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FNC Alert: Explosion on USS Saipan in Persian Gulf; 11 Marines injured
Fox News Channel | 5.8.03

Posted on 05/08/2003 8:27:23 AM PDT by mhking

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To: ASA Vet
The Spelling Police took lunch early.

Post unentell....unintll....err....post whatever ya wants.

41 posted on 05/08/2003 9:38:25 AM PDT by Thumper1960
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To: mhking
Our prayers for a speedy recovery of brve Marines boys

God bless
42 posted on 05/08/2003 9:38:36 AM PDT by The Pheonix
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To: USNA74
Interesting.

Is trash dumped at sea weighted down? Has GreenPeace approved DoD waste policies?

43 posted on 05/08/2003 9:41:10 AM PDT by Thumper1960
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To: The Pheonix
Prayers for our men and women are daily standing orders around here.

God knows His in-bin is full every morning. ;-)

44 posted on 05/08/2003 9:42:38 AM PDT by Thumper1960
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To: pbear8
Um, having personally done some "experimentation" regarding both combustion and explosion which involved various trash recepticles during my days of wild youth, I would tend to concur! ;)
45 posted on 05/08/2003 9:46:45 AM PDT by GOP_1900AD (Un-PC even to "Conservatives!" - Right makes right)
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To: JustAnAmerican; Monte Smith
Remember the 101st Airborne? Muslims come in all shapes, sizes, and colors (I've seen a lot more white Muslims in my area than black). The 101st Airborne didn't see it coming, and I doubt anyone on that ship did either...if this is a terror attack.

My brother did some experiments with trash himself when he was younger. I can think of some things that would cause some "problems" if not disposed of correctly.

46 posted on 05/08/2003 9:59:03 AM PDT by Democratic_Machiavelli
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To: USNA74; Grampa Dave; NormsRevenge
Looks like it is time to check out the crew!
47 posted on 05/08/2003 10:04:53 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (Recall Gray Davis and then start on the other Democrats)
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To: kellynla; ErnBatavia
You might be interested in this!
48 posted on 05/08/2003 10:06:26 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (Recall Gray Davis and then start on the other Democrats)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Thanks, Ernest. I saw a piece on Fox...looks like some kind of accident...hopefully no one was killed or seriously injured. Such is the life of a Marine. Never a dull moment.
49 posted on 05/08/2003 10:10:31 AM PDT by kellynla ("C" 1/5 1st Mar Div Viet Nam '69 & '70 Semper Fi)
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To: Normal4me
The explosion occurred in a trash receptacle in Marine berthing, piercing a bulkhead and injuring personnel in the adjacent compartment.

Since the bulkheads on ships are steel, this was quite an explosion. A hand grenade wouldn't do it. Another al-Queda sympathizer?

50 posted on 05/08/2003 10:16:06 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn’t be, in its eyes, a slave.)
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To: pbear8
...trash receptacles don't explode on their own...

Let's hope there are no mail boxes on that ship.
51 posted on 05/08/2003 10:22:28 AM PDT by Florida_Freeper
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To: Blood of Tyrants
Doesn't this sound like the situation on the USS Cole? Or, at the very least, a purposeful act?
52 posted on 05/08/2003 10:23:55 AM PDT by Pan_Yans Wife (Lurking since 2000.)
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To: Pan_Yans Wife
Not really. The bulkhead was an interior wall. This means it was a sailor or Marine who did it.
53 posted on 05/08/2003 10:26:52 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn’t be, in its eyes, a slave.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
some muslims serve in the service...
54 posted on 05/08/2003 10:35:34 AM PDT by Bill Davis FR
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To: NFOShekky
Training accidents and deaths probably exceed the deaths during Iraqi Freedom.
55 posted on 05/08/2003 10:36:12 AM PDT by OldFriend (without the brave, there would be no land of the free)
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To: DannyTN
"Please tell me we didn't outsource trash pickup on naval ships to locals. Get ready to investigate the Muslims on board.

Let me tell you something. The first thing those dang swabies do when a group of Marines come aboard is to have us clean the damn ship for them. The Marines, travling on a Navy ship are the trash pick up crew!

56 posted on 05/08/2003 10:39:17 AM PDT by Flint
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To: Blood of Tyrants
An inside job like in the camp in Kuwait? Scary. Didn't Farrakan call for the Nation of Islam to actively resist the war in Iraq?
57 posted on 05/08/2003 10:39:36 AM PDT by Pan_Yans Wife (Lurking since 2000.)
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To: photogirl
bump for your penpal
58 posted on 05/08/2003 10:46:00 AM PDT by RepublicanHippy
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To: Flint
"Let me tell you something. The first thing those dang swabies do when a group of Marines come aboard is to have us clean the damn ship for them. The Marines, travling on a Navy ship are the trash pick up crew!"

lol, well someone's got to do it. I appreciate the service the Marines do for our country, whether it's heroic or mundane.

59 posted on 05/08/2003 10:46:27 AM PDT by DannyTN (Note left on my door by a pack of neighborhood dogs.)
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To: Pan_Yans Wife
It would amost have to be an inside job. Trash cans don't just explode.
60 posted on 05/08/2003 10:48:14 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn’t be, in its eyes, a slave.)
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