***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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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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[melodie]

i feel like Dorothy from the wizard of Oz when she wakes up and everything is just beautiful...lol

[SoldiersGirl]

"As quoted on Batch and Allie "we will give them a big glass of SHUT UP"."

as stolen from a wwe wrestler :P
How 'bout I give you a big glass of shut up juice!

[Dog]

I saw a photo of the troops searching a bedroom the other day in the palace and what was on the bed ....a cow skin bedspread.....I swear!

[Consort]

Neurotic.

[The Hon. Galahad Threepwood]

The Comedy Stylings of Mohammed and Mohammed:

COMBOVER MOHAMMED: I love football.

BOB MOHAMMED: In American they call it “soccer.”

COMBOVER: Soccer?

BOB: That’s right.

COMBOVER: I don’t even know ‘er!

BOB: Will you stop?

COMBOVER: Well, why should I sock ‘er? What did she ever do to me?

BOB: Stop that, now!

COMBOVER: When we get to Baghdad, will you tell me the guys' names on the team so when I go to see them in that Baghdad stadium I'll be able to know those fellows?

BOB: All right. But you know, strange as it may seem, they give football players nowadays very peculiar names.

COMBOVER: Funny names?

BOB: Nicknames, pet names. Now, on the Baghdad team we have Who's at center, What's at right wing, I Don't Know is at left wing--

COMBOVER: That's what I want to find out; I want you to tell me the names of the fellows on the Baghdad team.

BOB: I'm telling you: Who's at center, What's at right wing, I Don't Know is at left wing.

COMBOVER: You know the fellows' names?

BOB: Yes.

COMBOVER: Well, then, who's playing center?

BOB: Yes.

COMBOVER: I mean the fellow's name at center.

BOB: Who.

COMBOVER: The fellow playing center for Baghdad.

BOB: Who.

COMBOVER: The guy at center.

BOB: Who is at center.

COMBOVER: Well what are you asking me for, infidel dog?

[Cboldt]

Greta's Colonel guest is mistaken. MOAB is NOT fule-air. MOAB is high-explosive.

[retrokitten]

"...and you were there! And you...and you and you!"


I have to go to bed! I thought I would finally get a decent nights sleep tonight, but I am starting to think that I was wrong...

[melodie]

christian imapoop is on cnn now

[crobnson]

Everytime they show pictures of today, tears come to my eyes. I hope alot of people change their minds. (Hey, I can hope can't I?)

[turbocat]

I think Scarborough is going to skewer Jeanne Garadolf whatever her name is - next....

[ztiworoh]

yeah saw that too, looks like stuff you can buy at the roadside stands in south florida that the poorer hispanics sell, big shag carpet rugs with tigers on them and the paintings on velvet

[LauraJean]

yes but I was going through Baghdad Bob withdrawel.

[Fledermaus]

CNN has Christine Imanidiot on doing more negative stories..."the factionalization of Iraq" the "looting"...

They just won't get off the looting story. Hey, idiots - THEY ARE LOOTING GOVT OFFICES!

And we'll all get to by it on e-Bay!

[Dog]

Night all..

I'm going to get a good nights sleep..

[Jackie-O]

Dan Rather-

(wanker)

okay, last one tonight folks, promise. I'm gonna go ninach and watch the tube for a while, see Iraqis wake to a new day of freedom . Besides, they're polishing up that 21,000 pounder up over there for the rest of the bad guys, so it's all good!

Nite,all

[blastbaby]

Ahmed - time to change the filters

[lavrenti]

I don't have anything substantive to add, just wanted to express awe at the wording of your "history in a nutshell."

Thank you. I'm just a know-it-all who lives to entertain.

[SoldiersGirl]

right??

lol who ever would have thought we would miss Baghdad Bob so much??
I'm waiting for him to pop up on my tv and say "This statue, this is not gone, no no, American trickery, David Copperfield is an infidel who has snuck into our country and poofed our statue"

[melodie]

you are soooo baaad!!!

[Fledermaus]

Wusses! lol

Night