***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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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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[retrokitten]

That's really funny!

[crobnson]

I am hoping to get an email reply. I decided that I would write to CBS since it is their camera. Who knows, maybe we will learn his real name. I just told them that we were greatful for his putting himself in a dangerous situation to give us a view. I also said that he has a huge "fan" club. Fingers crossed.

[strela]

Did you know Greta and her husband are scientologists?

And John Travolta

And Tom Cruise. And Nancy Cartwright (voice of Bart Simpson). And Jenna Elfman. And Chick Corea. (The list is depressingly long and distinguished).

[GOPyouth]

:) Courtesy of www.shirleyqliquor.com

[Tree of Liberty]

Fox - Shep saying that there's unconfirmed reports that we're trying to clean up the battlefield before the press arives.

[Tree of Liberty]

Maybe it's there, but not for Iraq...

[spectr17]

*LOL*

Syria, Iran, Pakistan to name a few

[Poser]

Dr. Rice would not use poor grammar.

Who else needs his ass kicked?

[retrokitten]

Yeah, it is really long. Kirstie Alley, too. She went to thier rehab center to get off coke. The kid who plays Hyde on That 70's Show and his brother, also.

[TheLion]

These Hollow Wood people have too much time on their hands.

[Timeout]

I'm going to go watch Shep in bed and finally get a good night's sleep.

(G'night, Ceegar Guy. Luv ya! Ya done good!)

[GOPyouth]

I don't think Dr. Rice would dress up as a Trekkie either, but it's funny. ;)

[Jackie-O]

I am, I am. I was just trying to lurk for a few more minutes, but I just can't resist! Always have to put my 2 cents in!

[Tree of Liberty]

No, it hasn't been dropped, just delivered to the theater of operations for potential use.

[Consort]

Wednesday is carnage cleanup day.

[spectr17]

I'll take a wild ass guess that we'll use the 1st MOAB bomb to convince those last 2 Iraqi divisions in the north they don't really want a piece of us.

They live and we don't get any more KIA or WIA.

[Cboldt]

NYT/Reuters:

The Pentagon on Wednesday said 101 members of the U.S. armed forces had been killed in the war against Iraq.

There were 399 wounded, 11 missing and seven prisoners, according to the Pentagon's latest casualty figures.

Reuters web site has some older numbers but does include figures for British soldiers (30), Iraqi soldiers (2320+), and Iraqi civilians (1250+).

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Chinese spy, FBI beau arrested

Reuters via NYT again. A Chinese-American woman helping U.S. government agents as "an asset" on China stole classified documents from an FBI agent who was both her contact and her lover and sent them to China, prosecutors said on Wednesday.

Katrina Leung, 49, was arrested along with her lover, retired FBI Agent James J. Smith, 59. Leung, a naturalized U.S. citizen who ran a Los Angeles bookstore, was charged with obtaining documents related to national defense for the advantage of a foreign nation.

Smith and Leung face a maximum of 10 years in prison for the crimes they were charged with on Wednesday, but U.S. Attorney Debra Yang indicated that there may be a far lengthier list of charges in an indictment yet to come.

[longtermmemmory]

There are some people who claim to have the higher level docs of the scientology and say its some form of "alien comming to earth" cult.

[Tree of Liberty]

Yeah. Someone who was part of the conversation can better explain what the hubbub's about, I only skimmed the conversation.

[Mo1]

Maybe it's there, but not for Iraq...

true .. hmmmmmmmmmmmmm who could it be for???

Syria???