***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.

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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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[tame]

Tomorrow's historic New York Times Headline:

"Iraqi citizen scrapes his shoulder trying to topple a Statue"

[monafelice]

Hillary, you can start writing your book now

Garafalo- what was that about crawling on broken glass

YA HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

thank you soldiers.

I love this country

[wolf6656]

All of your wankers are belong to us.!!!!

[Cboldt]

And the real Saddam will pop out of the base, like popping out of a cake. He'll be like the wicked witch of the West, the crowd will sactter, and CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS can rejoice, as the war re-enters "quagmire" status

[melodie]

sorry for yelling

[Howlin]

I'm so GLAD we can all be together to share this.......we have put in our "time" for this war, and we NEEDED this!

[Kip Lange]

Move 'Statue'.

Move 'Statue' ... for Great *Justice*!

[retrokitten]

Plenty of gloating in Chicago coming from me!! LOL! DICK DURBIN CAN YOU HEAR US NOW???????

[SoldiersGirl]

we can shot the statue, weaken it up, then let them tear it down
joint project

[MEG33]

I didn't know. I can't imagine the horror..Today they will rejoice.This isn't over..but it's happening.

[Timeout]

Brokaw finally made it on...Today Show. Says he's spent a lot of time in Baghdad and never thought he'd live to see this sight!

[meyer]

I fear that when that thing does come down, there's quite a few people that stand to be crushed when it lands! Hopefully, they're fleet of foot and get out of the way!

[dogbyte12]

I just want to send out a personal FU to Peter Arnett, Robert Fiske, and Peter "Quagmire" Jennings. Your strongman is done for, finished kaput. You better pray that the Iraqi people are forgiving people, and don't lash out at you all for propping up the man who gave them so much misery.

[amom]

What I will miss from this is the sun comingk up and the birds, and someone out walking their dog.

Ahhh yes. Hummm maybe they'll put up a cam to say? That'd do it for me! Maybe the new government could hire Ahmad. :-)

[LauraJean]

Looks like the libs just got wanked

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Attacking the statue: FN: "that symbolizes an incredible thing - that is, the absence of fear." (^:

[ican'tbelieveit]

CNBC had video of a town in N. Iraq, supposedly they can see what is happening in Baghdad. Huge parade of cars and people cheering, honking horns.

FN reporting that Jordan can see it, subdued.

[InShanghai]

Anyone know where the Russian Embassy is?

Wait a minute, didn't the Russians leave? I posted this but now my Bravo Sierra meter is acting up...

[Anamensis]

This is so awesome..."reaction in Amman Jordan is... so far... subdued." Heh heh heh... I bet.

[prairiebreeze]

yes, it's being broadcast because we took over TV and radio