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US drone swoops low over Miranshah(Pakistan)
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| July 2,2004
| Rehmatullah Darpakhel
Posted on 07/02/2004 3:35:47 PM PDT by Dog
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To: Dog
From the archive in 2002 ---
MIDI - HOME ON THE RANGE
Oh, give me a drone so where terrorists roam
I can blow the hell out of their car
Like video games…we'll engulf them in flames
They'll be frightened wherever they are
Drones, drones move down range...the coordinates I'm gonna change
They won't even hear…as the bomb's coming near
Then we'll all do high fives at the bar
Some think it is mean…we fly over unseen
And we send them a gift from afar
It drops from the sky…all their plans go awry
And they won't make it to the bazaar
Drones, drones move down range...the coordinates I'm gonna change
They won't even hear…as the bomb's coming near
Then we'll all do high fives at the bar
Maybe on TV we are going to see
A new show with ephemeral stars
A name we might try…"Stupid Drivers Who Die"
In their autos they don't get too far
Drones, drones move down range...the coordinates I'm gonna change
They won't even hear…as the bomb's coming near
Then we'll all do high fives at the bar
They won't even hear…as the bomb's coming near
Then we'll all do high fives at the bar
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posted on
07/02/2004 4:20:53 PM PDT
by
doug from upland
(Don't wait until it is too late to stop Hillary -- do something today!)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
A godown is basically a warehouse. It is hindustani, I believe, but in general use in that part of the world.
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posted on
07/02/2004 4:40:22 PM PDT
by
seamas
To: Dog
Bet you there were some soiled britches. With that crowd, how could you tell?
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posted on
07/02/2004 4:43:01 PM PDT
by
quark
To: VOA
The US has manned drones. There are (or were as of this week) QF-4S drones stationed at Pt. Mugu which were used as aerial targets for weapons development. They are old Navy F-4S fighters which could be used either piloted or remotely.
To: MediaMole; VOA; Cap Huff; Dog; Boot Hill
Geez. You know your career's not going anywhere when they assign you to be a Target Drone pilot.
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posted on
07/02/2004 4:52:31 PM PDT
by
Coop
(Freedom isn't free)
To: VOA
What is a BMG? Sure sounds like fun if it leaves big holes, but I don't know what it is.
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posted on
07/02/2004 4:56:40 PM PDT
by
JusPasenThru
(42 muscles to frown, 17 muscles to smile, but 0 muscles just to sit there and look dumb.)
To: VOA
I'll donate the five bucks for the cartridge.
To: Dog
“An unmanned US drone made low flights over the Miranshah bazaar and adjacent areas in the North Waziristan Agency...”Miranshah: Native: Miram Shah, is located 39 km (24 mi.) SSE of the notorious terrorist hotbead of Khowst, Afghanistan. U.S. forces have permenant installations both at Khowst (including a long runway) and south of Khowst, along the Pakistani border.
On the map below, Miram Shah can be found nearly in the center of the map. Khowst is the second city north of Miram Shah.
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To orient yourself, find Pesawar, Pakistan on the map below (upper center) and in the map above (upper right corner).
--Boot Hill
To: Coop; Cap Huff; Ernest_at_the_Beach
To: JusPasenThru
BMG = browing machine gun. Especially the .50 cal.
To: doug from upland
Damn , you have song for every situation.... just amazing...LOl!!!
To: ol' hoghead
I was going to say BIG --A** Machine Gun!
To: VOA
"Yeah, I know we're not suppossed to use .50 cal BMG rounds against humans."
But that swift boat hero used 50 cal against that wounded viet cong...oh yeah, I forgot-he did admit to being a war criminal
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posted on
07/02/2004 8:33:18 PM PDT
by
treeclimber
("We will hunt the terrorists in every dark corner of the earth. We will be relentless." GWB)
To: gitmo
"An unmanned US drone made low flights over the Miranshah bazaar
As opposed to a manned drone?"
Yeah, thats from the Department of Redundancy Department.
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posted on
07/02/2004 8:35:57 PM PDT
by
treeclimber
("We will hunt the terrorists in every dark corner of the earth. We will be relentless." GWB)
To: Boot Hill
Nice map-that looks like we could make one hell of a ski resort there one day.
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posted on
07/02/2004 8:38:14 PM PDT
by
treeclimber
("We will hunt the terrorists in every dark corner of the earth. We will be relentless." GWB)
To: Boot Hill; Dog
To my mind, the key is that Miram Shah is on the Tochi river. I'd bet Dollars against donuts that Osama's crew has to stay in or near the river valleys (logistics, stealth, etc.), and that would be why, to me, that the drone was going in for a closer look.
It's also worth noting that the French have leaked at least two different stories to AFP that we've almost gotten Bin Laden at two different times and places.
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posted on
07/02/2004 8:44:03 PM PDT
by
Southack
(Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; Dog
Any idea what a godown is?Dog: I checked its a storeroom ..or warehouse.
Looks like these godowns are probably tucked away all over those mountains.
Great for storage and temporary quarters--with fast exits out the back door.
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posted on
07/02/2004 9:28:37 PM PDT
by
henbane
To: VOA
I just have a nasty wish to see the crowd's reaction when a crowd leader, preferablly whipping up the crowd while standing atop a SUV, has his head turned into one large red aerosol by a .50 BMG round from nowhere. Or he suddenly has a gaping, fist-sized hole in his torso. Like this?
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posted on
07/02/2004 9:33:34 PM PDT
by
FreedomCalls
(It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Well, by now I guess I'm over 1500 of them. They are commentaries on the news; my form of editorial cartoon.
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posted on
07/02/2004 9:34:06 PM PDT
by
doug from upland
(Don't wait until it is too late to stop Hillary -- do something today!)
To: henbane; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Dog
•
“Dog: I checked [a godown is] a storeroom ..or warehouse.” Damn, you mean it doesn't have anything to do with Monica Lewinsky? J
--Boot Hill
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