Posted on 07/23/2005 10:00:02 AM PDT by SLB
Three men described as Middle Eastern-looking were seen aiming a rocket launcher at a low-flying B-1 Bomber near Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma.
Air Force security pursued the suspects, who got away, but left behind their rocket launcher, according to a July 14 Air Force staff directive obtained by WND.
The three suspects were observed outside the perimeter of the air base, looking through binoculars and aiming the weapon at chest level, according to the report.
The FBI and Air Force security are investigating the incident, which suggests a threat to military and commercial flights within the U.S. from rocket launchers – or MNAPADS, Man-Portable Air Defense Systems, as they are called.
According to Jane's Terrorism and Insurgency Center, "MANPADS form part of the arsenal of weapons available to almost 30 insurgent and terrorist groups worldwide, their apparent proliferation on the black market making them relatively easy and, depending on the model in question, cheap to acquire."
U.S.-made "Stinger" missiles were widely distributed by the Central Intelligence Agency among rebel Mujahedeen groups fighting the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan during the 1980s. Given the weapon's record against agile military aircraft – at least 270 confirmed kills – the threat that such an advanced system poses to much slower civil aviation is obvious. Conservative estimates state that at least 100 such missiles are still in the country out of around 900 originally supplied.
All I know is that those xray photos have been on the web for ages and never refuted. Snopes has been drooling at the prospect of debunking them, but all they can come up with is, "It just can't be true."
"OK. That did it. I'm convinced."
Glad to hear that. There are two kinds of news reporters: the kind who listen to four forensics specialists, and the kind who make jokes about people who quote four forensics specialists.
That poor bastard. I once got a ticket for going the wrong way in a commissary parking lot. Maybe "they" were after me too.
And the hidden good news here is the absolute fortune in insurance and criminal investigation expenses that will be saved now that forensic examinations can be conducted using nothing more than photographs.
"And the hidden good news here is the absolute fortune in insurance and criminal investigation expenses that will be saved now that forensic examinations can be conducted using nothing more than photographs."
Funny you say that, because the point of contention is that there was never an autopsy. So, in order to say that these four forensics specialists were kooks, you should ban autopsies period.
Don't Air Force bases have security helicopters?
"That poor bastard. I once got a ticket for going the wrong way in a commissary parking lot. Maybe "they" were after me too."
And then your formerly sterling career was decimated for not having a cooperative attitude? Amazing.
Farah is put onto a different level because HE puts himself there.
He puts something out and swears by it and his legion of fans do not brook any argument.
He belongs as WorldNUTDaily. He is a lunatic.
I've never seen any...
If his sources lied to him, he will retract, just as Matt Drudge did regarding Blumenthal, and just like any other reporter would do [except for Dan Rather].
But what I really like about Farah is that he'll talk about the way "Repent America" was treated [remember their 47 year threat by the DA in Philly?], the way the Brown Crash was covered up, etc. He does a lot of good, accurate work.
No. Possibly because I didn't subsequently make public statements to the press during an active accident investigation concerning unreleasable information about an injury I personally had not seen.
yes and then he follows up with THIS crap.
This isn't the first one. Remember the AQ/Nukes in America story just a few weeks ago?
The man has an agenda. and like all good MSM'ers he isn't willing to admit it.
"Don't Air Force bases have security helicopters?"
I'd imagine you are right about that, along with thermal vision devices. And I'd also imagine that satellites would be freed up to home in on places like that during an attack.
And if they don't have road blocks that a chopper could fly ahead and drop within minutes, there should be.
"No. Possibly because I didn't subsequently make public statements to the press during an active accident investigation concerning unreleasable information about an injury I personally had not seen."
Along with three of your peers speaking out at the same time. Clinton was up to something here. And these four whistle blowers let their careers be ruined to get the word out. Unfortunately, people are too kookophobic to back them up.
http://www.newsmax.com/special_report/brown.shtml
CR is Chris Ruddy. GP is George Putnam. LK is Larry Klayman. While I don't think a lot of the way Klayman treated Cheney, he is worth listening to most of the time:
CR: So the chief naval investigator, who is a law enforcement officer, Kathleen Janowski, Chief Petty Officer: A sworn law enforcement officer.
CR: ...that was present at Dover Airforce Base, told you that the first head X-ray was destroyed because it showed evidence of a gunshot wound. Kathleen Janowski, Chief Petty Officer: Yes. It showed a lead snowstorm.
GP: What happened to the X-rays?
LK: The X-rays are missing, George.
GP: Missing?
LK: Missing, with every other piece of evidence. And here's another important fact about this whole Ron Brown situation. Nolanda Hill told us that he was deeply involved in this transfer of technology to the Chinese. He'd met with this Chinese arms merchant, Wong Jun. Now, the plane goes down in Bosnia in an area where the Chinese intelligence are prevalent.
I asked Johnny Chung when we deposed him in one of our Chinagate cases: "Do you think that the death of Ron Brown was accidental?" And he said to me, "Larry, let's put it this way: I have doubts."
GP: Chris, Larry, this is simply amazing. You have three military officials who said that Brown may have been shot. The head X-rays were destroyed... Larry, I'm not a lawyer as you are. Is this obstruction of justice? Is it worse? Does it involve a cabinet secretary who may have been killed? Assassinated?
LK: George, it's worse than that. It's clearly obstruction of justice. But there's a whole other story here. We know that the Congressional Black Caucus - because I met with some of them, with our clients - wanted to proceed with an investigation right before the Lewinsky scandal. All of a sudden 400 million dollars of inner-city aide was freed up by the Clinton Administration to pump into their districts and they lost interest. There's an obstruction of Congress as well as an obstruction in the military.
GP: This is simply frightening. This is not the America I know, folks. I think you'll agree that this is not conspiracy stuff. This is about a cover-up. This is about obstruction of justice at the highest level. This is about a possible assassination.
But I'm just a mindless military-bot...
LOL
now that is a complete awesome picture....
it shows the power of the engines that push that thing....
Oh nooooo. Now you've brought Larry Klayman into the mix!?! I love it.
"yes and then he follows up with THIS crap."
Please understand, I think of Farah as one of the good guys. Did you know that Clinton had sicced the IRS on him? Clinton didn't like him very much, I'm sure you might imagine.
Well, after all these years he's been out here, you might have something to quote when he reappears. So rather than name-calling him, you can actually slap down a handy link to his retraction and to here. That's the great thing about the internet. And I'm impressed if this is the first time he got nailed after all these years.
that was then, this is now.
This has been a repeatitive pattern. This IS NOT the first time he has put such garbage out there.
"This IS NOT the first time he has put such garbage out there."
If true it will catch up with him, right? It will be proven.
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