***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.

This is the Daily Thread of Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - LIVE THREAD.

It is designed for general conversation about the events of the day. In depth discussion of events should be left to individual threads - but links to the threads or other articles is highly encouraged. This allows us to stay abreast of the situation in general, while also providing a means of obtaining specific information.

Please have mercy on us dial up limited FReepers! Limit the big graphics, post links instead. A brief description of what the graphic is would help!  If you post graphics, please "size" them so that our browsers continue to load the rest of the thread!

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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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[Tree of Liberty]

LOL, it's been kibble and kitty-crak (cat treats) the past day or so.

[Robert A Cook PE]

I closed the window, restarted it.

Traffic now moving.

[LPStar]

Thanks. I mainly feel happy they finally got a shower!

[SendShaqtoIraq]

"of course it's just plain paper like the reverse of any printed picture..It was a joke"

Yeah, I finally got it. Thanks

[umbagi]

Achmed: Okay, Norm, I've got the FR SitRoom thread up on the laptop.

Norm: Awriiight! Here goes -- I'll kick the trash can, and you count the "Boom" posts. I say at least ten...

Achmed: Nah, it's slow today -- a dinar says no more than five or six.

BLAM!!!

[Consort]

The Statue of Saddam still stands in Firdos Square in Achmed-occupied Baghdad. So far, Achmed has held out longer than the entire Iraqi military.

[buickmackane]

It didn't seem proper to log off until this essential data was validated by a confirmed source. Pleasant dreams! ;-)

[GOPyouth]

I just fired off an email to Fox to ask Kelly if he's seen any of the bunkers below the palace, or any of the tunnels. They have have answered this, but I have missed it if they have.

[Tree of Liberty]

WHOA! NTV Bag-Cam - VERY close small arms burst, semi-auto.

[umbagi]

Hear that? I told you Achmed's FReeping!

[thedugal]

If I hear more children when those tanks get close I will have to go to Iraq and personally shove an ice pick through Baghdad Bob's skull cap.

[bootyist-monk]

Loud gunfire on the NTV Cam. Things must be heating up again.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Sudden "metallic" (hammers on sheetmetal? Not gunfire) bangs on NTV.

[Tree of Liberty]

Hehehehe, hope the information is valuable to your scientific calculations :) G'nite

[Tree of Liberty]

Sounded like gunfire to me

[Consort]

Achmed is fortifying his position.

[bootyist-monk]

Sounded like more than that to me. In the distance, you can still hear small arms.

[Robert A Cook PE]

If gunfire, they were shooting reporters on the roof.

(Hey! Not a bad idea.....)