/2003 11:48:49 AM PDT by Not A Snowbird (USMC Retired - 21 years)
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To: RayBob
Try 10,000 today
4,613 posted on 04/09/2003 11:49:19 AM PDT by ken5050
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To: All
Wow, a friend of mine, who is a hardcore lefty, and vehemently opposed this war just told me that he realizes he was wrong because he is now seeing how happy these people are
4,614 posted on 04/09/2003 11:49:26 AM PDT by ztiworoh
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To: RayBob
Plus, you are among friends. ;)
4,615 posted on 04/09/2003 11:49:26 AM PDT by Mrs.Liberty
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To: The Hon. Galahad Threepwood
very good point
4,616 posted on 04/09/2003 11:49:28 AM PDT by The Wizard (Saddamocrats are enemies of Ameri)
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To: RayBob
RayBob, if this is the worst thing that happens to you today, you are in good shape. Regards.
4,617 posted on 04/09/2003 11:49:28 AM PDT by mwl1
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To: All
If this has already been said, please forgive me:
We had to step in and help pull that 20' tall concrete of SH down, otherwise we would have been accused of several more deaths of inocents as the damn thing fell on them and we stood by and did nothing.
Ok...moving right along, thanx
4,618 posted on 04/09/2003 11:49:28 AM PDT by Fast5
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To: mwl1
he sure has gotten gray these fast few months.
4,619 posted on 04/09/2003 11:49:49 AM PDT by melodie (I want my Bag Tee Veee....)
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To: SandyInSeattle
No, I won that award already today. You'll have to work to top my faux pas! (Pardon the swearing)

Tell us, tell us...inquiring minds want to know.

4,620 posted on 04/09/2003 11:49:50 AM PDT by Carolina
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