FReeper Canteen ~ Pancakes on Wednesday ~ 14 Apr 2004

Canteen Crew ~ Radix

[trussell]

Nite Star!!

[Soaring Feather]

~Nat King Cole~Stardust~

[HopeandGlory]

Good night Trussell . . . my thoughts and prayers are with you . . . God Bless.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Oh boy oh boy oh boy......I LOVE that post.

[trussell]

Thank you Hope...Sweet dreams!

[Soaring Feather]

Good nite Troops and Canteen Crew!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Oh my godness, t....((HUGS)) I'm really glad you already have a doctor's appointment to stay on top of the problem. Prayers being sent out right now for you and your health issues.

[Diva Betsy Ross]

OMG!

[Brad’s Gramma]

John?

Ding Ding. Wrong answer.

[SheLion]

Maybe George W. is right after all. You won't see this on CNN

I am passing on a story and pictures which are very interesting. 
Take
a look..............................................

Photo courtesy of MSGT T. Collins, USAF

The Iraqi jet, an advanced Russian MiG-25 Foxbat, was found
buried  in the sand after an informant tipped off U.S. troops.

The MiG was dug out of a massive sand dune near the Al Taqqadum
airfield by U.S. Air Force recovery teams. The MiG was reportedly one of over two dozen Iraqi
jets buried in the sand, like hidden treasure, waiting to be recovered at a later date.

Contrary to what some in the major media have reported, not all the jets found were from the Gulf War era.

The Russian-made MiG-25 Foxbat being recovered by U.S. Air Force troops in the photos is an advanced reconnaissance version never before seen in the West and is equipped with sophisticated electronic warfare devices.

U.S. Air Force recovery teams had to use large earth-moving equipment to uncover the MiG, which is over 70 feet long and weighs nearly 25 tons.

The Foxbat is known to be one of Iraq's top jet fighters. The advanced electronic reconnaissance version found by the U.S. Air Force is currently in service with the Russian air force. The MiG is capable of flying at speeds of over 2,000 miles an hour, or three times the speed of sound,  and at altitudes of over 75,000 feet.

The recovery of the advanced MiG fighter is considered to be an intelligence coup by the U.S. Air Force.. The Foxbat may also be equipped with advanced Russian- and French-made electronics that were sold to Iraq during the 1990s in violation
of a U..N. ban on arms sales to Baghdad.

The buried aircraft at Al Taqqadum were covered in camouflage netting, sealed and, in many cases, had their wings removed before being buried more than 10 feet beneath the Iraqi desert.

X Marks the Spot

The discovery of the buried Iraqi jet fighters illustrates the problem faced by U.S. inspection teams searching Iraq for weapons of mass destruction. Iraq is larger in size than California, and the massive deserts south and west of Baghdad were used by Saddam Hussein to hide weapons during the first Gulf war.

U.S. intelligence sources have already uncovered several mass grave burial sites in the open deserts with an estimated 10,000 dead hidden there. In addition, Iraq previously hid SCUD missiles, chemical weapons and biological warheads by burying them
under the desert sand.

U.N. inspection teams found the weapons in the early 1990s after detailed information of the exact locations was obtained.

Top U.S. weapons inspector Dr. David Kay is known to favor human intelligence as the primary means to find Iraq's hidden treasure trove of weapons and secrets.

While there are rumors of Iraqi chemical and biological weapons being shipped to nearby Syria, the weapons may very well still remain inside Iraq buried under the vast desert wastelands.

Some critics of the Bush administration have claimed that the inability of U.S.. forces to uncover weapons of mass destruction is
proof that the president misled the nation into the war with Iraq.

However, in recent days the critics have fallen silent as word quietly leaked from Iraq that major discoveries have already been made and are now being documented completely. Bush administration officials are keeping any such discoveries secret
for the moment.

[Lady Jag]

[Diva Betsy Ross]

Nite star!! I hope you are feeling better in the AM.

[Brad’s Gramma]

I'm sticking this prayer request over on Logan's Miracle Room.....hang on and expect GREAT THINGS to happen!

[SheLion]

Thanks for THAT nightmare!! LOL!!!

Horrible, isn't it? I almost fell off my chair when I saw that monster. Our troops just take them in stride, I guess. I would be dancing all OVER the desert. LOL

[SheLion]

Is that you W??

Who???? hehe!

[Kathy in Alaska]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Not that UGLY spider again. Somebody did the research on them and they can be 5 inches across. I can't imagine a 5" spider. YUCKY YUCKY YUCKY!!!!

[SheLion]

OMG!

I would just die of shock if I ran across something like that. I wouldn't know what to do........kill it or adopt it. LOL

[Diva Betsy Ross]

heeheehee. I would kill it, or run screaming for some brave soul to do it for me.... Really, the second scenario is much more like me!

[SheLion]

I can't imagine a 5" spider. YUCKY YUCKY YUCKY!!!!

Thank God the climate isn't fit where you and I live for this beast. Isn't this horrible? I shudder.

[eleni121]

Camel spiders--Much smaller and harmless but ugly! I think the guys are just having fun with y'all.