***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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[Lauratealeaf]

Paris has some great architecture but it is pretty dirty. Many areas are filthy. It was a disappointment.

[Michael81Dus]

You describe Patriotism, a patriotism that defends freedom, and that´s how I feel, too. Freedom may be defined different (e.g. many of you believe that Germany is not a country of free speech because we prohibit Nazi symbols and propaganda), but basically we mean and want the same. That´s why we - you and I - are united in our minds not only on that day, and that is, why I regulary post here since 4 months.

[NTNgod]

'bout 4-5 hours ago. Been in the square about 2 hours I think

[epluribus_2]

evil does not die well. I saw a man in a black shirt giving a flower to a marine. I hope he's had him smallpox, anthrax vaccines. Nothing will surprise me in the coming days as the last shrieks of evil are extinguished.

[pitinkie]

ok..WHO GOT SCREEN CAPS OF THE TANKS!!!!!!!!!!

[Mo1]

They aren't firing off their guns!

You're right!!

[Solson]

my wife is capturing them at home and will e-mail them to me. I'll share once I have em.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

CNN, reporting it's a GO HOME US banner? ROTFL!

[Jaded]

Their entourage was fired on several days ago while heading toward Syria. Does that mean SH left Baghdad several days ago or that he is currently stowed away in an EMPTY building?

[Spunky]

MSNBC cam. Richard saying I can not see the building, I do not know what it is.

I'm sorry if that is the ----University, I do not know.

Does it make a difference if it is the Iraqis or the Americans? No I do not think it makes a difference.

[Byron_the_Aussie]

..how's the weather in Australia...er, Arizona?...

He he he. If anyone could write a book on the history of FR it's you, amigO.

[GirlShortstop]

spoke too soon

[GraniteStateConservative]

No, it means they know the contents of the embassy and Hussein isn't one of the contents.

[Herodotus]

shots fired in the square again...people standing around...Marines runing for cover now...!!!!

[Prince Charles]

Shots fired!

[Petronski]

[The DUmmies say] every Iraqi giving the thumbs-up sign is actually flipping off America because a thumbs-up is actually the Arab version of "the finger"

That's the racist BS from the left that really pisses me off. They don't believe the Iraqi people are smart enough to learn an 'American' salute that would be instantly understood by the troops...so as to salute us in our own idiom.

If we were liberated by people who's 'thumbs up' is to make giant wagging moose horns with both hands on my head, then when they rolled into my town, I'd be making giant wagging moose horns with my hands, no matter how strange it seemed to American eyes.

[justshe]

Martina McBride sings Independence Day.

[HoHoeHeaux]

Drudge finally woke up.

[Miss Marple]

I have been watching this on Fox and also directing a plumber on which repairs I will be able to afford today (new faucet and drain in the bathroom).

Tank or someting similar now up near the statue and they have a heavy cable around it. Announcement over mosque loudspeaker to step back and be careful. LOL!

[Chemist_Geek]

Sky news Bag Cam - Iraqi boy (11 y.o.) hands flowers to US Marines. Showing split-screen of Ministry of Finance burning. Reports of sniping spread across Baghdad; reports of looting of official offices. Coalition now reporting air supremacy over all Iraq. Gunfire in square, crowd dispersing, Marines back in their tanks.