***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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[mystery-ak]

This is a big thank-you to you...a special Freeper who has taken time to make and send goodies to my son and his friends in his unit....they are so appreciated by a bunch of hungry young men...God Bless you and your family....

[TomGuy]

He actually tried to claim Clinton should get credit for building this bad-ass military! The mind boggles.

The bigger the lie, and the more times you tell it, the more people tend to believe it. They are spinning that for everything they can get out of it.

[retrokitten]

I have got to read that book. Somehow I got on the mailing list for Conservative Book Service and I think they were offering it at a discount.

[babaloo]

Those Iraqi refugees basking in the sun on the coast of Syria will not have a moments peace. They will always be wondering who is behind the next door.

[melodie]

ollie alert

[Tree of Liberty]

Fox - Ollie's on

[Cboldt]

Vallely just said that Lata-KIA is on the cote d'azur... in Syria?

I heard that too. Obviously my education needs to be augmented!

[Fledermaus]

Do you subscribe to National Review? They had a deal with them to send their book mailings, at no obligation, to subscribers for a while.

[GOPyouth]

Yes, I'm sure that's what that was. This was done right before his 3rd meeting with the Tower Commission. This is from Ollie's book regarding his speaking abilities:

Everyone made fun of his language, which was oblique and indirect even by Washington standards. Some people thought he was putting on airs and deliberately trying to be incomprehensible. Perhaps the most famous example of McFarlanese occured when he testified under oath before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on December 8, 1986. In response to a question about third-country support for the Nicaraguan resistance, McFarlane replied, 'The concrete character of that is beyond my ken.' This statement was one reason that Bud pled guilty to a charge of with-holding information from Congress.

[oceanview]

why not whack them with a hellfire from a predator, if its an above ground hotel, it should be an easy target, especially on the coast.

[tame]

I flipped over to check out the big three networks to see how todays events were being relayed to those without cable. I was stunned to hear Dan Rather's report which was so negative it was shocking even coming from him.

He spoke ended the segment talking about the "death", "pain", and "despair" in Baghdad this night. Listening to this freakin idiot Dan-Bill Clinton's an honest man- Rather, you would have thought we surrendered to Baghdad Bob today!

[Timeout]

Ollie says there are a couple of bodies hanging from lightpoles with signs saying "Baath Party".

So, they did it. Good for them!
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I just got in...is it awfully quiet in Baghdad tonight?

[lavrenti]

Latakia, playground for scumbags since 1945.

Several ex-SS guys made their homes their after the war.

The damn Turks had better run us a solid and close their border.

[Tree of Liberty]

Fox - Ollie reports that he walked through slums worse than calcutta when he went on patrol through the eastern (shi'ite) part of the city. Those people love us. Some people are hanging from lamp posts with signs pinned to them saying "Ba'ath Party". They're also taking care of the foreign fighters. Alot of the ammo their finding is from "friendly" countries.

[Fledermaus]

Very quiet. Everyone, for once, is getting a good night's sleep!

[Fledermaus]

Ollie says Northwest quadrant not secure.

[Lauratealeaf]

You've got something there Miss Marple. I could not believe what I was hearing when Morton Kondracke gave Clinton credit for the victory in Iraq because he kept up the weapons production. What a joke!

My husband (unfortunately) was working in the Pentagon for two years midway through Clinton's Presidency and they were constantly having to fight Clinton's political appointees for everything!

If it had not been for Newt Gingrich and the "Republican Revolution" we would not have had the weapons that have helped us to win this war so far.

I also recall that during the Kosovo police action Wesley Clark nearly used up our tomahawk and cruise missile strategic reserve.

The Clinton administration also civilianized many important logistics operations which put our troops in that convoy that was attacked in harms' way. They did not train for or have the proper protection.

I could go on and on. Clinton downsized the military, not the federal government and it was the support structure that was downsized.

My husband was there and he fought against it. So, we all know that Morton Kondracke is on the receiving end of the Democrat talking points.

From now on I will take that in consideration everytime I hear him open his prissy mouth.

[Tree of Liberty]

Fox - Ollie says the NorthWest quadrent of the city is NOT under allied control, no matter what CentCom is saying.

[najida]

Ollie says there are a couple of bodies hanging from lightpoles with signs saying "Baath Party".

So, they did it. Good for them!
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Yeah....They need to practice some frontier justice for a bit....

BTW, they just mentioned the children's prison.

[johnb838]

Ollie just said they havent killed any Iraqis all day -- all foreighners. And it is definitely not over. lots of French & German ammo. Baath party officials being hung. Dirt poor neighborhoods never seen on TV.