***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.

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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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[socal_parrot]

The man is obsessed with his hair.

3,2,1

[Mo1]

Looks like he is having a bad hair day too .. LOL

[Timeout]

You KNOW they're gonna say "do it again, Richard"!

[Fledermaus]

I love it...the gov't officials are "no where to be found".

I heard overnight on Fox that they reporters went to work yesterday morning and their minders didn't show up!

[DollyCali]

After what they just witnessed the past 3 weeks in Iraq, I believe most of the "other" Mideastern cities / countries will be redefining certain things.

Powell & Bush now bring a new set of "values" to the negot table.. It will be interesting to see the pressure / evolving of the situation in Syria where WMD & possibly part of SH's family is..

[Dog]

If this guy only knew how he amuses us....

[Fledermaus]

Here comes the negative spin.."many challenges lie ahead".

[socal_parrot]

Great Richard, now try it with some more emotion...

[adaven]

Pretty Boy is gonna get pissed... his hair is flopping around with all that wind. He's gonna throw a hissy fit in about 2 minutes.

[Mo1]

FOFL .. I think Pretty Boy is the one with the many Challenges .. trying to do his lines

[Timeout]

We should tell Ted Koppel to do a special on Nightline: "Pretty Boy does a Retake"!

[Wild Irish Rogue]

" Leave it to the Communist "News" Network to break out the whiner stories "

I think Miss Judy missed her calling-she should have been a greeter at a funeral parlor. She seems to revel in the death count.As painful as each and every American loss is, there are 199,900 American military members, still alive in theater.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

FNC Reporting Al-Jazeera Chased out of Basra BWAHAHAHAHA!!!! (snicker) BWAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!

And the Al Jazeera guys ran to KUWAIT. (^:

There's a lesson for our press here. I'm going to remind them, too. Heh.

Wee gloating continues.

[steveegg]

'Tis a good pic.

[amom]

If this guy only knew how he amuses us....

I KNOW!!! Darn that wind...darn darn darn darn darn!!

3-2-1 yadda yadda yadda

[Timeout]

Time for a car alarm to go off right in the middle of his take! C'mon...right NOW!

[GOPrincess]

"I just wanted to remind everyone to make the effort to say thanks PERSONALLY - when we see members of our armed forces in society (like in stores, gas stations, airports, gatherings, etc...)"

Absolutely. I live near Los Alamitos Naval Air Station (CA) and frequently see members of the military in places like Baja Fresh :). You can bet I'm going to be thanking them and shaking their hands next time I see them.

[Fledermaus]

listen to that last stuff...so much drivel and "if" and "might", etc.

What a bunch of hoohey

[socal_parrot]

Watch it, he's warmed up now!

[Mo1]

OH HOLD .. now he is warmed up .. LOL

And YES .. He Blew his lines AGAIN .. Oh AGAIN and AGAIN

This is tooo funny to watch