***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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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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[dfwgator]

Thanks for pointing that out about the Canadian troops. Just as we had eight years of Clinton, Canada has to endure their dark ages with the Cretin.

[nicmarlo]

The most important thing: you kept an open mind and were WILLING to SEE and admit you were wrong. Thank God there are people humble enough to admit that and see that good must sometimes use unpleasant means to accomplish a glorious, righteous end.

[r9etb]

Waiting for Tikrit Bob to come out and say everything's under control, nothing to see here, move along!

I think "Tikrit Timmy" has a better sound to it.

[Mo1]

Aren't they miserable pukes? CNN too. Back to the quagmire and screw-up lines.

YES THEY ARE!!

[magslinger]

I think it's mutual.

[Carolina]

And God bless Kathrine Harris for standing tall in Florida and keeping the law.

Bubba is green, green, green.

[melodie]

LMAO

[Not A Snowbird]

Okay, I'm back with you all now. But there's no way I can catch up on 1500 posts and still work!

I'm so proud of my guys and gals I could just cry. I feel better about having to retire knowing that the Marine Corps is safe in the hands of these fine young people. OOH RAH!

[longtermmemmory]

I bet we will see reallly good media images now that the Press "minders" have taken the day off. It might have been missed but the Press has also been liberated. (at least in body if not brains)

[Prince Charles]

LOL... and the leftist human shields have water diarrhea running down their legs...

[Carolinamom]

Perhaps NOW we will have silence from KKK Byrd. A welcome reprieve from his self-important sanctimoniousness.

[Petronski]

To paraphrase the irrepressible Colonel Hunt: "They're filling up the toilets in Teheran...and Damascus."

[texasbluebell]

Yes, that fake money is great!

[tame]

Journalist showing new mock currency that's been just printed up that has BUSH'S head in the place were Saddamns was!!

GREAT!

[pitinkie]

War slut saying we cant let what happened in Afghanistan happen here.."its anarchy there with tribal lords ruling and no control"!!!!!

[FoxGirl]

CNBC: Al Jazeera reporter who has been quite critical of the US had a total bandwagon jump,

Good news. I've been watching a fairly negative woman reporter on MSNBC. She made a point of the American flag that was temporarily hoisted to the statue. Said it might lead other Arab countries to think that the US was in the occupation mode, rather than liberation. Pffft to her. She also used the quote gesture with her hands around "what Americans are calling liberation". Gah. Back to Fox. Though there was good coverage on CBS of a reporter in the midst of ongoing fire.

[dogbyte12]

Dick Engle is talking to Peter Jennings, trying to push a Shia mob rule story.

[retrokitten]

LMAO!! God Bless Col. Hunt, too! He's the best.

[JFC]

We are proud of our military, the Brits, GW Bush, Tony Blair and Spain.

It takes people with heart to take on the evil doers. We can celebrate with the Iraqi people. No more brutality.

[Carolina]

Dick Engle is talking to Peter Jennings, trying to push a Shia mob rule story.

Funny how he hasn't gone down into the crowd like David Chater.