***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.

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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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[GOPrincess]

"FoxNews is what the American press used to be when the American people counted their blessings instead of criticizing their country."

Great quote. I said to my family the other night, during WWII it was "mainstream" for the U.S. media to tell the difference between the good guys and the bad guys. Now it's "right-wing conservative" to do so!!

[dogbyte12]

Well Saddam wanted to get a head.

Looks like he's got one now. Let's win this peace. Let's prevent looting, help install good government... and have a Japan or Germany type nation staring at the rest of the tinpot dictators in the region.

[steveegg]

>MSNBC showing "new Iraqi money"...it's a fake...but it has GEORGE W. BUSH picture on it!

If you look closely, you'll probably notice the "Registered@aol.com" trademark...

Guess Registered has gone global now.

[epluribus_2]

someday... forces of history cannot be stopped.

[MEG33]

Wasn't that fun to watch!

[Howlin]

I love that quote!

[Right_in_Virginia]

Isn't Brit Hume just the BEST?! Wonderful...we've got another quote of the day! (I'm sure he's a lurker.)

[Mo1]

I can't believe this idiot Jeanne on MSNBC .. DOOM AND GLOOM

That's it .. back to FNC for me

[dfwgator]

They are riding on Saddam's head!

Hey Fidel! You want a piece of this?

[Petronski]

I would love to see this scene repeated in Havana.

What a party that would be? And to ride around the streets of Havana on Fidel's giant bronze head? Delicious!

[newgeezer]

A few well-placed asterisks, along with something along the lines of "edited for content" would get the same message across and meet the rules here.

I won't complain, though. It's just a suggestion.

[GraniteStateConservative]

I'd wait and see the sheet music before declaring that web site accurate.

[Jaded]

I have to be honest here. Before this actually started, I wasn't sure I wanted to see war. I knew Hussein gassed the Kurds and killed some of his people and should have been taken care of the first go round. There was some other stuff I knew about his regime. Not as much as alot of you.

Anyway, after things started coming out,I wondered how people could be opposed to this. Including the EuroTrash portion of Europe. The FORMER REGIME in Iraq was made up of Hitler and Stalin's familiars. It reminded me of a quote "good will be called evil and evil will be called good".

Thanks for letting me share the long, long hours and bagcam entertainment with all of you. This is indeed a Glorious Day. He has heard our prayers and the prayers of the oppressed.

[Prince Charles]

I've got some others uploaded but didn't want to bog down the thread.. just change the URL, I think the other pics were numbered 2, 5 and 6.

[Carolina]

Look at them drag the head through the street!!!

[KMJames]

CBS Marines embed has been reporting live shooting from Baghdad area approx. 1 mile from statue...

[aloysius89]

"Now we dance."

Imagine the joy. Take a moment and imagine the joy.

[hawkaw]

I forgot about Spain, but I singled out the four countries because they actually sent troops, I don't know if Spain sent any.

Did you realize that even Canada had troops fighting on the ground, directing bombing runs in the air aboard AWACS planes and protecting ships at sea? You might hate our liberal government like I do seeing they were out to keep their base but I think you and others on this board should acknowledge these brave military people in Canada and other countries like the Danish.

hawk

[Petronski]

Well, when I made the post, I did asterisk out the f-word.

[hispanarepublicana]

THIS WAS FOR THE IRAQI PEOPLE AND FOR THE ONES BELOW: