Posted on 12/31/2009 10:54:56 AM PST by BobMcCartyWrites
According to a news report out of Houston this morning, police there found an AT-4 shoulder-mounted rocket launcher like the one shown in the photo above, alleged to belong to a man by the name of Nabilaye I. Yansane, in a southwest Houston apartment complex. Though I have yet to see comments by members of the Obama Administration in response to the news about this weapon, I have some ideas about what they might say
According to a news report out of Houston this morning, police there found an AT-4 shoulder-mounted rocket launcher like the one shown in the photo above, alleged to belong to a man by the name of Nabilaye I. Yansane, in a southwest Houston apartment complex. Though I have yet to see comments by members of the Obama Administration in response to the news about this weapon, I have some ideas about what they might say:
"This was just an isolated incident." -- President Barack Obama
"Obviously, this was a mix-up. The rocket launcher was probably left there by a careless veteran returning from Iraq or Afghanistan." -- Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano
"Arabs traditionally welcome the New Year by firing larger, more powerful fireworks than we do in the United States." -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
"It's probably something the guy picked up at an Army surplus store and doesn't deserve any more attention than it's already received from Fox News." -- Press Secretary Robert Gibbs
Unfortunately, I suspect all of the above comments will be proven reckless and wrong. That said, should Americans be concerned about such a discovery?
According to a retired Navy SEAL friend of mine, the AT-4 is a one-time-use weapon capable of hitting a target from 300 yards, can bring down aircraft and can be remotely fired. Best of all for the one using it, my combat-veteran friend says, it's the weapon of choice -- short of a Stinger missile, that is -- for someone who wants to take out a hardened vehicle like those used for executive protection.
Developing...
Hat tip: Jihad Watch
didn’t this happen a month ago?
Lone wolf will be the excuse.
IIRC, that panty dude bomber made a recent trip to Houston.
Are you sure they didn’t find your new year’s fireworks stash?
Funny name for an Amish person.
‘The Houston police acted stupidly’.
Very odd to see large amounts of brass and feed belt clips flying from a shoulder fired rocket tube in that pic...
He’s half Quaker.
Don’t know if there is any link to the mysterious projectiles launched at Bush Intercontinental flights in recent years.
Ho, no no no, the facts are not correct, they dont match our story line; someone round up the usual suspects; wheres Napolitano, get me Pelosi, wheres that Clinton Gibbs get in here.
Let’s not jump to conclusions.
The brass is from the M240 gunner standing next to him but out of the picture and firing.
If you look at the concentration and dispersal, it seems there is a gunner just to the right, out of frame.
Isolated incident response....
It belongs to a right wing extremist.
lone (star) nut
There is no law against owning a non-armed (empty) rocket launcher. From my reading of the article, this was just the tube launcher & no rocket.
That's a fine Irish name......
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