***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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[Poser]

Good night all. I'll see you in the morning with the first cup of coffee. I get to go to Manchester for lunch at Hooters tomorrow, a nice break from All War- All the Time.

[Anamensis]

How do Arabs simultaneously believe that coalition forces aren't really in Baghdad, it's all just a movie.... and that we are killing innocent Iraqis and stealing the oil? Oh, I forgot. They're Arabs. Juggling impossible contradictions is what they do: Osama is my hero even though it was really the Jews who blew up the WTC.

[najida]

The Spec Ops Guy....
YEAH! Please...

[pitinkie]

Night.

[TomGuy]

Shouldn't we have taken down that statue in the middle there by now?

I'm sitting here hoping to see our guys walk into the circle or those people gathering at the lower left on NTV to go over and pull it down. That would be great to see live.

[dogbyte12]

Looks like militia. Walking single file all in dark clothing... counted at least 20 of them in that pack.

[GOPyouth]

They are probably being told by every news outlet that we are not there. Who knows. Doesn't matter to much, though. ;)

[Mrs.Liberty]

Have fun at Hooters. Remember, keep your eyes to yourself!

[JLS]

I can not think of a better way to take on the irregulars than to let them attack our tanks with their mini vans.

[GOPyouth]

to too

[Pro-Bush]

Did you see Shep kinda give a little smirk when he said "nice to see you Heather".

[spectr17]

nite

[scab4faa]

Tummy girl! Hehe

[GOPyouth]

Shep knows a hottie when he sees one. :)

[Shermy]

I back tracked. Arkady renko appears to have the honors of the first freeper to post the idea.


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/886807/posts?page=5328#5328
***Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - Day 19 - LIVE THREAD***

Posted by arkady_renko to LiveFreeOrDie2001
On News/Activism 04/07/2003 11:07 PM EDT #5,328 of 5,821

Look at the tapes on Fox of the people gawking at the bomb site. Could these be some of the people seen in the recent walk-about by Saddam. It is the same area in the city.
The 2 big burly guys that hug and cry look like the bodyguards he had in that video.

A_R

[bornintexas]

"Heather....remarkable"

And SMART, too. Did you hear her HEED the warnings about not going into areas where the protest have been? Now if we could get other journalist to heed the warnings...

[SamAdams76]

I noticed the same thing. Shep's definitely tripping on something. About an hour ago, he was yapping about Marines carrying AK-47s into battle. Hopefully somebody slipped him a note that Marines use M-16s. I also find his use of slang rather annoying. It sounds rather juvenile. Other than those annoyances, FoxNews is doing a bang-up job once again.

[Anamensis]

Well, the thing is, if we aren't really there... why are they protesting?

[pitinkie]

yeah you found it!