***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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[angelwings49]

Thanks for the link, Timeout -- although I must say I'm quite impressed with "Ceegar Guy," my heart still belongs to Spec Ops Guy," too!!

[retrokitten]

AAwww! He's a cutie. He does kind of have W's eyes.

[cyncooper]

Are you listening to these White House reporters?

I had to be away from the computer during Ari's briefing, but could hear most of the questioning.

I don't know why, but I was stunned at the tone of those jerks.

They sounded truly ticked off. If one didn't listen to the words you would have thought some disaster had occurred that Ari needed to answer for!

They were PEEVED, big time.

[Capitalism2003]

hey Saddam... ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US!

[two23]

Yahoo has some great pictures! I'm going to check out the ones over at MSNBC, I haven't seen their gallery yet.

Presentation-wise, they are the best I've seen yet. Super quality too. Copy and Paste URL. Note to all: there are 2 formats; large and small.

http://msnbc.com/news/846463.asp

[tame]

Someone asking about the President not showing enough emotion.

REAL cowboys know how to keep a poker face that gives no clues as to the cards they're holdin'.

[Timeout]

Well, we've seen SO MANY pics of Belly Girl, don't you think just this once (tomorrow) we could have TWO pin-ups: SpecOps Guy and Ceegar Guy?!

American Ex-pat: Would you please open the thread tomorrow with the photos of

Spec Ops Guy (post #4683)

AND

Ceegar Guy (#4626)?

Please!

[angelwings49]

THAT WAS GREAT!

[cyncooper]

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

Bless him for being willing to open his eyes----heart, and mind.

[Consort]

Hannity is trying to call Mike Farrell on the radio.

[CurlyBill]

That's come to be expected of the White House Press Corps. They are partisans first, journalists second, and Americans third!!

[angelwings49]

I second that!!

[tame]

Does this baby look like W or What?

Oh, man. He does look like W!

[CurlyBill]

He's over Ed Asner's house with Norman Lear crying their eyes out!!

[azGOPgal]

I think being Americans might be farther down on their list than third. Just a hunch.

[Catspaw]

Take your anp--nap, even.

I was gone from FR because our broadband crashed until a few minutes ago. I could've taken a LOOONG nap.

[SuzanneWeeks]

Hubba Hubba is right....

[Jackie-O]

I've been off FR since yesterday due to an emergency with my daughter(all's well now) But I have had my eyes glued all day to the tele witnessing this historic day!!

WAY TO GO USA!! GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS,THE PRESIDENT,AND ALL THE PRESIDENTS MEN AND WOMEN!!

I just got off the phone with a friend and he said he heard a radio report that Saddam is at the Russian Embassy trying to cut a deal...has this been reported here or anywhere? I have not seen that mentioned all day.

[retrokitten]

We had special forces guy up there for awhile. I didn't realize he didn't have the place of honor anymore...

[Scott from the Left Coast]

I have a Romeo Y Julieta Churchill that I have been saving for THIS day.

Gonna light it up.

The fact that it's Cuban just provides a nice touch irony to the victory smoke. Fidel's taken notes and shut his mouth. Kim Jong Il too!