***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.

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...

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[TomGuy]

Shep is underappreciated, IMHO.

Pre-war, his broadcasts were rather 2nd rate, sophomoric. But he has really come into his own with his war coverage. When he "just talks" with Rick or Ollie or Greg and some of the troops, it is great to listen to the conversation. Shep's doing a great job---of course, he's got some good help from the guys in the field, too.

[GOPyouth]

LOL from Shep regarding the other channels bashing: When you're looking up, that's all you can do.

[prairiebreeze]

Nice page. And so it begins another day. Prayers and humble gratitude going out to all allied coalition service members. Let Freedom Ring!

Prairie

[bornintexas]

WOW! Great poem!

[najida]

Shep just said the other channel is bashing them (Fox)....

Who! Do I need to go open a can on them?

[Anamensis]

Shepisms coming a mile a minute: "They spell in squiggles" ...

[spectr17]

Five finger discounts in Baghdad now. Get that velvet Elvis painting you've always pined for.

[Sacajaweau]

You're doing an awesome job and it's certainly not my intention to find fault and that is what the question mark was for. I thought I remembered very early on that they were in the Persian Gulf. I'll look around and pass on what I find.

[TomGuy]

Shep's great. He's really getting off on this Sears guy, in't he?

Shep is very proud of the guy and it shows!

[Anamensis]

So, ALLEGEDLY, I will get cable tomorrow, and can follow along.

That's funny, Baghdad Bob was just on. He said you've had cable for a week!

[JLS]

Someone who is remoting around the dial, tells us who, CNN?, is criticizing FNC and what they are saying?

[JLS]

Someone who is remoting around the dial, tells us who, CNN?, is criticizing FNC and what they are saying?

[MEG33]

God bless our allied forces and keep them safe.

[scab4faa]

[Mo1]

FOFL ... LOVE IT!

[Anamensis]

They probably don't have velvet Elvises. They have burlap Osamas.

[Mrs.Liberty]

LOL..LOL...

[GOPyouth]

Leventhal's up.

[bcoffey]

While waiting for your FNC TV link, you can go here and scroll down the left to the War Radio -> Fox link so at least you can listen to the audio portion of the broadcast.

Be forewarned, however, that it takes a long time (2-3 minutes) to start on my PC.

It's not great, but better than nothing. (I'm listening right now in a FNC-deprived hotel room.)