***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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[this_ol_patriot]

These folks aren't ready for seatbelt laws yet.

[bootyist-monk]

Oh, yeah. Gotta agree with you on that one. This is very good news. Though from what I see them taking, they have some things to learn about looting from my brethern hear in Los Angeles.

[Robert A Cook PE]

OK.

we know what IS Saddamn's DNA. Fine.

What is the body part we're "given" to test? Who's body?

(What is the "chain of custody" FOR THE IRAQI diggers to even assume that they'll give a piece that IS Saddamn?)

Imagine the headline:

DNA PROVES SADDAMN NOT KILLED!

[cgk]

"Everybody else was in western clothes, modern western clothes"

OMG, it IS a movie! ;)

[Timesink]

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

A different weasel, but not the only one.

[NTNgod]

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

Hatred of the UN and Saddam? We just need to get them Internet access, teach them to hate everything Clinton-related, and they'd fit around here. :)

[Prince Charles]

Yep, now they're back to the live shot.

[Tree of Liberty]

Fox - looters cheering and celebrating as they fill up their cars

[bootyist-monk]

Obviously the slower of the "elite" runners now being shown on NTV.

[umbagi]

Yep, now they're back to the live shot.

Good -- thanks, got 'em back up. They've got better audio than CBS.

[cgk]

Here's where I show my sleeve, and you see I have no ace.

What is NTV? (cringing)

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

MSNBC said the word is spreading through the people of Baghdad that Saddam is dead. That doesn't mean he is definitely dead, but it's good enough.

[Sir_Ed]

Rick saw UN vehicles in Iraq??!! What they hell are they doing in Iraq???

Ed

[thedugal]

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.

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

This is all part of Rummy's plan! Saddam has crushed fundamentalist Islam within Iraq. I saw a guy in Basra yesterday wearing a NY Yankees baseball cap. This is ALL PART OF THE PLAN! Iraq will be liberated. Iraq will be the only Arab democracy. Iraq is not and will not be an Islamic sharia hell hole. Iraq will prosper under these conditions and just like we see in Britain and the U.S., people will flood into Iraq seeking a better life. The sphere of influence will expand and ... [read my tag line]

[TruBluKentuckian]

Do any of the other Bagcams have sound yet? The NTV feed is very unstable for me. It just dies about every 2 or 3 minutes and won't rebuffer. I never have that problem with the CBS cam.

[Aaron0617]

CNN is showing looting in Baghdad. Pictures of Saddam being ripped apart....YESSSS!!!!

[Tree of Liberty]

Fox - Rick Levantahl's up

[Robert A Cook PE]

Oh Shiite!

A DA*M Yankees's hat!

Why the H**l is he wearing a Yankee's hat? (Did he loot it from Hillary?)

[this_ol_patriot]

Oh no it's Baghdad Bob, he opened a chain of stolen car lots.

Baghdad Bob's Bargain Buggies.

[Tree of Liberty]

Looks like the fedaheen have been pretty much chewed up