***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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[Tree of Liberty]

Not really, we needed to throw in some 1st MEF and 3rd ID "chlorine pills"

Fox - CIA manhunt underway in Baghdad for Iraqi scientist who worked on WMD. Rewards being offered for info. Rumsfeld says we'll take the info any way we can get it.

[Centurion2000]

Damned skinnies.

Funny but that's who I think of when I see Somalis .... need to send some spec op guys in powered armor back to Mogadishu with weapons that talk "I'm a bomb ... 30 29 28 27 ..."

[RJayneJ]

Thanks for the nomination! };^D )

[sheikdetailfeather]

Idiot martyr stunt number 96.

[Consort]

It's Richard Engle on CBS Bagcam rehearsing his report.

[Timeout]

Richard Engle, reporter for ABC News

Also known as, Pretty Boy

Then, when he wouldn't go down in the street the night our army rolled in, we called him Mr. Chicken.

Pretty Boy + Mr. Chicken = Pretty Chicken.

He's a WANKER!

[Fledermaus]

Sounds like Saddam's military!

[ztiworoh]

O, I heard Sean just say it and I think Shephard Smith did to, but hey described Saddam;s houses as "Palacial Palaces". Isnt that a bit redundent? Like saying the "green greenery"

[Cboldt]

That should be it's own thread ..... :)

Appreciate the thought. The list started because lots of folks ask, on this thread, "what's happened since I last looked?" There have been suggestions for a "news only" thread to run in parallel with this more free-form thread.

I think the present structure (mostly free-form, with occasional summarizing posts) strikes a reasonable balance. I figured to quit preparation of summaries after today anyway. I might post the three-day aggregation of summaries as its own thread.

[angelwings49]

CBS newsguy... Richard Engle. On the cbs bagcam... flubs his lines (needs at least 30 takes per shot!), is egotistical ("how does my hair look??) What a whiner! Can't stand him!!!

[umbagi]

I thought I was having an epiphany.

I tried hard to get that, but by the time I got SnagIt loaded, he'd had them fix it. Damn!

[melodie]

fixin his hair...lol

[Centurion2000]

6000 ???

[Centurion2000]

6000 ???

[johnb838]

Fine. "If they wish to die we will accommodate them as quickly as possible." Bring it on scumbags.

[Lauratealeaf]

One of Bill Clinton's objectives was (is) to diminish the stature of the US. Imagine that.

He hurt our country but we've got his number. He is not respected anywhere except in Europe and Africa and other insignificant places.

[CurlyBill]

France, Germany, and Russia are eager for contracts ..... keep them out!!!

[Centurion2000]

6000??

[lavrenti]

Missed that. Sorry.

Arnot found a *#&%load of boxes marked for Jordan over the weekend.

Jordan gets a pass because a majority of their population are fifth column Palestinians.

The Syrians, however, knew better.

They must pay.