***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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[quietolong]

Follow up to Afghanistan helicopter crash...Crash victims identified

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/887755/posts

[Tree of Liberty]

Ahhh, back in time for Miss Dhue

[bornintexas]

"Their not the story! Move on..."

EXACTLY! This is exactly what I emailed them. I do regret the loss of any innocent life over there...BUT, the actions after the incident is way over the line. Saying our military is targeting western journalist is too much for me. I don't need a lecture from Shep.

[FirstFlaBn]

USAF offloading heavy armor, (M1 Abrams tanks) in north Iraq with 173rd Airborne

Earlier media report (I'm channel switching, so don't recall whether Fox or MSBC) said a company of tanks. That's around 12-14 - just enough to provide some mobility and firepower. Remember the word earlier today saying we had virtually wiped out their armor.

[JLS]

I agree Shep was responding to e-mails saying the reporters deserved to die or something equally silly. The reporter did not deserve to die.

But they were in the way of combat. I agree with Howlin that the embeds would likely have fired too.

[GOPrincess]

I was just saying to my husband before reading this post that of all the Fox reporters, I've been worrying this most about Rick. He sounds very, very stressed -- for good reason, of course. (Maybe Greg and Ollie having military experience helps them in this situation.) Rick's been doing an awesome job but I wish he could catch a rest somewhere for a while.

[Slip18]

Ahhhh, you've gotta be a guy!

[Timesink]

Batchelor and Alexander are almost the Art Bell of the political scene. They could be right, but it's not something I'd want to have to bet the house on. The Loftus claim also doesn't mesh with news reports that they heard Saddam in the restaurant talking about how to escape Baghdad after he got there.

[AFPhys]

...probably extremely jealous of the males "firm buns".

A Bun Lady

LOL... one of the memorable times of my life was when I was shopping at the base commissary in my well-fitting flight suit, and a lady had the moxie to come up to me and say, "you really great butt..." and propositioned me. I suspect I turned a few different shades... LOL

[Consort]

The embeds are spending quality time with real Americans (a new experience for Liberal embeds) while the non-embeds are wallowing amongst themselves in the hardship of a luxury hotel experience the agony of opulence.

[dogbyte12]

Jets overhead. Not hearing any payload drops today. Are we just consolidating, or running out of targets?

[honeygrl]

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

Apparently SOMEONE said that and I don't doubt they said it. I've seen the same thing said here on other threads a few times. He's responding to EMAILS he's getting, not to the freerepublic thread.

[Anamensis]

Yes, it's nice not to miss Laurie. Laurie and Heather and Jennifer, oh my!

[umbagi]

Another story will come along to replace this one.

I hope you're right... I'd hate to see Fox rest on its laurels and decide that the journalists are "what it's all about."

[GOPrincess]

Really, that's your nephew? Wow.

The brother of one of my 11-year-old's teachers (also in Orange County) is flying bomb-dropping missions...she is very proud and very anxious, as you must be.

[Mrs.Liberty]

I do believe my nephew, a C17 Crew Chief, is participating in this, then. He was flying last week when the 173rd parachuted.

[Slip18]

I misread you. If you had been here in person, I'm sure I would have caught the tone in your voice.

[Prince Charles]

He's making the point that officials of the Iraqi military are there with them. He's not saying ingore it. He's saying keep it in mind

I have kept it in mind. All the reporters I've heard today were saying they didn't hear a single shot coming from the hotel. However, the on-scene commanders reported they were taking "significant fire" from the hotel. I posted a picture of a sniper's nest on a building on the west side of the Tigris. The tankers said the whole area was a sniper's nest.

Who do you believe?

[Tree of Liberty]

*checks between legs* yep!