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Strike team advances precision, pace of war
With high-tech weaponry, group targeted leadership
Baltimore Sun ^
| 4/20/03
| Tom Bowman
Posted on 04/20/2003 4:51:08 AM PDT by Ranger
WASHINGTON -- The final hours of Gen. Ali Hassan al-Majid, the dreaded cousin of Saddam Hussein known as "Chemical Ali," began when he was spotted by a British special operations soldier heading into his villa in Basra. His fate was sealed when that nugget of intelligence sped its way to a windowless building at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: almajid; chemicalali; decapitation; iraq; iraqifreedom; military; miltech; saudiarabia; viceisclosing
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posted on
04/20/2003 4:51:08 AM PDT
by
Ranger
To: Ranger
It's amazing to see how far U.S. capabilities have advanced since the last Gulf war.
To: Ranger
Gen. Ali Hassan al-Majid died to quickly.
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posted on
04/20/2003 4:57:25 AM PDT
by
DB
(©)
To: Ranger
Saw the training sims on FNC. Awesome stuff.
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posted on
04/20/2003 5:02:58 AM PDT
by
I_dmc
To: Ranger
Dressed in flight suits or desert camouflage uniforms, each member wears a shoulder patch embroidered with a hooded skeleton figure carrying a scythe and holding a globe.Great choice for the team patch. Anybody got a picture?
Kim Jong il should be sent one for future reference, Syria's boy as well.
Great post.
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posted on
04/20/2003 5:11:27 AM PDT
by
BOBTHENAILER
(Just like Black September. One by one, we're gonna get 'em.)
To: Thud
A Mil-Tech ping!
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posted on
04/20/2003 7:22:38 AM PDT
by
Dark Wing
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