***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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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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[retrokitten]

santa..i have been a good girl this year...all i really really want for xmas is a spec. ops. guy....

LMAO!!!

[MEG33]

Oh..it's been pontficated against..Arabs offended..Egypt,Paris offended.

[Fledermaus]

I say we start a betting pool. How fast before the first Dem says "Bush isn't focusing on the domestic problems. He's out of touch"?

[Fledermaus]

What, if any, brain cells they had left are burning as we speak.

[PrivateIdaho]

That's why I figured the angry Brit's would have written the Magic Marker words

It was definately Brits that wrote "Wankers". I work for a British company and am around alot of Brits... it's one of their favorite words. But I think the "U.S. Wankers" is referring to the idiot human shields that came from the U.S. - the guys that wrote it were Iraqis that were educated or spent time in Britain... at least that's my wild-assed guess.

[MEG33]

One day?

[Robert A Cook PE]

Change tag line.

[juzcuz]

I wonder where Tiriq AZZZZIZZZ is? He's Probably making his eternal ZZZZZZ... huh...

[Howlin]

And listen to this: more good news.

At the rally that is going on in Dearborn for all the Iraqi exiles -- who have taken to the streets in support of free Iraq and George W. Bush -- the only hint of trouble came when a group of ex-Iraqis charged two reporters from Al Jazeera and confronted them for their reporting lies; they had to be escorted away from the public park where the exiles are celebrating.

[TheLion]

I don't imagine he would feel very comfortable about going home. Looks like he will re-trench and figure something out.

[Fledermaus]

Meg starts the pool...she owns 24 hours.

Any others? lol

[ican'tbelieveit]

The insults to the human shields is definitely what was meant by those carrying it. They were so happy to be near the soldiers. So the left can try to twist it as they will, but for those of us who actually saw what was going on... it was an insult to the human shields.

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

Combover will eventually be arrested and become an EPW.

[TheLion]

Is CNN next?...hehehe

[Fledermaus]

That's the way I read it.

[Nam Vet]

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

I wasn't slammin' you, Bud. I was slammin' the subjects of that sarcastic rant.

Nam Vet

[melodie]

are you asking for one too?

[weatherFrEaK]

ex-Iraqis charged two reporters from Al Jazeera and confronted them

Imagine what must be going through the minds of the Al Jazeera reporters left in Baghdad?

[Aggie Mama]

I'm positive that's how it is supposed to be read. These guys were in the crowd welcoming the Marines. They were happy to see them. Take it at face value.

[retrokitten]

LOL! I'm married, but if I wasn't- hell yeah!