***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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[Sacajaweau]

Very Cool!! Little behind the scenes diplomacy!!

[Timeout]

Camera Mike....I don't know who that is. ????

[SoldiersGirl]

ugh
Peter jennings has a nifty little special graphic he uses to show the daily death total for coalition forces
I bet we can get to 7000 talking about him

[chuknospam]

Did ya'll catch Oliver North's report on Fox. He stated in the section of Bagdhad he's in, he has personally seen two bodies hanging from lamp posts with signs around their necks that said "Ba'ath Party Official".
Also stated that he has never, in no other place of the world that he has been in, has he seen the level of squalor and poverty that he has seen among the Shia's area of town.
He also said that the people have taken up arms against the their oppressors and have been killing them. Olie said he has seen dozens of bodies and none of them have been killed by our troops.
What a day!

[tame]

Martin Sheen BITES!!!!

[tricky_k_1972]

here he is.

[bvw]

Would a man's man reside in a residential palatial palace? Would such manly man drink so much drink -- a punch drink and become punch drunk enough to trip a trip-wire stuck to a stack of sticks of dynamite? Might die, no?

[umbagi]

Yea, Achmed!

Thanks!

[Poser]

NTV Cam has no sound, but a great view.

[NTNgod]

Was he ever seen again after screwing up those camera angles on that fire fight?

[Fledermaus]

Scarborough just said, "Rummy 2008"...I don't think he wants the job.

But Rumsfeld/Rice would be a great ticket! Or a good spicy dish.

[crobnson]

Yes, we need consistency in our lives, something to look forward to everyday. Gee, this is war isn't it? Well, we are happy because we know that everything will work out for the Iraqi people. Looking forward to the day that they can stand together as a nation of free people. Now, about that filter, come on now. Wonder if he has email?

[spectr17]

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

The first British girl in Germany that told me to come on over and knock her up about had me choking on my drink.

[Jackie-O]

LOLLLLLLLL!!!!!!
That's the biggest laugh I had all day!!!

[cyncooper]

Oh, no---I wasn't chastising for spoilers. I can read the thread or not. Please carry on!

I haven't been reading anyway and just popped in to check my posts.

[melodie]

Achmed...WERE NOT WORTHY!! Thank you

[longtermmemmory]

FNC UN Iraqi ambasador has left USA

[Fledermaus]

the NTV won't load for me

CBS cam has filter on now...thanks Achmed

[null and void]

Frau Blücher!

[Tree of Liberty]

Well, there's always Roger's Profanisaurus