***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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[Centurion2000]

missed ...crap

[blastbaby]

LOL - at least I wasn't the only one - sheesh - thought maybe hallucinations.

[Miss Marple]

While my husband was at the Pentagon the Clinton administration put a "Gag order" on the military. People had their computers searched by the political appointees to be sure that they were "loyal" to the Clinton administration. Those were really bad days.

This sounds alarmingly similar to Saddam's regime. Now we know why Clinton didn't do much about Iraq. He was probably getting tips from Saddam on how to run a country.

[Poser]

But somebody besides me will get 6000. I won't be the only one anymore.

[Lauratealeaf]

Sounds like Saddam's military!

I think Clinton has more in common with Saddam than any other leader.

[Petronski]

Bret Baier: One MOAB has been delivered to the Iraqi theater of operations, in case it is needed.

[longtermmemmory]

OR somebody procured the sign and made the addition of the language.

[melodie]

he is havin a bad hair day and the stress is showing.LOL

[Timeout]

When he was on earlier, his phone kept ringing.

I was just dying for him to give someone his phone #. I swear I would've called it and told him what an ass he was making of himself.

3--2--1

oops


3--2--1

LOL!

[sheikdetailfeather]

Interesting. Per Fox News: One MOAB bomb has been delivered in past couple of days to our coalition. Must be a reason.

[angelwings49]

LOL

[Fledermaus]

Jordan shouldn't get a pass.

Their King is a total jerk. He even did a cameo on "Star Trek Voyager" once. His wife spends more money in New York shopping than half the population makes a year.

His mother or step-mother lives in NY and all her kids attend fancy American colleges.

He needs to be b-slapped around.

[RJayneJ]

Can you give me the post number of aloysius89 QOTD nomination?

[umbagi]

Adam does something for me!!

I'm a Hoss fan, myself... Being a guy, the bod doesn't bother me, and (although I never met him), he taught school 36 miles down highway 290 from where I grew up...

[Petronski]

Mohammed Al-Khomovar has fled to France! Bwa ha ha ha ha!

[Consort]

Engle has an Al Gore sigh.

[lavrenti]

I got it! I got it! I got it!

6000! 6000! 6000!

Go Lav-ren-ti! Go Lav-ren-ti! Go Lav-ren-ti!

[melodie]

combover?