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Al-Qaeda group downs US spy plane
AP ^ | 13 Sept.,2004 | AP

Posted on 09/13/2004 4:20:30 AM PDT by CarrotAndStick

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To: longtermmemmory
UAV from Stargate SG-1

That's funny - I was thinking the same thing.

81 posted on 09/13/2004 7:58:15 AM PDT by scripter (Thousands have left the homosexual lifestyle)
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To: dandelion

Interesting concept. Put a GPS transceiver in it that will allow a JDAM to home in on it and blow them all to smithereens.


82 posted on 09/13/2004 7:59:31 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (God is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
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To: CarrotAndStick

Maybe I just don't know about ALL the types of drones we have... But aren't they much MUCH bigger than the one in this photo?

I thought the Predator, for instance, was much bigger than a person.


83 posted on 09/13/2004 8:05:13 AM PDT by nuffsenuff
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To: CarrotAndStick
Relax, its only a drone,

If I saw a group of low level terrorist social climbers gathered in a square and I wanted to get to their leader...Hmmmm how can I get a GPS device to show the way? Hmmmm....

84 posted on 09/13/2004 8:12:00 AM PDT by RGSpincich
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To: Conspiracy Guy

Thank you. That made my day.


85 posted on 09/13/2004 8:13:49 AM PDT by dmartin
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To: dandelion

My thoughts exactly. That downed spy plane would probably double as a trojan horse...


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1214616/posts


86 posted on 09/13/2004 8:17:56 AM PDT by RGSpincich
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To: CarrotAndStick
The message's authenticity could not be confirmed, but it appeared on a Website known for carrying statements by Islamic militant groups.

reuters.com?

87 posted on 09/13/2004 8:33:07 AM PDT by VisualizeSmallerGovernment (Question Liberal Authority)
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To: dmartin

The Air Force Pilot of the Army Marines pilotless recon plane got away OK. AP


88 posted on 09/13/2004 8:33:16 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (I can always tell when John Kerry is lying.)
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To: Poohbah
I'm a 30-second bomb! I'm a 30-second bomb! 29! 28...

That was skipped in the lame movie.

89 posted on 09/13/2004 8:42:50 AM PDT by ASA Vet (Tourette's syndrome is just a $&#$*!% excuse for poor *%$#** language skills.)
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To: CarrotAndStick
Tough guys.......
90 posted on 09/13/2004 9:05:34 AM PDT by b4its2late (John John Kerry Edwards change positions more often than a Nevada prostitute!!!)
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To: OXENinFLA

YOU don't think!!!! How devious???? LOL..


91 posted on 09/13/2004 9:07:23 AM PDT by litehaus
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To: Conspiracy Guy
I hope the tiny pilot got away.

Boys, it's time for a rescue mission for one of our own! Saddle up!

92 posted on 09/13/2004 10:02:57 AM PDT by jriemer (We are a Republic not a Democracy)
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To: jriemer

Se post #40. He got away!


93 posted on 09/13/2004 10:04:46 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (I can always tell when John Kerry is lying.)
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To: Conspiracy Guy
See post #40. He got away!

Until he's safe at the O-club drinking beer, he's at risk.

94 posted on 09/13/2004 10:10:31 AM PDT by jriemer (We are a Republic not a Democracy)
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To: jriemer

He was picked up by a BlackHawk right after the photo was taken. Sipping cold ones now!


95 posted on 09/13/2004 10:27:01 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (I can always tell when John Kerry is lying.)
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To: Conspiracy Guy

Groovy


96 posted on 09/13/2004 10:29:02 AM PDT by jriemer (We are a Republic not a Democracy)
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To: CarrotAndStick
I wonder if such drones could be packed with explosives to remotely trigger them

I wonder if those terrorists aren't thinking the same thing--the could blow up that drone in a crowd, and people would blame America. They would just have to throw it off a roof or something... the survivors would report that American military hardware was involved and the wreckage would also point to that. The US military would deny it, which would only make the Robert Fisks in the media even more indignant.

97 posted on 09/13/2004 10:44:08 AM PDT by xm177e2 (Stalinists, Maoists, Ba'athists, Pacifists: Why are they always on the same side?)
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To: jriemer

He is one of our best miniature spy plane pilots.


98 posted on 09/13/2004 10:49:35 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (I can always tell when John Kerry is lying.)
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To: boxerblues

Coincidence? U.S. Bomb Insurgent Stronghold of Fallujah

DRONE: $5,000.
GPS $100.
Picture of Smiling Islofacists just before the J-dam turns them into pink mist......PRICELESS


99 posted on 09/13/2004 11:19:00 AM PDT by blasater1960 ( Ishmaelites...Still a wild-ass of a people....)
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To: CarrotAndStick

There was one lost right around the time the Iraq war started .. this might be it.


100 posted on 09/13/2004 11:35:17 AM PDT by CyberAnt (Sen.Miller said, "Bush is a God-fearing man with a good heart and a spine of tempered steel")
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