***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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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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[EllaMinnow]

Ping to 5129 - ain't it great!

[GOPyouth]

DO you think the officials have disappeared?

[Fledermaus]

When do the "2 billion dead Iraqi innocent women and children" lies start on CNN?

[Jackie-O]

Amazing, INDEED! This will be a real eye opener for the WHOLE Arab world and I pray this will go a long way to healing all of the wounds that have been inflicted to the Western world and quell all the hatred towards the US. There are still many fanatic Muslim Madmen still at large, but their number are dwindling thanks to this devotion to the War on Terror. The sooner we rid the world of the likes of Al Jazeera and Leftist-Press,(wankers) the sooner we can get back to all "GETTING ALONG"

[Sacajaweau]

Of all days to have to work. Got to hear Rummy though and the dethroning scene.

A Noble Day innitiated by Noble Men for a Noble Cause.

May the Iraqi People Rule Wisely and enjoy their Freedom. May they Always Respect the United States and the other Nations of the World Who Cared.

[Mo1]

FOFL ... Now he is counting to 20 ..

[Dog]

Counting to 18 now....LMAO!!!!!!

[steveegg]

Watch it, he's warmed up now!

That means we can put ice cream on him without watching it shatter.

[socal_parrot]

He can count!

[boreddough]

Someone stop these tables turning.... i'm getting sick

[Timeout]

Sad to say, he's getting high praise from HQ for his work today.

(He can count! all the way up to 18!)

Anyway, we'll just never know what he would've done if there had really been a long battle for Baghdad.

[SoldiersGirl]

lol
remember according to abc and tv guide, pretty chicken shows absolute grace under fire.

[Jackie-O]

Aw come on, don't be shy!

[socal_parrot]

Did he just say "batteries" with an Iraqi accent?

[Timeout]

No! That was grace under the bed!

[Dog]

He's confused now..

[cyncooper]

It's very informal, and uniterrupted

The Saturday night the week before he died, MSNBC spoke with David Bloom. First they couldn't get the audio to work so they spoke with him and his sound guy was relaying questions from the studio. Then they broke away and went back to him about 10 minutes later with sound up. They proceeded to stay with him for 25 straight minutes. I was transfixed as they were in motion through the desert thousands of miles away.

I looked for his reports...

[overtaxed_canadian]

Amazing, INDEED! This will be a real eye opener for the WHOLE Arab world and I pray this will go a long way to healing all of the wounds that have been inflicted to the Western world and quell all the hatred towards the US.

I can't share your optimism. In spite of all of the positive news today, the left is busily putting a negative spin on everything. People that I have spoken to who were against this war, remain defiant and adamant that it is unjust and unnecessary. Nothing will shut these people up, but maybe it will effect real changes for the Iraqi people.

[Timeout]

Me, too. And, think, Bloom was working without script or teleprompter.

This guy's a total turd. He'll go far at ABC.

[r9etb]

Great picture. I don't know whether or not Iraqi men are friendly with little kids like this.

But Americans definitely are -- stuff like this has got to make a huge impression on the regular folks over there.