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UN fears yellow US bomblets resemble food packets
Reuters
| Wednesday, April 2, 2003
Posted on 04/02/2003 10:24:45 AM PST by JohnHuang2
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To: JohnHuang2
US Fears Yellow UN Mistaken For Organization That Matters
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posted on
04/02/2003 10:26:35 AM PST
by
wideawake
(Support our troops and their Commander-in-Chief)
To: wideawake
There's a joke about the UN, and it goes:
Do you know how many people work at the UN?
-->About half....
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posted on
04/02/2003 10:29:30 AM PST
by
gaijin
To: JohnHuang2
Here's a handy reference chart for the confused:
Delivered by truck = aid package
Delivered by B-52 = bomb
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posted on
04/02/2003 10:41:40 AM PST
by
thoughtomator
(Today, Baghdad; tomorrow, Damascus; Friday, Beirut. We have all weekend free, who wants to sign up?)
To: JohnHuang2
Isn't the UN in a constant state of 'fear'?
To: JohnHuang2
... and they are likely to give someone a major case of heartburn
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posted on
04/02/2003 10:42:40 AM PST
by
clamper1797
(Credo Quia Absurdum)
To: gaijin
This was a problem in Afghanistan where we dropped tons of rations. I'm wondering if this is a real problem or someone just trying to make a story. Could it be??? Nawww
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posted on
04/02/2003 10:42:49 AM PST
by
Sacajaweau
(God Bless Our Troops!)
To: JohnHuang2
BLU 97/B
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posted on
04/02/2003 10:43:38 AM PST
by
demlosers
(resetting the record)
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To: SolutionsOnly
Didn't know there was still such a thing as the U.N. ;)
To: JohnHuang2
Time to ban the color yellow.
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posted on
04/02/2003 10:46:39 AM PST
by
VRWC_minion
(Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and most are right)
To: JohnHuang2
No the bombs are disguised as pencils!
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posted on
04/02/2003 10:46:45 AM PST
by
boris
(Education is always painful; pain is always educational)
To: walkingman
Exactly...change the color of these food packets. This has been a problem in the past. Why can't we get it right.
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posted on
04/02/2003 10:47:32 AM PST
by
Lucas1
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To: JohnHuang2
Helpful hint....
If you are a RG soldier and hungry...dont pick up the yellow thing.
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posted on
04/02/2003 10:53:04 AM PST
by
smith288
(Visit my gallery http://www.ejsmithweb.com/fr/hollywood/hollywood.php)
To: Lucas1
It hasn't been a problem in the past, except to the hand-wringing class. Both the bomblets and the food are high-visibility yellow to make them easier to see on the ground. You want people to be able to see the bomblets because they are an area-denial weapon. You want people to be able to see the food for the obvious reason.
Does anybody actually have an example where a bomb was mistaken for food?
That said, I guess the food could be packaged in high-visibility orange. But then it might be confused with some other piece of military hardware, for all I know.
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posted on
04/02/2003 10:53:14 AM PST
by
gridlock
To: All
This same CRAP was harped during our (wrong) action in Yugoslavia!!
Man. Give it up already!!
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posted on
04/02/2003 10:54:08 AM PST
by
CygnusXI
(n00b)
To: Lucas1
The cost to go through all our cluster bomb or ration drops is enormous...
This is a minor worry and hasnt resulted in mass deaths... I would venture to say there has been more crayon related deaths a year than cluster-mistaken-for-food accidents.
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posted on
04/02/2003 10:54:41 AM PST
by
smith288
(Visit my gallery http://www.ejsmithweb.com/fr/hollywood/hollywood.php)
To: gaijin
About half, half the time.
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posted on
04/02/2003 10:55:44 AM PST
by
landerwy
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