***Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - Day 22 - LIVE THREAD***

Multiple ^ | April 10, 2003 | Various

[An.American.Expatriate]

Operation Iraqi Freedom

This Thread is dedicated to the Countries of the Coalition

Afghanistan
Albania
Angola
Australia
Azerbaijan
Bulgaria
Colombia
Costa Rica
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Georgia
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
Italy
Japan
Kuwait
Latvia
Lithuania
Macedonia
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Mongolia
Netherlands
Nicaragua
Palau
Panama
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Rwanda
Singapore
Slovakia
Solomon Islands
South Korea
Spain
Tonga
Turkey
Uganda
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States
Uzbekistan

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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	Day 21

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Mhking's live cam links 

Live Video/Audio Feeds: Updated 4/9/03 7P ET (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)
The FR Feedroom
"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)
Abu Dhabi BagCam (Real)
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)
Fox News Channel (Audio ONLY MP3 - may not be working)
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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Good Morning.

This is the Daily Thread of Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - LIVE THREAD.

It is designed for general conversation about the events of the day. In depth discussion of events should be left to individual threads - but links to the threads or other articles is highly encouraged. This allows us to stay abreast of the situation in general, while also providing a means of obtaining specific information.

Please have mercy on us dial up limited FReepers! Limit the big graphics, post links instead. A brief description of what the graphic is would help!  If you post graphics, please "size" them so that our browsers continue to load the rest of the thread!

< img src="http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/daseal2.jpg" alt="Army Logo" width="151" height="150" >

To all who helped this get started and keep it running, thank you!

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...

[umbagi]

I have a cammo bikini, cracks my husband up, I bought it as a joke

Uh... Frontpage? Web page?

It's not there :-).

[Severa]

Thought so...

My poor husband is surrounded by shipmates who only watch CNN at work...we keep it on Fox News here of course *s*

[SoldiersGirl]

I couldn't believe a reporter told that joke! Only on FNC...gotta love em

[POGIFFMOO]

Hey, the UN is even jumping on us. As soon as we liberated Bagland they complained we were letting the hospitals get looted.........nothing about the ammo, torture chambers, murders and minor atrocities the Iraqis performed in those hospitals that we stopped. Why couldn't they be quick on the draw for something useful?

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Very good news on the hit tonight! I love the way our fearless military remains on track - focused, awesome...in spite of the chaos and opining swirling around them.

...and Chemical Ali is still dead. (^;

[BagCamAddict]

well you are nice and only here for six days,,quit trying to shame us ole timers.

Thanks. :-) I try to be nice, but in my exhaustion, I know I sometimes resort to the "Oh yeah? Well your mother..." line of dialogue also.

The people who are most frustrated with this thread are not the ones who are on it 24/7, and not the people who know where to find the news. They are looking HERE for the news, because that's what the thread title implies would be found here. You're right, I've only been here for 6 days... which meant I had absolutely NO idea that this wasn't the best thread to find news. I NEEDED NEWS. Problem solved when a Freeper showed me where to find the news. Whew... cool... now I can join in the wankerisms, which I also love.

Does that make more sense regarding the frustration that people show towards this thread? It's simply confusion about the TITLE vs. what actually goes on here. If you're looking for a QUICK news update, this is the wrong thread. If you have time to join in, you will get more details, more breaking news, more sides to each story, and more real-time analysis of what the story actually means. Classic example is when the Palestine Hotel was "hit" -- We dissected that story in real time. We assessed the angles of tragectory, the speed of tank rounds, the battle damage assessment vs. what our tanks can actually do, the possibility that it was a planted/suicide bomb, etc. You don't get that in the Breaking News summaries. But if you have only 15 minutes to drop in for a "quick war update" you don't have time to read the entire as-it-happened dialogue on the incident. You want "Just the facts Ma'am."

It's not about the thread police. It's about frustration with the Thread Title vs. what is actually posted... frustration from IGNORANCE about where to find the news when you want it. I include MYSELF in that category! I was ignorant about this entire website, and about where to go to find the news headlines/summaries. I "belieeeeeved" this was the correct thread. So I was frustrated. Now I know it's not the best thread for a quick news update, but it's the best thread for 24/7 BagCam / War News mainlining!! Informative AND fun!! :-)

[Jackie-O]

"24 hours of whanking"
You must not have been following THIS thread..
whanking=wanking

[SoldiersGirl]

how funny would it be if that was the best personal info they could come up with?

"Excuse me sir, we have new info regarding SG, she has red sox panties sir."

[TigersEye]

pssst, there is a small bump on the "5" key over to the right on the 10-keypad too

What's that for?

[Poser]

For us nerds who don't have to look.

[nicmarlo]

Chemical Ali is still dead

Three strikes, you're OUT! : )

[Fledermaus]

So us number crunchers and use the 10 key without looking.

The same for typist with the bumps on the "F" and "J".

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

say again, why don't we want the kurds to get there first?

Heh. I think it has more to do with the Turks and awkward diplomacy than that "bloodbath" / "Kurds wiping out the bad guys" thing.

[wolficatZ]

Dawn- Baghdad-NTV cam-zoomed OUT

[SoldiersGirl]

this is the only thread I read, probably because I love the morning coffee chat that it comes with, when I need the news and quick..I ask for a fasr summary, and an awesome freeper always obliges right away.
once again..gotta love it

[blastbaby]

"pssst, there is a small bump on the "5" key over to the right on the 10-keypad too "


DON"T TOUCH THE 5 KEY

ut oh - well now you have done it:)

[SoldiersGirl]

you all think mosul will fall rather quickly, or is there some real fighting ahead?

[Fledermaus]

DEM HOUSE LEADER PELOSI TOLD REPORTERS THURSDAY: 'I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO REGRET ABOUT MY VOTE [AGAINST] THIS WAR. THE SAME QUESTIONS REMAIN. THE COST IN HUMAN LIVES, THE COST TO OUR BUDGET, PROBABLY 100 BILLION. WE COULD HAVE PROBABLY BROUGHT DOWN THAT STATUE FOR A LOT LESS'...

But I bet it cost more than that to get her face lifted!