***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.

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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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[Fledermaus]

House Rep

[umbagi]

The troop who put the chain around the neck was named "Chin" (don't remember his rank -- Corporal, I think). FNC interviewed his sister this afternoon by phone. Right proud, she was!

[Sacajaweau]

Wonder what it feels like. I have seal, mink and fox coats. Seal is the most awesome fur, softer than velvet. Couldn't buy rabbit 'cause we had a bunny named Thumper.

My motto: God never put anything on earth to just look at. Everything has a purpose and use beyond simply being.

He put the stars and moon and the sun in the sky for us to ponder. As occupants of the earth, we are the tie between the physical world that we know here on earth and the unknown world which surrounds us. Our Amazing Universe!!

[Tree of Liberty]

Fox - Swiss government freezing all Iraqi accounts in the country

[spectr17]

Thanks. Marine? Army? SPECOPs?

[crobnson]

No, he can't be gone!! Gee, I hope not. As for how he is manning the camera, look at the conditions. I think that guy should win a medal, good job dodging bullets.

Ahmed, Ahmed come out, come out, wherever you are.

[Jackie-O]

This has been a great day for the world...and a great day for Freeping! I hope this thread makes the 7000 mark tonight, even though I'm too tired to see it throught. Later all you

NON-Wankers!

[blastbaby]

Go ahead - panic


Think of it this way - with his carpentry skills he and norm can get real jobs.

[Consort]

Achmed lasted longer than Camera Mike from the firefight a couple of weeks back.

[ztiworoh]

Cow fur is anything but soft, it's very bristly, think horse hair, same feeling

[tame]

MOAB bomb move to Iraq for possible use.

That's one spendy motivation to surrender bomb

If MOAB hit ye on the head, thou wouldst need at least two exedrin tablets:-)

[umbagi]

I'm dying for him to do his lines and the car alarm AND Barf the dog go off at the same time!Frau Blucher!

Watch what you say...

If he kicks the trash can hard, right about now, a thousand or so FReepers would fall off their chairs :-).

[Tree of Liberty]

[Fledermaus]

We can't make 7,000 if everyone keeps going to sleep!!

And no one wants me to start posting with random thoughts...nope!

[lavrenti]

The Sex Pistols album offers a treasure trove of witty British slang naughties.

In deference to you, gentle lady, I shan't repeat them.

[SoldiersGirl]

poor mike the sucky camera guy has probably been relegated to being the official camera dude for hitlery

[strela]

Well, I know what fanny means

To "knock up" a lady has a whole different meaning over there as well ;)

[ztiworoh]

Bump for 7000

[melodie]

good night

[ztiworoh]

Also, "Smoking a Fag" is very different over there than here