***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.

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.

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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...

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[melodie]

LOL...come on over Howlin..the coast is clear at my place..everyones gone

[mhking]

Lara Logan on CBS sounds like she's gonna crap her pants....

[Carolinamom]

I'd like to wipe that snear right off her face myself. No way will she be able to spin THIS!

[najida]

They mentioned the children's prison....

AND they are talking about taking down the statue!

[Poser]

I knew the Poles were there. They supported us in the European Union, but the Canadians and in particular, their Prime Minister, have made it clear that they are not on our side. I would tend to doubt that they are there until I actually see them.

They are going to have to stick one on camera.

[SaucyCranberry]

Thank you all for all of your indepth links and commentary during the last 21 days. Reading the Situation rooms each day made me feel so connected to US (FOX) News from 15,000 miles away. I'm crying tears of joy for the Iraqi's and pride for our military. God Bless the Brits and Aussies!

[Carolina]

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

H*ll. Time to break out the champagne! I think I'll make some mimosa in honor of the moment.

[Byron_the_Aussie]

Thanks so much to you two, for the Iraqi Freedom threads. Really wish you were here now to celebrate with us.

[Catspaw]

Fox News - The Marines also have a secret police headquarters.

It's not so secret anymore.

[hawkaw]

No they were never "officially" against the war. The federal government was playing politics in order to protect its left votes. In reality we had over a thousand sailors at sea protecting the American ships and helping supply the British, we had men on AWACS planes directing traffic and we had embedded men on the ground fighting. The government will not confirm or deny that or special comandos were operating in theater.

If you need a reference go to the Toronto Star at www.thestar.com or the National Post at www.nationalpost.com and type in AWACS in the search engines.

I will never forgive Chretien for what he has done by not supporting our troops and what it has caused.

hawk

[mhking]

Marty Savidge with 1st Batallion, 7th Marines, taking heavy fire in another part of Baghdad live on CNN....

[AppyPappy]

Is that Geraldo or Engle?

[MEG33]

Me,too.

[GOPyouth]

All your secrets are belong to us!

[RippleFire]

When do they bring out Robert Fisk in plastic handcuffs?

Not to mention Peter Arnett.

[mewzilla]

I thought Richard Engle was going to pee his pants. And Chris Jumpelt sounded incredibly relieved to have the goons gone. Any bets on how long until that statue of Saddamn in the square gets it?

[MeekOneGOP]

Mornin' ! Thanks for the daily pings to this thread.

[rrrod]

its time for all of us to remember those that tried everything to keep saddam in power..france, germany, russia, the un and the scummy democRATS!

[Timesink]

NBC - Katie Colon finally acknowledging that this is happening.

[Howlin]

Isn't that the truth!