***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.

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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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[TomGuy]

CNN poll,

Who should run Iraq?

US 45%

UN 43%


White House Poll

Who will run Iraq reconstruction?

US 100%

UN 0%

[The Hon. Galahad Threepwood]

Mmmmmm...arroz con Rummy....

[Cboldt]

Dish, DirectTV, they all look the same to me.

[Timeout]

Well, of course! THAT Camera Mike!

The Um Qsar battle! Those civilians walking along with their white flag, while all the action was going on behind the cam. Oh, yes. Seems like a long time ago, doesn't it?

[spectr17]

A wanker is a person who,,,,,, um.......... enjoys Rosie Palm and her sisters.

[crobnson]

I just sent an email to CBS to tell (Ahmed) thank you from the members of Free Republic. No, I didn't tell them the name that we call him, only that we had "named" him.

[fiesti]

sure a little bit of something is better than nada

[cyberian_cartoon]

Ahh...got a lot of catch up reading to do...over a brewsky.

[Cboldt]

Somewhat ironic that a "Spunky" would provide education relating to the word "Wanker."

[Spruce]

Over 50% of Iraq is under the age of 20

Iraqis cheer the arrival of U.S. Army forces to their neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq Wednesday, April 9, 2003.

[GOPyouth]

I think you may be right, too. The DOD waited a full 24 hours after that strike before releasing that info with a TON of info about how it happened. Within 24 hours things changed and people started coming out. We'll eventually see someday.

[Poser]

wank
verb [I]
BRITISH AND AUSTRALIAN TABOO SLANG
to masturbate excite your own or someone else's sex organs by hand

[Sacajaweau]

Sounds about right!!

[Tree of Liberty]

Dish's owner was one of Gore's largest contributors. Plus, you only need one dish with DirecTV to get HDTV. With Dish, you need two.

[Spunky]

"LMAO!! We need to ping MadIvan, Big Bad Bob, and any other British FReepers to learn some more bad English words.."

Are you refering to Wanker?

Cambridge Dictionary
wanker noun [C] UK (United Kingdom) OFFENSIVE 1 a very stupid, unpleasant or useless person, usually a man: They're all a bunch of wankers!

Book of Slang
wanker-noun
1. (Derogatory) an obnoxious or annoying person.
2. a self-indulgent or egotistical person.

[TheLion]

CNN probably polled their staff.

[melodie]

uh, poser i think we were looking for the generic def. lol

[DocRock]

Just saw Akmed on the lawn praying on the CBS bagcam, but he's gone now

[Cboldt]

If I didn't know better, I'd think you were picking on me. Now look up "Spunk"

[Consort]

Shep reading emails.