***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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Good Morning.

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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]

"People, if you only knew what this man did to Iraq," yelled an old man standing in the road,...

Tell us old man we are listening.

Hell has another plaque to hang right next to Stalin and Hitler.

[Sir_Ed]

CNN was saying that the uprising was happening only in one Shiite neighborhood, while Fox was showing it happen in other neighboorhoods.

Then CNN went to a correspondent in Northern Iraq who said "You can't draw a greater contrast between Northern Iraq and Saddam City," because there was no uprising, then MSNBC showed a neighborhood in Northern Iraq where they were uprising and cheering President Bush.

They're disgusting, those CNN Ba'athists.

Ed

[kcvl]

JOYOUS Iraqis cheered arriving US troops and went on looting rampages in Baghdad as vestiges of President Saddam Hussein's authority collapsed.

[umbagi]

CNN Webcam slut: "They're going to force the exiles on the people, and I have to say that the exiles are NOT popular with the people. The people are saying, everything is falling apart, where are the Americans, WHERE are the Americans, why is everything falling apart? We have no electricity and water!"

[this_ol_patriot]

Boregasm on the barrel LOL

[GOPyouth]

I suspect that will happen within 24 hours.

[GOPyouth]

David Lee Miller just cracked a joke.. Saying that IRaqi TV was off the air.. "I guess you can call it Must Seized TV."

[thedugal]

hottie on bagcam

[GOPyouth]

which one

[Timeout]

who?

[Timesink]

DU is trying so hard to pretend none of this is happening.

[Nam Vet]

"LOL, is she on your list of 5 celeb freebees? :P"

Nope, but she is the true Fox of FOX. Beauty and brains, how can ya beat it? Patti Ann YumYum and I are an item. All this with my bride's permission.

Nam Vet

[goldstategop]

The CNN war slut thinks the exiles are unpopular. And when the Iraqi people had a chance to vote with their own hands and feet on Saddam, they voted "NO." We'll see the kind of reception the Iraqi democrats are going to get and I don't think CNN will be pleased. They're not called the Chaddam News Network for nothing.

[goldstategop]

The DU dummies KNOW this is the end of the world.

[cajungirl]

Freedom sure is pretty,,liberation is even prettier. I do believe the Iraqis are armed and feeling oats,,I suspect they will deal with fedayeen. And they are looting the government offices,,that is a good thing as Martha would say. There is gonna be an explosion of decorating over there,,those people all need makeovers, new clothes, new cars, new wall coverings. I sense a free market moment here.

[thedugal]

ntv , but damn, she went poof too! I was glad when that old haggardly commie got zapped, but I was enjoying the view for a few seconds..

[Timeout]

Who's on the CBS bagcam? I'm on CNN.

Somebody, pleeeeeze, tell me if Richard Chicken shows up!