***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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[POGIFFMOO]

They may be planning to give the statue an enema first.

[Not A Snowbird]

Good morning, all!

I hauled my cookies out of bed early to join you all in this moment. All I can say is WOW.

[Howlin]

Instead of talking about the thrill of it, Richard went off on a long monologue about how he'd been afraid and had a rock lifted off his shoulder.

Richard should tell THAT to the face of an embedded reporter.

Pussy.

[InShanghai]

Marines storming into the security building next to the Palistine hotel...

[Howlin]

I need a cigarette.........LOL.

[AppyPappy]

Nope. Heard it from a reliable source. We only know the Poles were there because they got exposed.

[amom]

Salute and well done! Pride you well deserve.

[ican'tbelieveit]

I think the locals will start taking care of that soon enough. Ollie North reported seeing a Ba'ath Party member hung from a light post in Baghdad earlier today. Its on its way.

[epluribus_2]

feeling nervous of closeups of our marines on patrol. I don't want the enemy to see exactly where our squads are.

[rintense]

I keep getting misty eyed watching this. It is truly incredible. FOX has been showing fabulous footage with four separate cameras. I see all these Iraqis celebrating and feel so much pride and love for my country- inspite of all the now completely foolish anti-war protestors.

God bless America!

[Howlin]

Exactly!

Frankly, I'm enjoying watching all these reporters finally "discovering" what we're know all along!

[laz17]

This is Baghdad Bob. What you see is not happening. American troops are NOT in the square. This is an imperialist trick by the losers. It is a Hollywood movie. I laugh at the imperialist losers. They are committing suicide. We have slaughtered them all and burned their bellies in the fires of hell. His excellency Saddam will be here to personally send them to hell. If any more of them come, we will drive them into the gulf. We will take back Kuwait, and then we will defeat the Saudis for cooperating with the imperialist aggressors. We will defeat the whole world and slaughter all the losers everywhere. Long live Saddam!

[Carolina]

Get the prisoners out, set them free! God bless our troops.

[MEG33]

Great..go get them!

[TomGuy]

Boy that center of town sure looks like a quagmire to me.

Yeh, if it hadn't been for the weeks of pause Reuters reportered, they still wouldn't be here...hmmm but they are! Confusing. [lol]

[Prince Charles]

Tankers are still looking for snipers....

[Catspaw]

I did get emotional seeing this, not just for the liberation of these poor eople, but also for all our fallen, our POWs and our MIAs, without whose sacrifice this would not have happened.

[Irishguy]

man, this is amazing, marines deploying in centre....its only a matter of time until THAT statue disappears....

[GOPyouth]

All your statue are belong to us!

[fml]

Talking on FOX about the jailed children, brings tears to my eyes. This all is too wonderful.