***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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[InShanghai]

Beeb still reporting Saddam is either taking refuge in the Russian Embassy, or via the Lebanese media, has made some sort of agreement with the US to be exiled in Russia.

Once again, my Bravo Sierra meter is active...

[Howlin]

LOL!

[Howlin]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/888599/posts?page=3704#3704

[Dolphy]

I have been stuck in meetings with some European guests, on and off all morning, but I have a secret "high" going on. I am very proud to be an American:)

Bless our troops, President Bush and the innocents of Iraq.

[TigersEye]

OMG!OMG!OMG! Ropes on the statue!

Many thanks for that ping. YAHOOOO! Wish I had seen it but I was up 'til 3:AM. I thought that after the previous day in Bag there would be lots of action. GREAT DAY IN BAGHDAD! PURGE THE SCUM DAY!

[Skel]

Simon sounds a bit down today. There may be some Fisk-like sleeper genes in his body.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

(Newscorp stock up AGAIN today...that's Fox's company! HA!)

Thank you, FoxNews, again!

I hope Rummy gloats a little today. (^:

[nicmarlo]

Bush won't have to write a book on his legacy... hundreds of books will be written for him.

Yes; Bush will become known throughout the WORLD as one of the greatest American Presidents!!!

[BunnySlippers]

He's so full of himself!

[TomGuy]

ROFL.....I think this is just the best: UNDER BUSH: Iraqis are free; Saddam is gone; Al Queda's on the run; Afghani's are free; the UN has proven itself irrelevant; the French, Russians, Germans have been proven to be accomplices to Saddam's military regime; Kerry's and Daschole's mouth have incensed millions of Americans, and....... The Klintoons haven't even started on the manuscripts of their "books." ROFLOL!!!

The Clinton Legacy is slipping further and further in the footnotes section of history.

[r9etb]

You're right -- credit where it's due.

[Mo1]

NEEDS REPEATING!! ROFL.....I think this is just the best: UNDER BUSH: Iraqis are free; Saddam is gone; Al Queda's on the run; Afghani's are free; the UN has proven itself irrelevant; the French, Russians, Germans have been proven to be accomplices to Saddam's military regime; Kerry's and Daschole's mouth have incensed millions of Americans, and.......
The Klintoons haven't even started on the manuscripts of their "books." ROFLOL!!!

[Timeout]

Good point!

I wish I coulda talked to that soldier from Pennsyvania through Richard's IFP....woulda told him to kick Pretty Chicken in the clymer!

[JFC]

My COWBOYS, just ROPED the neck off of Saddam Insane.

HERES TO COWBOYS!

[Howlin]

Perky Katie has that usual Palestinian woman on, the one that always talks about how awful this is going to be for the Muslims, and saying that we need UN supervised elections soon!

[kcvl]

War slut...ROFLOL! She is getting a little pudgy isn't she? Err...fat would be the proper description.

[Solson]

Rummy won't gloat. He knows many brave men and women lost their lives in this effort. We can celebrate but I don't expect any of our leadership to do the same. They're very aware of the sacrifices and that the job is not yet finished.

[Mo1]

OMG .. You should hear Peter Jenning .. What a POS he is

He is basically saying the statue coming down wasn't that big of a deal

[tame]

LOL! GREAT words!

Now, what was Traitor Arnett saying? Hee hee hee:-)

[Timesink]

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

And put his pretty feathers in DANGER?