***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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[tame]

Hey, CurlyBill, where did you get your screen name? I remember a character on the movie TOMBSTONE named Curly Bill (played by actor Powers Booth). My cousin worked on that movie.

[TomGuy]

I caught them several nites...sitting there just talking...one in NYC and the others in/near Bagdad. It was great, almost like eavesdropping. They were just causually talking about what was going on. It was GREAT---much better the the normal nettalkingheads who think they have to 'splain everthing to us.

[retrokitten]

Great shots!

[ican'tbelieveit]

Sunday night was fantastic. I remember Shep signing off on Friday, saying he was taking the weekend off unless something happened. When I saw Greg Kelly in front of Saddam's palace, I knew it was only a matter of time before Shep would be back, and sure enough, he took over the Fox & Friends time slot thru that Monday morning. Couldn't keep him away.

[tame]

BTW, this same cousin of mine is a civil war re-enactor.

[retrokitten]

We need new weekend Fox and Friends.

[Catspaw]

I'm sure this is bitter-sweet for many Iraqi's for just that reason.

I got sniffly about it...again.

But as I left home to come back to the office after lunch, our next-door neighbor gave me the thumbs-up and was grinning ear to ear about Baghdad falling & Saddam coming down :-))

[abnegation]

Hunt alert!

[kcvl]

U.S. Army soldiers are welcomed by residents of Baghdad Wednesday, April 9, 2003. The soldiers from the A Company 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment took over a section of northern Baghdad with a warm welcome from many residents, but under sporadic rocket and small arms fire from irregular Iraqi forces. (AP Photo/John Moore)

A portrait of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) still hangs on the burning Ministry of Transport and Communication building in Baghdad Wednesday, April 9, 2003. Thousands went on a looting rampage as U.S. troops moved into the Iraqi capital. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Col. David Hunt alert...Fox News!

[angcat]

I was at the Dr's office this afternoon and I was just livid that CNN was on, well I went nuts because they were talking about golf and let's see how children should eat, well I just started shooting off my mouth that we just liberated Iraq and they are ignoring it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR two hours of that torture was enough for me I was looking for the dam clicker!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Fledermaus]

Figures the investors would see something bad and tank the markets today. Has Cavuto talked about it yet?

[Catspaw]

Hunt alert!

Crap! I won't be home for an hour & a half--no cable at work (insert swear words here).

Let me know what he's saying. All I've got on is Sky News via broadband.

[tame]

I can NOT keep up with this thread today!

LOL! Hang in there:-)

[two23]

Anyway, I adore their chat time. I feel like I truly learn more about the spirit of the soldiers and what is happening in that 2 hour slot, than the other 22 hours.

It's very informal, and uniterrupted--especially interesting when Greg and Rick patch in and compare notes. Love the air time that they give to the troops in the A/O. Brian Wilson's segment is good too. Always love hearing from Col Hunt (and his colleagues), BUT--I can't keep staying up this late! LOL

[Timeout]

Tanks entering Firdos Square starts around post #1800 on this thread.

Keep in mind, we were already seeing BaghDaddys celebrating in the outer suburbs. We were waiting for the tanks, but we had no way of knowing that circle was about to become media coverage central.

[mtbopfuyn]

Thanks for the link to Head's pictures.

This is a good day.

[Jackie-O]

Thanks, Carolina! Just got done reading the "wanker" posts. LMAO
I read all of the Freeper reaction to Liberation Day in downtown B-dad while the statue was being pulled down. I'm kinda glad I wasn't on-line, I would have lost it with you all, I've been sobbing with pride and joy all day!!

[abnegation]

I hope Cavuto rips this freakin' idiot a new one...."waaaah spending too much on war......waaaaah blah blah blah."

[Fledermaus]

Whiney, left wing a$$hole alert on FNC....sees today as some kind of hell.

I wish someone would just shoot these idiots.

[hawkaw]

BTW ... has there been any word yet from CNN's Wesley Clark about how bad the Military is doing???

I listened to Clark a few nights ago when Walt got to the airport and reported live on CNN. Actually he was quite happy with the progress of the troops at that point (God, I just hate to admit that since I hate CNN). I think it has hit him and he actually started to analyze in a more neutral to favourable way for the military.

On a side line have any of you read the threads on the nuclear site in Iraq? If you haven't - read them. Sorry I don't have a link handy. I am thoroughly stunned that the inspetors inspected the above ground site but apparently did not inspect underground!

Here's the quote form the article:

Last fall, they say, the Central Intelligence Agency prodded international inspectors to probe Al-Tuwaitha for weapons of mass destruction. The inspectors came away with nothing.

"They went through that site multiple times, but did they go underground? I never heard anything about that," said physicist David Albright, a former IAEA Action Team inspector in Iraq from 1992 to 1997. Officials at the IAEA could not be reached for comment.