***Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - Day 22 - LIVE THREAD***

Multiple ^ | April 10, 2003 | Various

[An.American.Expatriate]

Operation Iraqi Freedom

This Thread is dedicated to the Countries of the Coalition

Afghanistan
Albania
Angola
Australia
Azerbaijan
Bulgaria
Colombia
Costa Rica
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Georgia
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
Italy
Japan
Kuwait
Latvia
Lithuania
Macedonia
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Mongolia
Netherlands
Nicaragua
Palau
Panama
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Rwanda
Singapore
Slovakia
Solomon Islands
South Korea
Spain
Tonga
Turkey
Uganda
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States
Uzbekistan

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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	Day 21

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Mhking's live cam links 

Live Video/Audio Feeds: Updated 4/9/03 7P ET (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)
The FR Feedroom
"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)
Abu Dhabi BagCam (Real)
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)
Fox News Channel (Audio ONLY MP3 - may not be working)
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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Good Morning.

This is the Daily Thread of Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - LIVE THREAD.

It is designed for general conversation about the events of the day. In depth discussion of events should be left to individual threads - but links to the threads or other articles is highly encouraged. This allows us to stay abreast of the situation in general, while also providing a means of obtaining specific information.

Please have mercy on us dial up limited FReepers! Limit the big graphics, post links instead. A brief description of what the graphic is would help!  If you post graphics, please "size" them so that our browsers continue to load the rest of the thread!

< img src="http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/daseal2.jpg" alt="Army Logo" width="151" height="150" >

To all who helped this get started and keep it running, thank you!

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...

[Poser]

Good snipe.

Ahhh... We just saw the Wankers sign again.

[Fledermaus]

More numbers here: http://www.pollingreport.com/iraq.htm

Really revealing. The only one that troubles me is the large percentage that think the U.N. should be more in charge of post-Iraq.

The interesting ones are the breakdown of support on Iraq by GOP, Dem, Independents. Dems in large number support but won't vote for Bush anyway. It's those Independents the Dems have to worry about.

[furball4paws]

Tabun, Sarin and VX gases are chemically related to parathion, a real good peaticide, just not as toxic to people. Toxic enough, though, to get it banned by the EPA. The effects are similar for all these chemicals, just more severe, especially for VX.

[Krodg]

Where can I find the rules for this board? I'm confused on why this thread has not been moved to chat.

Some people have taken these threads over as their own personal chat sessions. While some of you try to justify it as making friends during downtimes, you are driving away people who came here for the lastest updates.

If you want to save these pages for history, you might want to think about the nonsense you are posting in a thread that is meant to honor our soliders. I've saved them all and they're not pretty.

Many people came here the first fews days of this war and they pleaded to have the graphics limited. The wonderful person who sets this up, daily asks the same thing, but you guys don't seem to care.

We all realize that there are slow times and chat fills the gap.....but you people have taken your late night jokes to a running commentary during the day. You've left nothing for the rest of us.

Please, could we have the Situation Room back?

[SoldiersGirl]

you took the time to save them all?

wow, I must have been watching the news while you were doing that.

[SoldiersGirl]

you have mail

[umbagi]

I can't take credit for it, but -- to quote another great Freeper,

"Dad's home! Hide the bong!"

[Fledermaus]

Then post stuff Krodg.

As you can see, there is another lull. The whole reason this was set up was to be 24 hours LIVE.

Can you fill 24 hours with current news that isn't happening on the war? We post, we talk, we watch, we ping, etc.

No one is "driven away"...if they can't find what they are looking for they need to check out the news websites first.

I could sit here link articles all day long.

We've had this debate for 22 days now.

If you were here yesterday, you know we almost hit 6,600 posts....almost all on the war when we were watching tanks in Baghdad.

So please, contribute.

[Krodg]

I have them all...

don't doubt what you don't know...

[cyncooper]

Last I heard, Sec Rumsfeld said it would take days to verify the nature of any of the suspect materials.

You are correct.

Further, I've heard conflicting reports, one of which is that pesticides were indeed found above ground, and the suspect material was buried and disguised.

I am keen on this topic as many are taking the delay in verification as debunking. Of course, certain reporters have contributed to this and given ammunition to the DU(h)ers and their ilk.

[SoldiersGirl]

I'm sure you do have them all, I was just awed that you took the time to actually save them. Bravo for you.
I myself choose to use my time in a more constructive, anjoyable manner, in a way I find fitting to honor the soldiers..one of which is my husband...the same soldiers that have asked us to please carry on with our lives during this time. Maybe if you were reading the posts instead of bashing the room, you would have read that already.
oh well, to each his own, I will spend my day with joy and pride in my heart for these freepers and this country, and you can use your time...saving posts.

[Fledermaus]

This wasn't set up to "honor the soldiers" although we do.

It was set up to have a running commentary. So it gets silly, big deal.

It's like having people over to watch a football game...do they only chat about the game? Heck no.

It's like a large living room with people coming and going at different hours of the day. Many of us have got to know each other a little and we like the banter.

Heck, you should be here at 3 or 4 am when there is nothing going on. I've posted so many consecutive stuff (mostly links and comment to articles) it's becoming my personal weblog!

[umbagi]

Anyone have the old Black Pony codes from Nam?

SG, that was a "one zero niner"...

[Fledermaus]

We need t-shirts, "Where did you spend the Iraqi Liberation? I was Freeping!"

Oops, off topic again.

[SoldiersGirl]

can any of you get the red sox game in?
I'm watching it on the other computer and I SWEAR Mike Timlin (the pitcher) is wearing some type of camoflauged shirt under his jersey....

[cyncooper]

a guy is shown being carried on a stretcher and shoots from the stretcher! they just showed it and Lester asked Craig if the guy hit what he was aiming at....Craig said yes. Hit twice he thought.

Is he the one who will be getting his 3rd Purple Heart? The reporter mentioned one of those guys is. Also got one in Mogadishu.

Texasbluebell, MSNBC just replayed the video complete with White's narration. The man who has previous Purple Hearts, one from Mogadishu, is the man getting his leg treated while standing and maintaining his position, aiming his weapon, while his leg is being treated. Craig White gave his name but I didn't write it down. The guy who moved the burning truck made it---my first viewing I thought he was leaping in a burning truck, but evidently the truck near it was on fire and he was moving this vehicle to keep it from being lost, too.

And they played again the part where Craig White says he was just about to take up arms himself when "the cavalry arrived". Whew.