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To: Max Combined
Late Wednesday night, Grider, the platoon leader, worked with a sniper team in the Tahrir district, just south of the government center. Overlooking Canal Street, a main avenue through the city of 250,000 people, the sniper on the team fired on two men setting bombs. Grider said both fell dead -- the fourth and fifth of the week.

WOOOHOOO! A twofer! I wonder if he was using a Barret .50 or just a magnum rifle?

6 posted on 06/25/2004 6:33:26 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn't be, in its eyes, a slave.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Probably the Remington Model 700's in a 308. I saw some photos of them in a post last year. Really good out to 600+ yards round drops about 8 ft. which is good enough in a urban environment. If they have rises from which they can shoot(mountain or high hill overlooking city), maybe the 50, but this sounds like in town.


8 posted on 06/25/2004 6:41:53 AM PDT by shawnlaw
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To: Blood of Tyrants

The writer didn't say that the Islamokazis went to pig hell from one bullet.

It could have been two quick and well placed shots like in the link below:

http://w3.kill-9.com/rpg-man.mpg


22 posted on 06/25/2004 1:37:02 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (John Fonda al Kerry: 4 months of service in Vietnam--40 years of betrayal since then!)
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