Posted on 07/13/2002 7:33:12 AM PDT by Diogenesis
GOTTA SEE THIS -- TECHNOLOGY, PREPARATION,PERPS and HEROES 7/13/02
BREAKING NEWS - Action and Preparation during the War for Enduring Freedom,
Allies seeking Information and Freedom; Posturing
===== TECHNOLOGY ======
In California, Boeing's X-45 Unmanned Combat air vehicle was revealed
7/11/02 at Edwards Air Force Base.
The X-45 has been aloft at least twice,
and will transport autonomously 3,000 pounds of munitions +
At Boeing, stay tuned for the fuel-efficient bat-shaped Blended Wing Body
450 passenger subsonic transport.
No more tube and conventional wings.
This is a 3% scale model mounted for static force tests at Langley
======= PREPARATIONS ========
In Amman, Jordan, King Abdullah II hits on Saudi al-Faisal 7/10/02
In Jordan, Prince Hassan hits on Sharif Ali Hussein (Iraq)
as the Iraqi National Congress met to discuss the overthrow of Iraqi-madman Saddam Hussein.
Several representatives of Quasi and Udai also have interest.
In Baghdad, Iraq, an Iraqi guards the main gate of the UN-HQ.
In Tehran, Iran, women await court trial after purportedly murdering, by arrangement, their husbands.
This woman was married at age 13 to a man 18 years her senior,
to whom thereafter believe it or not she was obedient, silent, beaten, and humiliated,
as is their way for 30 years before breaking.
In Tehran, Iran, plainclothed islamists fight students 7/9/02.
In Turkey, men must watch TV at public locations to get information from the private television channel.
In Israel, the IDF arrested 10 terrorists in Nablus the morning of 7/12/02 connected to the PFLP. Photo from 7/8/02
In Nizhny Tagil, 800 miles east of Moscow, stoking up trouble,
the Russians continue to show off their tanks [T-90]
and other arms like the Smerch 300 mm Multiple Launch Rocket System.
Get your act together, Ivan.
====== PERPS STILL WALKING ======
In London, at the fundamentalist Islamic conference 7/12/02,
terrorist sheik Abu Hamza al-Masri, is upset his funds were frozen by the US
because of his ties to the Islamic Army of Aden which bombed the USS Cole.
===== AIRBORNE IN EUROPE =====
At Donington Park, Castle Donington, England, 7/12/02,
Italy's Valentino Rossi is airborne by momentum transfer from his Honda motorcycle.
In Pamplona, Spain, Antonio Barrera flies post bull-assist
after HIS momentum transfer.
======= HEROES and VICTIMS ======
In Lower Township, N.J., Gen. Paul W. Tibbets, pilot of the B-29
which began to change history (it took a second nuclear blast to convince the Japanese to change sides to Freedom)
and saved tens to hundreds of thousands of lives of Americans and others.
At Arlington National Cemetery, the hero AF Staff Sgt. Anissa Shero is buried, 7/12/02
after the crash of a MC-130B in Afghanistan.
In Ueberlingen, 7/12/02 Friday, students comfort each other at a funeral service for the victims of the 7/1/02 crash.
END OF TRANSMISSION 7/13/02 .......... K
Thanks to all for your kind comments and good wishes.
G d bless the United States and President George Bush in the War for Enduring Freedom.
You complete the internet.
You had me at 'GOTTA SEE THIS'
: -)
Ouch, one horn right between the eyes (or nearly so) and one horn right between the legs (or nearly so). If I didn't know better, I'd say that durn bull was exhibiting a surprising amount of intelligence.
No steak tonight.
5.56mm
PB
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