***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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[TX Bluebonnet]

That and the paper trail...

Anyone else suspicious that the fire at the Finance Ministry was deliberately set by Saddamites to destroy a paper trail?

[AFPhys]

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!!!

WHEE HAW!!!!

[POGIFFMOO]

Getting harder and harder for the naysayers to find something wrong here........possible crisis if the cost of felafil doesn't stabilize.

[JFC]

you guys don't let those biased media ruin your day..

watch fox the positive and real news channel.

[retrokitten]

Hey! Someone turn the lights on the MSNBC Bag Cam! eeewww! Not on HER!

[Cordova Belle]

Why am I not surprised?
Next, she will be saying that if only Israel could be pushed into the sea, WORLD PEACE could dawn for them

{gag}

[kcvl]

ROFLOL!

[Mo1]

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!

Palestinian and the UN don't Get a Say in the Matter

The FREE Iraqi people do

[Consort]

Maybe the fire was set by the French, Germans, and Russians.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

#3804 nic, good one.

The Klintoons haven't even started on the manuscripts of their "books." ROFLOL!!! ...do I detect a teeny bit of gloating? (^:

[Nefertiti]

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!!!

Yes he will be.... and people will always know when you want a job done and you want it done right CALL IN A TRUE COWBOY!!

[nicmarlo]

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

With all due respect, TomGuy, no it hasn't; here's the Clinton/Gore Legacy we will NEVER FORGET:

[Howlin]

Can anybody remember who it was that kept saying that the Iraqis hated Americans and wouldn't put up for us being there?

[r9etb]

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.

Instead of gloating, he can point to this:

In the beauty of the lilies
Christ was born across the sea,
With a glory in His bosom
That transfigures you and me;
As He died to make men holy,
Let us die to make men free;
While God is marching on

This is the true nature of our nation. God bless our brave military men and women, who have volunteered(!!!) to make good on this pledge.

[Mo1]

I had to turn off ABC .. I just can't take Jennings any more


Oh PLEASE .. I wish the miltary would throw Peter out of our Country

[Timeout]

OMG!

Richard just asked this soldier on ABC "What was the worst moment for you? Did you lose any colleagues?" Colleagues!

What a turd!

[Consort]

Clinton will take credit for "preparing the groundwork for this".

[nicmarlo]

do I detect a teeny bit of gloating?

Well, maybe a tad! : )

[Abigail Adams]

Glory, glory! Halleluia!

[piasa]

Anyone else suspicious that the fire at the Finance Ministry was deliberately set by Saddamites to destroy a paper trail?

YEP. Now here's the real question : who did it- the Iraqis? French antigreenpeace commandoes, or Russians?