Posted on 12/23/2002 10:30:33 AM PST by Diogenesis
GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 12/24/02 -
Predator downAbu-Graib, Biladi, Nahrwan, El-Basil, Kuwait,
USS Constellation, Caliskan, Chamchamal, Cizre, Gorumlu
BREAKING: Abu-Graib, Biladi milk factory BREAKING: Nahrwan - El-Basil military research center BREAKING: Kuwait desert BREAKING: USS Constellation - Drew Carey BREAKING: Predator down
Caliskan, Chamchamal, Cizre, Gorumlu
========= North Kuwait desert =========
In the north Kuwait desert, live-fire exercise.
========= Persian Gulf =========
Somewhere in the Persian Gulf, on the aircraft carrier USS Constellation,
Drew Carey entertains more heroes.
========= Iraq, Up with the Predator aircraft =========
With the Predator aircraft [file photo], something of value was seen,
because Iraqi aircraft attacked the unmanned surveillance drone over southern Iraq.
It is presumably lost.
========= Abu-Ghreib =========
In Abu-Ghreib, ~15 miles west of Baghdad,
U.N. weapons inspectors escorted by Iraqi officials at the Biladi milk factory.
No kidding.
========= Nahrwan =========
In Nahrwan, ~20 miles southeast of Baghdad,at the El-Basil military research center.
========= Sulaymania =========
In Sulaymania, Kurdistan, northern Iraq,at the museum is a
pottery coffin holding a female skeleton 2000 years old found near Duhok, Iraq.
In Sulaymania, Kurdistan.
========= Chamchamal ~70 klicks west of Sulaymania =========
In Chamchamal ~70 klicks west of Sulaymania, near hills controlled by Iraq, in Kurdistan, northern Iraq.
In Chamchamal, widows of Kurdish fighters attempt to get Kurd authorities to hand over
land documents to the families of soldiers who were killed by Iraqis.
========= Caliskan =========
In Caliskan, Turkey, near the Iraq border.
========= Cizre =========
In Cizre, Turkey, ~36 miles from the Iraq border.
========= Gorumlu =========
In Gorumlu, Turkey, ~9 miles from Iraq.
========= Takya Kaka Hasan =========
In Takya Kaka Hasan refugee camp, ~30 miles west of Sulaymania, Kurdistan, northern Iraq,
lucky Kurdish refugees receive shelter, some after being expelled from Kirkuk by Iraqis
and/or having faced very bad weather.
========= Riyadh =========
In Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the Arabic newspaper, 'The Economy'
reads 'Preparing golden boys to strike Iraq'
========= Sun - extreme UV =========
Sun - from SOHO observatory in extreme ultraviolet light.
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END OF TRANSMISSION 12/24/02 .......... K
Bump for peace. It will come.
Perhaps, but Saddam wouldn't know if it was. He's just been trying to show some 'Victory' for his own public consumpion purposes. So trying to shoot any A/C down is a symbol to him.
No doubt we got pictures of something. Personally, though, I think this was more a result of typical Iraqi target practice, than us getting close to something sensitive. They've been shooting at these things for months, and occasionally they'll get lucky.
Can y'all say "material breach?" Saddam may have handed us the smoking gun.
Stay Safe !
Why would we expect him to do otherwise? Saddam is his own worst enemy.
I agree that we'll be going over the data frame by frame; and we may indeed see something sensitive. However, I'm gonna stick to my "target practice" theory for the time being.
I don't think these guys record anything that they don't also transmit.
The operative being:
For all we know.....
The Iraqis would not only surrender, they would kill themselves!
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