***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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[najida]

I think the giant porcelin vase was the best, or perhaps the nice arrangement of fresh lupins. (Dennis Boyd, Dennis Boyd, Riding Through the Glen)
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The vase was nice...
But did you see the HUGE tacky urn...bigger than the person carrying it?

And am I the only one who thinks the looting is a good thing (Like getting back a tiny bit of what has been taken from them?)

[Mrs.Liberty]

I liked the guy holding what looked like a plastic bottle of vegetable oil...

[TheLion]

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

Drop a few MOABS on them (battlefield)....nothing left!

[golas1964]

apparently Shep got lots of emails that expressed the same 'screw the journalists' sentiment, and he's plenty PO'd about it.

[DocRock]

small arms fire on the bag cams

[Cboldt]

We dont realize how good weve got it here

You gotta mouse in your pocket?

[spectr17]

Funiest looting scene I ever saw was during Rodney King riots in L.A. on local TV. Don't know if it made the bigger feeds.

Anyhoo, there's this van with a guy ramming a jewelry store to get some nice new baubles. A big crowd has gathered to cash in also.

The guy backs up the van several times and crashed into the metal mesh protecting the storefront. On about the 3rd try he punches it really good and puts a good likc on the barriers and his noggin at the same time.

The other looters rush the van and I'm thinking they are going to help the driver who is now oozing like a stuck pig.

Nope, they pull him out and reload the van with a new driver and press on to cracking the jewelry store open. That driver laid there in the street with people just stepping over him.

[Consort]

America's domestic enemies are on C-SPAN2 — the Democrat candidates for President. Leftists, Socialists, Liberals, Progressives, Anarchists — Certified Wankers.

[Mrs.Liberty]

well...what do the embedded's have to say about that, I wonder?

[TheLion]

"apparently Shep got lots of emails that expressed the same 'screw the journalists' sentiment, and he's plenty PO'd about it."

He's PO'd about the sentiment?

[GOPyouth]

Just turned the CBS cam on. Tanks still there. This place looks so much better without that statue. heh heh

[amom]

small arms fire on the bag cams

Yep

[LauraJean]

I don't know if I would call him big, but he sure was determined.

[Sacajaweau]

The urn bigger than the person carrying it:...Martha would probably turn it into a shower stall. Which reminds me: Martha, you're stall is almost ready!!

[Mrs.Liberty]

yikes...grammar alert!

embeddeds vice embedded's

[Spunky]

wank
verb [I]
BRITISH AND AUSTRALIAN TABOO SLANG

Ya, some guys wank, but they can also be wankers without doing that.

[TheLion]

I didn't mean to bomb them...lol

[GOPyouth]

Not too happy about what the people were saying in their emails.

[InShanghai]

Did anyone else see the guy pulling a boat behind a bus without a trailer? That was my favorite looting picture!

[DocRock]

bradley's rolling throught the round-a-bout now