***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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[Prince Charles]

Amtraks on the NTV Bagcam now.

[dsmtoday]

Are those amphibious vehicles we see on NTV feed going across that field? Don't look like normal tanks?

[Robert A Cook PE]

UN truck???????

Some loop of previous days shots I'd guess.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Those are Marine troops carriers.

At least one M-1.

[ringgold]

I thought David Chater was the weasel they have been showing in Baghdad.

[wolficatZ]

NTV shows Reuters feeds being sent via satellite from the Hotel Pali to the main station for editing. Most of the stuff you are seeing can be viewed in a little while at http://reuters.feedroom.com

[bootyist-monk]

Yup, M1A1 too. Rolling in formation. Iraqis watching, seem pretty happy.

[dsmtoday]

I wonder if those cars are marked UN in the hopes of not being attacked?

[Consort]

Yep, a UN truck. It must be Blix and his boys.

[BagCamAddict]

Thank you.

Re: us not having DNA on Saddam... if it's true that he and his sons were in that building, all we need to do is find oneof the two sons, then we will have the DNA necessary to do the comparison.

Ted Koppel tonight was saying he didn't know where we would get a sample of Saddam's DNA to prove it was him. But in one of those 50 palaces, there must be a hair folicle or two lying around. Seems like Ted would know better than to show his own personal ignorance on national TV like that. ::: sigh :::

[fellowpatriot]

Get ready for Gulf War II - Part 2.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Notice all the cars/trucks getting pushed?

Seems to me they're running out of gas om Bagdad!

[this_ol_patriot]

That's what has been pissing me off all night. Sky has been carrying Straw and De Villepig and they're acting like we don't even exist.

[umbagi]

Amtraks on the NTV Bagcam now.

About this time every night, NTV starts going through a bunch of Reuters tape, some of it possibly more-or-less current, some of it days old. For instance, the first shot tonight was of the riverbank by the palace during the original "taking" two days ago.

I switched to CBS/ABC -- they've got a working bagcam, with sound, although we'll probably have to endure (or enjoy :-) 3-2-1 Rick Engel when he wakes up and gets his hair right.

[fellowpatriot]

Storm chasers?

[dsmtoday]

wow, this is a pretty wild in car video!

[bootyist-monk]

UN Van cruising highway on video. Hans is back!

[Robert A Cook PE]

YOU'RE ASSUMING THEY'LL pass (to us) the "right" body parts!

They found a leg and kneecap belonging to Saddamn!

(Right. Who's leg? Got fingerprints on that leg?)

[GOPyouth]

The people see the only government official state that no troops are there. Reality is setting into Baghdad and into the Middle East. Whether they like it or not, truth is spitting in the face of what he is/was saying.

The United States government wants the press there. The press is a massive tool, and it's being used to our advantage. And like I mentioned earlier, if the government wanted him off the air, he would have been off the air a long time ago. The more he talks, the more people realize that the regime is full of lies. And if they are full of lies regarding this, has the entire regime been lying to them over the last 25 years?

Take a look at night before last. Baghdad Bob was on the air live outside talking. Our troops were about a block away watching him on the tv. THey were laughing about it. They could have easily killed him. They could have fired a shot in the direction to scare him. But they let him speak.

The same went on in WW2. When troops were rolling into Berlin, the government still was on the radio saying that they were winning and all sorts of false information. At that point the people start losing faith in the government. The same is happening here.

[Consort]

Appliance clearance.