***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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[thedugal]

I've been staring at this damn bag cam for 2 weeks without blinking, all I want to see is a tank roll through that circle.. is that too much to ask?? Arrrrgghhh. ok, got that out of my system. yo Achmed, point the camera at the tanks, we know they're out there...

[Tree of Liberty]

It looks like his personal ignorance extends to showing the same.

Fox - Reuters stating that looters have taken over the UN headquarters in Baghdad. No sign of police.

[BagCamAddict]

although we'll probably have to endure (or enjoy :-) 3-2-1 Rick Engel when he wakes up and gets his hair right.

HA !! I doubt Pretty Chicken will be showing his face anywhere near the cameras unless they're down in one of Saddam's bunkers. He was too chicken to leave the hotel when we were only across the river... now that the hotel has actually been hit, he'll be doing his reports crouching down behind the guardrail. Oh, and the other day, when he was saying he wouldn't go across the river because it was too dangerous, it was because when he woke up in his hotel room, there was a bullet hole through the window of his room. (I think reality started to hit at that point.)

[this_ol_patriot]

HAHA

BREAKING

SKY NEWS: Looters have taken over UN building in Baghdad,

[Prince Charles]

Just saw the Reuters logo at the end. Now they're showing wounded people in a hospital(?).

[thedugal]

Sky news: Looters take over UN HQ in Baghdad!

WOOO HOOOO!!!!! I guess we know what the UN role will be in Iraq: donators :) bwahahahaaa

[bootyist-monk]

Whaddya wanna bet half the "men" we see hanging off all of those vehicles were in uniforms a couple of days ago. Now they are too busy looting to put up a fight.

[this_ol_patriot]

Looting around Olympic building too.

[Consort]

Kuwait TV on C-SPAN.

[Ophiucus]

As to his DNA, I saw an odd comment by an ex-CIA analyst (on CBS, I think) saying, "remember, we had access to a very recent mistress" of Saddam. The CIA seems confident they have a sample of his DNA - I'm not asking how...

[Sir_Ed]

I agree...these guys for the most part are there to find out and report the truth, and we should've emphasized to our guys to NOT shoot at the hotel where they're staying.

I think it is just as sad that the guy from Poland, and the guy from Ukraine and the guy from Jordan died, as when Mike Kelly died.

I mourn them all..

Ed

[this_ol_patriot]

Chater on Sky now. Seems a bit different today.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Notice?

Out of all those minutes of people on the street.... only ONE woman was wearing the 7th century outfits!

Everybody else was in western clothes, modern western clothes.

[cgk]

"SKY NEWS: Looters have taken over UN building in Baghdad"

I guess the Iraqis heard the UN didn't want them to be liberated from Saddam & Sons, the mideast's premiere butcher shoppe.

[umbagi]

I doubt Pretty Chicken will be showing his face anywhere near the cameras unless they're down in one of Saddam's bunkers.

I hope you're right. If he appears, I hope they have the "PRESS" button on his vest enabled. In his last appearance, I clicked it about fifty times, and he never did fall off the balcony. Stupid game.

[thedugal]

good for them, not shooting at our men, and stealing from the UN and Saddam, sounds great!

[GOPyouth]

heh heh.. or at least show a military vehicle roll acrossthat grass and start doing donuts or something.

[this_ol_patriot]

Bingo, good observation. Not islamic looking at all.

[BagCamAddict]

Did we ever figure out what the hullabaloo was last night (in the dark) when the crowd gathered on the lawn with the press, and the one guy was ranting about something? The guy with the wild hand gestures, etc.? My computer puked after that, so I never heard the rest of the story.

[umbagi]

Just saw the Reuters logo at the end. Now they're showing wounded people in a hospital(?).

"File tape" -- they pump it out every night. I heard Preparation H is good for 'rroiders...