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DRONE SPOTTED OVER BAGHDAD
AlJazeera | 4/6/03 | FOX News Channel

Posted on 04/06/2003 8:34:58 PM PDT by Steven W.

AlJazeera is showing lengthy live video of a drone flying over Baghdad. Commentary on FNC that it's a Predator but appears like something else.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: battleforbaghdad; predatordrone; viceisclosing
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Looks like a polished, working version of the Iraqi duct-tape drone that was "discovered" by weapons inspectors or maybe one of our 2nd tier models to at least buzz 'em as part of the ongoing psyops operations.
1 posted on 04/06/2003 8:34:58 PM PDT by Steven W.
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To: Steven W.
Baghdad Bob will claim its a UFO.
2 posted on 04/06/2003 8:35:49 PM PDT by goldstategop (Lara Logan Doesn't Hold A Candle Next To BellyGirl :))
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To: goldstategop
it's a predator...had to come lower because of the low ceiling today...
3 posted on 04/06/2003 8:36:26 PM PDT by Keith
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it appeared to me as though it didn't have the tail the predator does and had the rail / pieces attached to each wing and connecting back towards the tail area.
4 posted on 04/06/2003 8:37:43 PM PDT by Steven W.
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I'm wondering if it is tryng to draw fire
5 posted on 04/06/2003 8:38:24 PM PDT by jbstrick (Behold the Power of CHEESE!)
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To: goldstategop
Baghdad Bob will deny there even was such a sighting ... it was only an illusion, or a mirage if you will ;)
6 posted on 04/06/2003 8:38:36 PM PDT by Steven W.
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To: goldstategop
Baghdad Bob will claim its a UFO.

Baghdad Bob will claim it's Hollywood special effects...

7 posted on 04/06/2003 8:38:53 PM PDT by mhking (Join Abdul Vila and Norm Habib, along with the new guy, Sahib Thomas, on the next "This Old Mosque")
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To: Steven W.
We now have troops close enough to use the short range drones that are electric model airplanes with about a 4 foot wingspan.

So9

8 posted on 04/06/2003 8:39:03 PM PDT by Servant of the Nine (We are the Hegemon. We can do anything we damned well please.)
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To: Steven W.
Tom Daschle is "Deeply Saddened" to see that we have violated Iraqi airspace without the U.N.'s permission
9 posted on 04/06/2003 8:39:28 PM PDT by MJY1288 (We're Rolling)
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To: jbstrick
it really took a dive at one point - was that to focus in on something or mess up Baghdad Bob's hair as it whizzed back up there, all the while mocking whatever's left of Iraqi air defense (AK-47's shooting into the sky)
10 posted on 04/06/2003 8:39:50 PM PDT by Steven W.
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Somebody better tell Robert Fisk the all-seeing eye is up in the sky again watching his every move.
11 posted on 04/06/2003 8:40:24 PM PDT by laz17 (Socialism is the religion of the atheist.)
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Amelia Earheart?
12 posted on 04/06/2003 8:40:37 PM PDT by KansasCanadian (Baghdad Bob on Comedy Central)
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To: Servant of the Nine
thank you - that is probably / definitely the model. (not a Predator)
13 posted on 04/06/2003 8:40:58 PM PDT by Steven W.
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To: Steven W.
FWIW, I suspect that drone is providing a forward observation platform for another heavy artillary push into Baghdad. Since it's close enough to the hotel where Al-Jazeera and the rest of the media is staying, this could be an interesting day in Baghdad.
14 posted on 04/06/2003 8:41:24 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (Let's Roll)
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To: Steven W.
It's funny that that is all they have to report. Not too much else on the quagmire front. I saw the live video being fed through MSNBC. A plane in the sky. Drop everything-- breaking news. Heh heh.
15 posted on 04/06/2003 8:41:29 PM PDT by Semper911 (For some people, bread and circus are not enough. Hence, FreeRepublic.com)
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To: Steven W.
Most likely a Pioneer or Hunter tactical UAV.
16 posted on 04/06/2003 8:41:52 PM PDT by MediaMole
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To: KansasCanadian
LOL
17 posted on 04/06/2003 8:41:55 PM PDT by MJY1288 (We're Rolling)
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To: Steven W.
One thing for sure is that it is ours...or it would not still be up there.
18 posted on 04/06/2003 8:42:56 PM PDT by Route66 (America's Mainstreet)
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To: Steven W.
Al Gore invented this drone.
19 posted on 04/06/2003 8:43:18 PM PDT by pbear8 ( sed libera nos a malo)
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To: MediaMole
Maybe a Global Hawk?


20 posted on 04/06/2003 8:43:22 PM PDT by paul544 (3D-Joy OH Boy!!!)
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