***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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[Fledermaus]

%...One of these things is not like the other...one of these things, doesn't belong...%

[Not A Snowbird]

"Only in Seattle (or Olympia, where I live)."

Well, the sun came out today, so I suppose they wanted to take advantage of the weather. Now I know what unemployed Seattle-ites do when the rain stops!

[tame]

There ain't nuttin' sexier than a ceegar woman (No. I'm not talkin' 'bout Monica).

[retrokitten]

I could never be a hippy. I like to take baths and soap too much.

[two23]

http://home.hpphoto.com/servlet/LinkPhoto?GUID=6635123c-2eb8-28d9-33dd-7cb51d1774e2&size=

[rumrunner]

Morbidly, I am quite looking forward to Robert Fisk's alice-in-wonderland column today from the Independent. I wonder how he will spin today's events?

[melodie]

when i am up to my camp in the woods of Maine i smoke ceegars...they help keep the black flies away

[cyncooper]

I'll take the SMOOOOOOOOCH picture any day!

[Cboldt]

he war is not over....Tikrit.....Mosul....Kirkuk...need to be liberated.
And the war goes on..

Ayup. Our troops are working as we speak. Haven't heard how many sorties, but I'd guess in the 800-1,200 range, with at least 400 of them being bombing runs against the RG.

[Consort]

Desert Shower.

[tame]

when i am up to my camp in the woods of Maine i smoke ceegars...they help keep the black flies away

Hmmmmmm. You might be able to help me make retrokitten jealous:-)

[Fledermaus]

FNC showing celebrating Iraqis in Detroit. Many getting ready to go back to Iraq.

Can we "liberate" Mexico now?

[two23]

Fox coverage between 11:00 PM and 3:00 AM is great!
Shep's late 2 hour segment of the war coverage is THE BEST.

[melodie]

LMAO

[GOPrincess]

You're right, they were kind of lame questions :).

[Country Gal]

I remember people in my office saying (during the Clinton / Monica Lewinski trist) "I elected a president, not a husband" and said they didn't care about what he did in his private time. I think this whole thing shows that morality does matter and you have to have someone in charge that you can trust, because we (joe citizen) aren't going to have all the information to make a decision.

Clinton taught our young people that oral sex was ok.
Bush is teaching our young people to stand up to your convictions - despite what others think. I couldn't be more proud!

[Timeout]

Here's another good one:

Samantha Sheppard, 28, a soldier with the 2nd Light Tank Regiment, smiles as she receives a flower from an Iraqi man during a patrol on the streets of east Basra, southern Iraq.

AP Photo/Jon Mills, pool

Spin THAT, CNN!

[retrokitten]

Really? Why?

I really don't like cigarette smoking, because it gives me gross breath and makes me kind of light-headed. I have heard that cigars are different.

[Fledermaus]

A reporter on FNC yesterday said, "we can't see a flower for miles yet the Iraqi people present them to the soldiers. Where do they get them?"

[GOPrincess]

"He had a couch cushion I think and the kid was running into it and bouncing off over and over again while saying "Fair and Balanced.""

That's right, I remember that now :).

I especially enjoyed seeing Brit having a happy family moment like that as I was so pained for him when his son Sandy died. He was so proud when Sandy would appear on the show early in its run...what a tragedy that was.