***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.

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...

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[steveegg]

Bump for 7K.

[Fledermaus]

cany crap? don't know...what the Dems sell every election is can-o-crap though!

[JFC]

It's Texan for horse hockey

[Poser]

I think we will make it easily. It will be close for 7890.

[rolling_stone]

FNC Reporting Al-Jazeera Chased out of Basra


CNN is reportedly next on the list after Peter Arnett....

[azGOPgal]

HAHAHA Run Jezeeries run! What a day for the Iraqis!

[steveegg]

FNC Reporting Al-Jazeera Chased out of Basra

BWAHAHAHAHA!!!! (snicker) BWAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!

[Solson]

I was just giving JFC a hard time because he/she seems to be a bit ornary today. I figgered I'd pile on. :)

[retrokitten]

Nope, I'm in the under 30 set for about 2 1/2 more years (once I hit 30 I plan on claiming I'm 29 for as long as I can get away with it!) ...but I laugh really hard when I see his "picture" too. One night he want nominated himself for "Belly Man"! LOL!!

[adaven]

ok.. but we have a bunch of lurkers in here today and I am not in the mood to take cany crap from them.

as opposed to zany crap...

Yes, be on your toes... there are a lot of pissed off libs today, and we all know it doesn't take much to explode their little brains.

[steveegg]

(Poser) I think we will make it easily. It will be close for 7890.

Attention. Your attention please. Today's goal is 7890.

[JFC]

Im ready to rumble..... with Tom puff Dashdaddy and Susan Surrandan.

[Dog]

Can this day get any better??

I saw the report on Fox when the Sky guy reported as the tanks rolled into our square.....what a sight!

[rightwingreligiousfanatic]

I am deeply saddened....hello?....is anyone there?....Help!

[JFC]

a can of whup arse= cany crap

[Fledermaus]

So that's where all the duct tape went!

[Solson]

Speaking of Sarandon...she asks in her crappy commercial....What have the Iraqi people ever done to us??

I think we can now effectively answer her: They've welcomed us with open arms and thank us for bestowing freedom and hope on to their lives.

[JFC]

a can of whup arse= cany crap

[Mo1]

This has been a very exciting day for the Iraqi People and for the World. The battle is not over - but the end is quite near! God protect our Troops and the newly freed Iraqi People. God Speed to all of you. G'nite.

No it's not over yet .. but we are off to a good start

Thank You An.American.Expatriate for the Threads .. Sweet Dreams and give the family a big {{{HUG}}}

[Jackie-O]

Those Wankers should be chased out of Iraq by it's people!!
They have done absolutely NOTHING to help their plight for decades and IMO have aided their Supressors!!