***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.

It is designed for general conversation about the events of the day. In depth discussion of events should be left to individual threads - but links to the threads or other articles is highly encouraged. This allows us to stay abreast of the situation in general, while also providing a means of obtaining specific information.

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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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[mystery-ak]

Let's take it to freepmail, I'll help you out there so we won't disrupt the thread....there are a lot of threads you might be interested in.

[juzcuz]

Precious--
Glad to see a guy that knows what to do with a cigar--Ceegar.

[retrokitten]

AMC's now run by peaceniks w/ bad taste.

Tell me about it!! "Mommy Dearest", "To Wong Foo", and "The Birdcage" have been on nearly non-stop for several weeks. I'm just waiting for "The Valley of the Dolls" marathon to start.

[crobnson]

Trust me, you'll learn really quick. Pick up the pieces at a quieter time. Welcome and thank you from us and the Iraqi people.

[Jackie-O]

HOLLYWOOD ACTIVISTS

(wankers)

[TheLion]

"Plans to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the popular baseball movie Bull Durham later this month in Cooperstown, N.Y. were cancelled Wednesday because of anti-war criticisms made by two of the film's co-stars."

Just read that thread. They are getting their just rewards.

[Robert A Cook PE]

"I liked the guy toward the right end. ...

Come on. Admit it. You were counting both ends from each end of the photo twice - just to be sure.

Of course, all of the Brit's were at their right end(s).

[The Hon. Galahad Threepwood]

Sorry about that.

(Heh, heh, heh...)

[melodie]

LOL..youre really workin that word...too funny

[SoldiersGirl]

hey
where's my soldiers picture! you women better not be being greedy
lol

[angelwings49]

If only Spec Ops Guy and Ceegar Guy knew how we gals are drooling over them, I wonder what they'd think ;)

[Poser]

Good Start!

You just got post 5678!

[Miss Marple]

Welcome! We are so glad to have you, and appreciate all you are doing! Say hi to all your friends for us!

[error99]

My prayers for you both.
And may God Bless you.

[retrokitten]

Ohh I saw the shower picture.

hhhmmm....sounds more like you studied that picture pretty well! LOL!!

[melodie]

they would probably be happy till someone told them some of our ages..LMAO..

[Jackie-O]

I know, I know...but those anti's make my blood boil. AND it's a cool word that certainly does apply, dontcha think?!

[bvw]

This is the most difficult thread of all FR time to be trying to keep up with. It outpaces the normal thread by thirty to one or so.

[TheLion]

How they can spin Hillary Clinton into being a winner, just because she kept her mouth shut....is beyond me!

[najida]

If only Spec Ops Guy and Ceegar Guy knew how we gals are drooling over them, I wonder what they'd think ;)

They would probably be mortified!

Or flattered

Or confused.