***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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[Timesink]

US special operations forces have sabotaged Kirkuk-Banias pipeline cutting flow of illegal Iraqi oil exports smuggled through Syria. Damascus notifies buyers that 2003 supply diminished by 40pc, equal to 240,000bpd ? exactly the quantity that Iraq previously pumped through.

Oh boy, do I hope this is true.

[Mo1]

Thank You!!!

[Timeout]

Cheering and people dancing on the statue!

[Herodotus]

flag has coem down now out of respect...

[CAPPSMADNESS]

I am!! They took down the falg - I suppose so to not have it touch the ground?? How nice!

[Anomaly in Illinois]

I agree, but the crowd really did cheer when we did it.

[rintense]

Good move.

[aloysius89]

I'm hoping the Marines will lay out enough cable so the Iraqis can grab on and do the job themselves.

[Cboldt]

Yep -- take the flags down. THis is the downfall of a regime, not the downfall of a country. The country is being liberated.

[steveegg]

Try 1 to get the Saddam statue down failed because of a snapped rope. M-88 now in with a chain to bring it down.

Iraqi flag now off the Saddam statue. Fire up those webcams.

[fml]

LOL, good one. They did take the Iraq flag down, so I suspect your right.

[Robert A Cook PE]

When that chain goes around Saddamn's neck, he will wear a moose and be pulled down by the people of Iraq; but his people will be free of the moose around THEIR necks and be lifted up by their bootstraps!

[Mo1]

This is one hell-of-a block party!

Ain't it .. LOL

[Xphantasos]

french flag should be used to wrap Saddam's butt like a diaper.

[MEG33]

When those tanks rolled in it was thrilling!

[Howlin]

What is the stock market doing today??????

[dfwgator]

Drum roll...

[Conan the Librarian]

Here it comes!

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

The Iraqi people finally feel safe enough to pour onto the streets of Baghdad where they have been thanking our troops, trying to take down the big statue of Saddam...used sledgehammers, put up rope, then we brought in tank retriever to help, attached chain to Saddam, our guys put up US flag on Saddam's head, took down and gave to an Iraqi who waved it..US Marine replaced with Iraqi flag on Saddam's head, Iraqis left cars to join the crowd by the statue...we are pulling down SADDAM!

[CAPPSMADNESS]

Here it goes!!!