Taliban prepare for war, test weapons

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"The Terrorists have won the toss and have elected to receive!" B-52 photo: Who created this?
Posted on 09/29/2001 17:01:51 PDT by RonDog

Have you seen THIS photograph? Do you know WHO created it??

posted by ASA Vet on 9/28/2001

On Friday, September 28, nationally syndicated conservative talk host Hugh Hewitt described this photo on his radio show, citing FreeRepublic as his source, and giving credit to the post by ASA Vet in particular.

Since then, Hugh's webmistress, Lynne (the WebXena) has reported HUNDREDS of requests for a link to this photo, and has posted a link to a DIFFERENT FR THREAD, with an image posted by FReeper archy, on www.HughHewitt.com.

An earlier thread with this image was started by RaceBannon on 9/27/2001 at 12:30:59 PDT.

1 - Is there an EARLIER post of this image anywhere on Free Republic?

2 - Does anyone know who "Bob McCown" is?
(MOST images posted seem to have the name "Bob McCown" printed in the lower right-hand corner.)

3 - Who is the REAL creator of this masterpiece? (And, can you PROVE it?)

Thank you.

Just as the "SoreLoserman" graphic, which was popularized here by our own Registered, gave FreeRepublic.com EXTRAORDINARY press coverage, perhaps we can also get some very good (free) PR from THIS photo, too.

I can find no earlier reference to it posted anywhere ELSE on the Internet. Can YOU?

A Taliban official confirmed the firing was a test.

Something smells fishy here.

After watching the file footage of these guys, I figure all we have to do is give them some phony reason to celebrate and they'll be out of ammo in a week.

Regarding the B52 photo.

I received it via E-mail from an ex-ASA friend at 3:41 PM (EDT) on 9/26/01.
The original had the word "receive" spelled incorrectly.
I posted the image to FR with the incorrect spelling but corrected it,
once the error was brought to my attention.

The original sent to me, had no URL so I uploaded it to an Image file
on my wifes website to creat a URL to reference on the FR post.

I'll e-mail my friend to see if he can determine who sent it to him.
Bottom line is, I did not creat it, and I have no idea who did,
nor do I know Bob McCown.

Regarding the B52 photo.

See post 31 of:
FReepers track down Bob McCown, creator of B-52 image: "Terrorists have won the toss..."

Congratulations, Bob McCown, for registering as a brand new FReeper!

rmccown

member since September 30th, 2001

This is getting to be a habit!
(Nationally syndicated talk host Hugh Hewitt's producer (generalissimoduane) just joined FR a few days ago.)

Here's another neat photo. Must be the new upgraded supersonic model.

Hey Hugh, Here's another neat B-52 photo.