***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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[melodie]

uh, am i reading this wrong? if youre at #5865, prarie...WE are the ones behind...lol

[najida]

Hitchens - Leftist Demans Met <-- Link Read that, read it now. Read it! Hitch is "on fire," in a polite way. What a way with words.

Thank you, excellent writing.

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[TheLion]

"Has the major media networks reported about the childrens prison?"

I haven't seen it. Am frankly suprised that this didn't get big play. It is a wonderful story.

[goldstategop]

Yep. It gave a whole new meaning and not a very favorable one to the cognomen Baghdad Broadcasting Corporation!

[Wyatt's Torch]

Colmes is hanging his hat on the "pre-election" vote which, of course, was meaningless. If the RNC doesn't save and use all the tape of Daschle/Pelosi/et al for campaign spots in 2004, they should all be fired.

[oceanview]

Yes, he is in meltdown. But its good, he is showing what the Dem playbook will be. All of a sudden, Pelosi and Kerry and all the rest are "for the war". Next he will claim the peace protestors were for it too!

[Timeout]

Back from the little birthday party. Lotsa catchin' up to do...another long night!

You requested Ceegar Guy? Here ya go:

Marine Staff Sgt. enjoys a cigar upon arrival in Baghdad.

Be still my heart!

[babaloo]

Thank heavens there are no spelling police on this thread. Combes=Colmes. Sorry!

[Severa]

So far the only places I've heard it at were Yahoo news and Fox news.

[melodie]

oops prarie=ragtime cowgirl...it's been a long day.. sorry

[Sparky760]

Allan Combes is having a meltdown attacking Michael Reagan.

He is grasping for straws lol. I had a real long workday today so I may not have seen enough to know, but I'm curious. It seems like the Dems don't have the talking points in order yet......Perhaps they are a bit frazzled....LOL.

[najida]

Colmes and Michael Reagan getting in quite an argument....

I swear, sometimes I think they need a water cannon to break up the fights!

[retrokitten]

That's great! I went back and found him, but two ceegar men are better then one!

[Cboldt]

Excellent article!

Hitchens, when he is on, is ON.

So it turns out that all the slogans of the anti-war movement were right after all. And their demands were just. "No War on Iraq," they said, and there wasn't a war on Iraq. Indeed, there was barely a "war" at all. "No Blood for Oil," they cried, and the oil wealth of Iraq has been duly rescued from attempted sabotage with scarcely a drop spilled. Of the nine oil wells set ablaze by the few desperadoes who obeyed the order, only one is still burning and the rest have been capped and doused without casualties. "Stop the War" was the call. And the "war" is indeed stopping. That's not such a bad record. An earlier anti-war demand "Give the Inspectors More Time" was also very prescient and is also about to be fulfilled in exquisite detail.

[CurlyBill]

Alan Colmes is DYING. Just said Pelosi supported the war from the beginning!

Colmes would support Pee Wee Herman for Secretary of Defense!

[umbagi]

uh, am i reading this wrong? if youre at #5865, prarie...WE are the ones behind...lol

Shhhhh... Maybe Prairie is still on yesterday's thread, catching up!

Don't give away the surprise!

[Mo1]

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR ... I'm watching Hannity and Colmes I would like to set the record straight to Alan Colmes and everyone of the Looney Left

Yes, many Dems Senator voted from this war .. BUT THEY SLAMMED THE PRESIDENT AND THE MILITARY IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA EVERY CHANCE THEY COULD

They NEVER took a stand .. they Dems played both sides of the fence because they were afraid of being left out and turning off their base voters

OK .. my rant is off for the moment ... carry on

[najida]

Yep,
Doable....

VERY doable..

[melodie]

LOL