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To: All

http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/193667.php

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blog:

BLOG ENTRY SNIPPET - QUOTE:

http://reportonarrakis.blogspot.com/2008/08/iranian-satellite-launch-failure.html

TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2008
Iranian Satellite Launch ‘a Failure’
According to a US official the Iranian satellite launch was a “dramatic failure”. Reuters

Radar tracking by the USS Russell, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer patrolling the Persian Gulf confirmed the satellite launch was a failure. According to the data collected by the USS Russell, the dummy satellite lost control at high altitude never completing its ascent profile. Aviation Week

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OPINION:

UPDATE: Ahmandinejad, your satellite program sucks [Note: This analysis is set forth here in non-scientific terms.]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skoXHEzC1iQ&eurl=http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/

“AC/DC - Satellite Blues”

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How’s that missile program coming along?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97lH0-tuuWE


618 posted on 08/19/2008 3:27:31 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: All; Jet Jaguar; Marine Inspector; backhoe; piasa; Godzilla; Oorang; nwctwx

NOTE: PHOTOS INCLUDED.

http://www.icc-ccs.org/main/all_piracy_al.php

“Pictures of suspected pirate mother vessels”
13 August 2008
Gulf of Aden

SNIPPET: “To all ships transiting the Gulf of Aden

Please be advised that intelligence sources revealed that there are now two suspicious trawlers in the Gulf of Aden believed to be pirate mother vessels looking to attack ships with the intent to hijack.

The description of the suspected trawlers - long white, Russian made stern trawlers with names “BURUM OCEAN or ARENA or ATHENA”. One of the trawlers is believed to be operating at approximately 60 NM NE of Bossasso, Somalia in the Gulf of Aden.

All ships are strongly advised to maintain a strict 24 hours visual and radar watch while transiting these waters and report any attacks or suspicious boats including the trawlers named above to the 24 hour IMB PRC. Tel: +603 2031 0014 / +603 2078 5763 email: piracy@icc-ccs.org”


619 posted on 08/19/2008 3:38:51 PM PDT by Cindy
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