***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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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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[stlnative]

Don't worry I reported myself, since they removed the thread. LOOK FAST because it will be gone soon!

[John Jamieson]

Another possibility: The sniper story was quick cover-your-ass comment by a tank commander who missed the top story of some building near the river. The hotel was over a mile away. This will probably turn out to be an overshoot. There was no second tank round.

If the US wanted the hotel taken out, there would be no hotel.

[Robert A Cook PE]

You're bad!

[Slip18]

I already lookie lood, and it was MIA. LOL!

[dsmtoday]

That was my point earlier - I had noticed that there was a two story building between the tanks and the hotel. This shorter building had a snipers nest on top of it (sandbags).

[Slip18]

Dang, now the photo is gone before I could save it.

[Tree of Liberty]

Fox - virtually every presidential palace has tunnels that lead to another building. VERY elaborate. All over Baghdad.

[stlnative]

I'll FRmail you the link...if someone else wants FR mail me

[rolling_stone]

One of the early reports I heard was that the tank was firing at the top of the building (didn't detail which bldg) and missed....interesting possibility...

[Slip18]

Ummm, L.A., CA, has tunnels everywhere around it. It's just not something that is talked about.

[John Jamieson]

Sorry I missed it, just got on. I understand that our range is about 2 miles. Miss something (or even sail thru a soft spot) and something else has got to get hit.

[Slip18]

Thanks, brigette.

[proust]

dpends on which gun they used. It looks like the tank commanders M2 50 cal machine gun, or the gunners M240 7.62mm coax machine took out the cameraman. Both guns are accurate up to 1 mile. The main gun is accuate up to 2 miles.

[bornintexas]

Just saw on the Fox scroll that Chirac, Schroeder, and Putin are going to meet in St. Petersburg to discuss reconstruction of Iraqi. Just what in the he!! are they gonna talk about? They should invite Baghdad Bob....

[this_ol_patriot]

Ummm, L.A., CA, has tunnels everywhere around it. It's just not something that is talked about.

Maybe Saddam sleeps with the Mexicans instead of the fishes?

[O Neill]

Proverbial Warning to non-embedded journalists

Never get involved covering a land war in Iraq.

[thatdewd]

The female correspondents were too busy taking pictures of the Brit soldiers showering...

LOL. Good answer.

[stlnative]

Well it is my background pic on my monitor now... I don't know why the pulled the thread with the picture as I don't see anything wrong with it, they posed for it and USNews has it. I guess they guys on FR cannot post female butts here on FR. (If anyone wants the link to the classic picture of the British Soldiers showering FRmail me and I will send to you)

[dsmtoday]

It was so hot in LA today that Leno was sweating like Peter Arnett at a VFW convention.