Posted on 08/19/2011 4:20:49 PM PDT by Pan_Yan
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A surveillance drone has crashed in the Somali capital of Mogadishu. An Associated Press reporter saw pieces of the drone, which was shaped like a small plane, before it was removed by African Union soldiers. It had crashed into a house in the city center.
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Seven if you count the one here at home
Six countries and 57 states.
It was shaped like a small plane - well Duh!
The Mogadishu bureau of Associated Press might not be where the best and brightest end up.
This recent media outpouring of sympathy for the swollen-belly, fly-eye’d, body-dragging pirates is worrisome.
Honestly —I hope they all starve to death.
That's up to God, but I doubt that is his preferred outcome.
Insensitive uncaring comment?
wink nod, ...ok, I'm being sarcastic...
Say this as fast as ya can, 6 times. >swollenbellyflyeyed
Without seeing any video or reports of this, it's a safe bet citizens on scene started shoving and pushing, with 40 people standing on top of crashed drone, as they beat it with sticks...Chants of die yankee, you suck...we get u...Then people with clubs show up getting into personal fights with gawking by-standers....But who knows?
Maybe later, whatever didn't self destruct, drone electronics gets sold to the highest bidders, Walmart competitors, Red Chinese defense bosses and groups of wealthy psychos.
But who knows?
For all we know the Somalis are cleaning it up, painting and detailing it to present it back to us, in grand ceremonies in the beach-side city of Hatudishu, just outside Lootistan. Just guessing...I dunno
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