***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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[EllaMinnow]

(curtsy!)

[dogbyte12]

who else is looking forward to Robert Fisk's column today? This one should be a beauty. What a maroon.

[sheikdetailfeather]

Floriduh is contributing a lot to this war. So far they have sent up three satellites, and of course, they made MOAB!

[Fledermaus]

It was more than 537. They quit recounting in Miami-Dade county when they knew the Bush precints were going to give him more votes.

They changed the definition of "vote" 3 different times in one county when looking at chads.

And they never recounted those thrown out military ballots, I think.

[Jackie-O]

I have this nightmare of Gore in the Oval office, sitting in his big chair contemplating whether he looks more sexy with or without that raggedy a$$ beard, and wondering if his cigar shipment from cuba has come in yet!

[Fledermaus]

I was slumming and channel flipping just to hear their spin.

[lavrenti]

Oh, you missed your daily Fisk? It is a doozy.

Bob had his panties knotted tighter than usual.

[scab4faa]

Any of he baghdad cams still working?

[Fledermaus]

And I still hold that if it wasn't for us in Tennessee taking his theorhetical "home state" from him, he'd have won.

[CurlyBill]

Any of he baghdad cams still working?

Anyone heard from Ahmed?

[scab4faa]

Baghdad Bob has left the building

[lavrenti]

You are welcome. Very welcome.

[Fledermaus]

CBS and MSNBC are up, same view. It's very quiet and windy.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Beautiful pics, thank you...and for the pic of Elian. I've been thinking about him today, too.

[TomGuy]

I've got a pic of the mosque on MSNBC Webcam #2...I think it is working, but no sound. Looks like a relatively calm, quiet nite.

[lavrenti]

I'm going to miss Baghdad Bob. And the thunder runs.

[edwin hubble]

What Carter didn't want to happen. The beautiful and lethal B-1B Lancer.
They had one on station ready to take coordinates and move in on a bombing run against "leadership targets",
while one was flying to replace it over Iraq,
and a third was on the way back to base.

[PrivateIdaho]

Any of he baghdad cams still working?

Yep... I'm watching MSNBC2, but it's real quiet and peaceful... probably going to be lots more celebrating in a few hours.

[Robert A Cook PE]

I think I've figured out that funny, illogical "Wankers" sign:

There were reliable stories of a BRITISH couple - BOTH "Human Shields" - who were yelling at the US Marines who had just entered the mall, freeing the Iraqi's.

The sign's letters "HUMANSHIELD" are PRE-PRINTED (commercial art!) that an Iraqi couldn't do easily, but would be essential IF an Human Shield group wanted to "protect" themselves against US fire --- by hanging it outside a window, or by laying it on a rooftop, for example.

So, we've established that a couple of BRITISH liberals who hate Americans ARE present, would likely HAVE A SIGN with HumanShield printed on it; and who have already that morning been yelling at the troops and giving them verbal abuse.

Isn't it reasonable that THE SCREAMING BRIT's would hurriedly markup their own sign with a typically liberal (tacky, sex-filled, obscene) BRITISH epithet and insults to the Americans, then take it the the mall to "protest?"

Further, an Iraqi citizen is not likely to know English, take it from the Brtit's (after they dropped it?), and then walk around showing off the sign - without realizing he's insulting the HUMANSHIELDS, not the Marines?

[Fledermaus]

Can we use in on Plains, Ga?