***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.

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

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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...

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[Slip18]

"Sometimes I wonder if all this fresh air and clean water is really worth it."

It's only worth it if you are happy, IMHO.

[AFPhys]

Hear me out first BEFORE you check out this link:

I must say that this is a surprising article: surprising at how well it is written and what it says. STAY with me now... this is the ARAB NEWS ... you must anticipate and expect a fair amount of antiAmerica and antiBush statements, so IGNORE those and look at the rest of the article... (they do, however, merit a BARF alert if not ignored)

Read the article carefully ignoring those, and it appears to be a truly accurate depiction of the world situation right now. If the Arab world is starting to see all those other pieces, all that has to happen is for them to have revealed to them that America is not the "Great Satan"... and with the imams of Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and even some in Iraq starting to support the US, this revelation may not be impossible to achieve.

I'm impressed and encouraged by this article.

"Exclusive: Betrayal on All Sides"

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/888590/posts

Remember my initial CAUTION

[LikeLight]

Rick L on Fox just mentioned that they're seeing SUVs w/ "UN" marked on the side . . . but the UN has been gone for weeks . . . presumed stolen . . . I don't know what's scarier, UN trucks with UN people or with 'Raqis!

[Mrs.Liberty]

Whew!

[Prince Charles]

Shep Smith just decided to lecture his viewers the constitution and freedom of the press, and how the poor slobs at the Palestine hotel are being gagged (in effect) by Iraqi minders. And that we all show bow down and thank them for being there for us. He even equated their service with that of the actual guys doing the fighting.

Excuse me, Shemp, but the journalists in Baghdad were warned on multiple and continuing occasions that the city is a war zone.

Your argument does not hold up.

[pitinkie]

More people in the roundabout.

[spectr17]

FR is hanging on me too. Dialup here, 49K on a good night. It did this also last night.

[reformed_democrat]

Thank you, pitinkie.

Now I can go to sleep with a smile on my face (that makes my husband think I've been sneaking chocolate again).

[MEG33]

It's the whining from them in the hotel..They want aguarantee we won't shoot when shot at..The arrogance that they are more important than civilian Iraqis that I hate.You don't hear it from all and never from the imbeds.

[GOPyouth]

This is what Shep said, almost word for word.

Shep on journalists shot at hotel: Founding fathers felt we needed freedom of the press so that regular citizens could check up on the government. Those people who are over there have Iraqi minders with them. How different are these minders from the military? These reporters went over there and aer scared for their lives, and who wouldn't be? They are there for you, just like those soldiers, and I pray that they come home safe.

He made the point that they are in a war-zone. He's responding to emails saying, "they deserve getting killed."

[pitinkie]

Ceurtainly!!!

[TomGuy]

A ballet is probably pretty demoralizing for men. They appreciate the males agility but are probably extremely jealous of the males "firm buns".

A Bun Lady

You would probably appreciate this: Link of interest

[pitinkie]

Only wish it were aimed on the chosen few.

[umbagi]

Hey, SHEP!

We didn't say "Screw those journalists"...

We said "They're not THE STORY! Tell us about it, and MOVE ON!"

These people need to get a grip and get back to the News...

[Sorry, I'm just sick of it...]

[Slip18]

I am proud!

I've blasted these threads with the photo of my other nephew. This is the most recent photo I've seen of my elder nephew.

What the heck is on his face, though? A camo bandana?

[wolficatZ]

For those Freepers without Foxnews, search around http://www.shoutcast.com for a Foxnews audio feed. They are usually 8kbps audio so accessible to dialup users. They can support only a limited number of listeners (20 or 30 max) though..