***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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[steveegg]

Let's try pic 2 again...

[lavrenti]

Never forget.

537 votes.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Particularly since my liberal friends and acquaintances have not dared to say a word about this.

The list of fringe benefits just keeps getting longer. (^:

[Jackie-O]

I'm putting the sole of my shoe on my monitor now...don't want to give it the pounding he really deservers. The kids would never forgive me if I broke the computer! ;0)

[Capitalism2003]

never forget...

Bush 38 states, 85%+ of counties
Gore 12 states, 15% of counties

:)

[alnick]

It's interesting that they are the ones claiming that "the children will killed" and here our soldiers release these kids and still our soldiers are the bad guys?

I guess it's to be expected coming from the people who protested this war because some people would die while at the same time ignoring the fact that the war would prevent thousands, hundreds of thousands or even millions of deaths sure to come under a continued Saddam or Qusay Hussein regime.

[EllaMinnow]

One of those 537 votes was mine, and I'm as proud of it as I am of anything else in my life.

[prairiebreeze]

537 votes.

And a small shudder thinking of what might have been, travels up my spine.

Prairie

[pitinkie]

thanks for your work on that page!!

[steveegg]

"Failure is not an option"

[lavrenti]

You are one of 537 random Florida Republicans who deserve great big hugs right now.

[ChewedGum]

Saddam, Quasy, Uday, Tarik and Baghdad Bob...on velvet playing poker!

I can tell you have an eye for great art!

I'm gonna have to look at the local flea market for that one!

Gum

[ztiworoh]

Bush was destined to be our leader in these trying times, I woudnt be surprised if in 2004 its more like 537,000 votes or more

[Dog]

I just heard on FOX NEWS that the MOAB bomb is now in Iraq to be used on Iraqi holdouts..

[steveegg]

Without that and 536 other votes, we'd be far closer to Baghdad circa 2002 than Baghdad is to us now.

[don-o]

Those Saddam Statues remind me of those cheap looking statues of apes in Planet Of The Apes.

Yes. And as turned on the television in my uncabled home, and tuned into the local CBS station, and Blather's face was displyed, I think from Syria. I thought to myself, "He looks like an ape."

Honest

[Nam Vet]

"The Nightly Liars on the networks are playing up the "looting" as a negative. "

Who watches that 'porn' anymore, or actually reads the big city 'fishwraps'? The brain-dead? DUers? That's so 9/10.

Nam Vet

[CurlyBill]

I think people like Arnett today are seen as the fools they are! Useful damn idiots!!!

[steveegg]

One way or the other, the dead-enders will be meeting their 72 Virginians

[lavrenti]

Talk about damn near things and an angel's breath at the edge of the precipice.

537 votes.