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Syrian general's killing severs Hezbollah links
Times of London ^
| 08/06/08
| James Hider
Posted on 08/05/2008 5:33:08 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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The assassination of
Suleiman,
Mughniyeh and the defection of General
Ali al-Asgari sends a very strong message first and foremost to Hezbollah, and then to its allies in Iran and Syria that their activities and relations with Hezbollah in Lebanon are being watched, he said. It also says that the ranks of their intelligence organisations have most probably been infiltrated, and that a renewed conflict initiated by them would not be in their best interest, at least militarily.
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This is quite interesting.
To: TigerLikesRooster
Interesting that the sniper was likely on a boat. That has to be a difficult shot unless they're in a really quiet cove.
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posted on
08/05/2008 5:36:10 PM PDT
by
TheZMan
(Bitter backwoods east Texan Christian gun clinger with the AC at 72 degrees.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
A sniper, apparently located out at sea
Damn, that would have been a tough shot from a moving boat,
even a frogman in the surf would have a hard time.
No amateurs pulled this off.
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posted on
08/05/2008 5:36:45 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: AdmSmith; nuconvert; FARS
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posted on
08/05/2008 5:37:37 PM PDT
by
TigerLikesRooster
(kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
To: tet68
Dang, hit him three times too.
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posted on
08/05/2008 5:38:01 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: tet68
From a mini-submarine with a sniper gun attached next to its periscope?
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posted on
08/05/2008 5:39:20 PM PDT
by
TigerLikesRooster
(kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
To: TigerLikesRooster
To: TigerLikesRooster
This does not pass the sniff test.
A sniper at sea? Come on. Even the littlest wave would mess up your shot. And three times hitting him?
The only way that could happen is if you unloaded a machine gun for 30 seconds.
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posted on
08/05/2008 5:43:17 PM PDT
by
Dog Gone
To: Dog Gone
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posted on
08/05/2008 5:50:10 PM PDT
by
Mr. Lucky
To: Dog Gone
Either it was not from a sniper at sea, or the sniper has some serious gyro-stabilized platform (which is not impossible, but is more high tech than I would have expected).
Then again, a loaded freighter in a calm harbor might just be stable enough
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posted on
08/05/2008 5:50:13 PM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." -- George Orwell)
To: Dog Gone
Plus a boat would be a slow get away with no place to hide.
I used to do some shooting from a ship in VN..and it was pretty hard even with a big ship under you. M14..the guys were better with the 40mm.
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posted on
08/05/2008 5:52:36 PM PDT
by
Oldexpat
(Drill Here, Drill There..we must drill everywhere.)
To: Dog Gone
If it was an inside job they would need to try to say the shots came from offshore to deflect from the fact that the hit was in a secure area. The most likely candidate for someone in close and on the ground would have been part of their own intel/security apparatus.
So ya, say “oh noez it must have been a guy in a zodiac...that’s the ticket”.
To: happinesswithoutpeace
add “or armed forces” to “part of their own intel/security apparatus.”
To: PapaBear3625
Either it was not from a sniper at sea, or the sniper has some serious gyro-stabilized platform (which is not impossible, but is more high tech than I would have expected). Then again, a loaded freighter in a calm harbor might just be stable enough
I'm not very familiar with the Syrian coast so if there is a gentle harbor, that would be new information to me.
I'm no skilled sniper, but I am a deer hunter. It's hard enough to draw a steady bead from a solid stand 150 yards away.
As reported, this couldn't have been closer than 1000 yards, and probably at least twice that. Three kill shots from a floating platform is beyond Olympic Gold performance, bordering on the miraculous.
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posted on
08/05/2008 6:17:26 PM PDT
by
Dog Gone
To: TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
08/05/2008 6:53:47 PM PDT
by
ellery
(It's a free country.)
I suspect the sniper was a shark with a friggin' laser on its head.
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posted on
08/05/2008 7:05:09 PM PDT
by
GOP Jedi
(Democracy, Immigration, Multiculturalism -- Pick Any Two)
To: PapaBear3625; All
Mughniyeh was killed on Iran’s orders to prevent him falling into our Special Forces “away team” clutches. They were within four hours of nabbing him.
I imagine that our peops and Israeli ones could lay their hands on “serious gyro-stabilization” ??
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posted on
08/05/2008 7:06:51 PM PDT
by
FARS
To: tet68
A sniper, apparently located out at sea, shot him in the head, neck and stomach and he was pronounced dead at a hospital in Tartous. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Caliber Report please?
On a boat? That explains the 3 shots instead of 1.It could be that one shot also went over his head. Hunting seals of the coast of Newfoundland on the ice from boats, using .22 rifles, going for the eye shot, rifle on the gunnel ( gunwale), one learns to squeeze at just the right moment.
Squeezing as the boat reaches its end of reverse roll at sea and continuing to fire as the gunnel rolls down is why there were 3 shots.If it was over 500 yards, thats some fine shooting. The rifle was likely set to fire a burst of three rounds with one trigger squeeze, auto fire.
Or there were 3 shooters.
Who was on the grassy knoll?.....( LOL sorry had to.)
I would have to guess that the Mossad sponsored that shooting match.
We should have more in this country like it, shooting at targets from a boat 300 yards of shore sounds like a bit of fun.
For some reason we don't equate boats and rifles, just boats and shotguns! LOL.
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posted on
08/05/2008 7:08:24 PM PDT
by
Candor7
(Fascism? All it takes is for good men to say nothing, (Ridicule Obama))
To: Dog Gone
>This does not pass the sniff test.
Beat me to it.
I'm a marksman, and I seriously do not believe that you could snipe anyone from a spot on the ocean unless you were on a gyroscopic stabilized firing platform.
Not many of those in the world...
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posted on
08/05/2008 7:19:38 PM PDT
by
bill1952
(Obama-the only one who can make me vote McCain McCain-the only one who can make me stay at home)
To: Dog Gone
As reported, this couldn't have been closer than 1000 yards, and probably at least twice that. Three kill shots from a floating platform is beyond Olympic Gold performance, bordering on the miraculous
or, maybe it was Mel Gibson from Lethal Weapon I when he's telling the General how good he was at 1000 yards...
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