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2002-12-02 East/Subsaharan Africa

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2002-12-02 03:45 pm|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Why three snuffies in the vehicle anyway? That takes space away from explosives, unless something else went wrong.

Posted by john 2002-12-02 19:08:39|| 2002-12-02 19:08:39|| Front Page Top

#2 Let's see, there was the driver, passenger riding shotgun (literally), and a boom belt wearer who went inside to increase the blast area. Passenger provided security if they needed to shoot their way in and helped keep driver's nreve up. More manpower than needed, but cannon fodder is cheap. The higher ranking guys would have been using the SAM. Bad shooting, but they'll learn.

I saw some expert on CNN saying that he didn't know how efective the man portable SAMs would be on a jumbo jet. All aircraft shot down so far by one has been smaller, mostly prop jobs and helicopters. He said that because the jumbos had really big engines hanging under the wing, he did not know if the small warhead on these SAMs would do enough damage to cause a crash. (hitting fuel tank is another matter) Has anyone here seen a study on this subject or know enough to give a informed opinion?

Posted by Steve 2002-12-03 11:11:47|| 2002-12-03 11:11:47|| Front Page Top

#3 For what its worth ... the articles I've read quote the farmer as saying that he only saw two men in the van. One of those two said they were waiting for a third, who the farmer never saw.

Posted by Anonymous 2002-12-03 12:19:25|| 2002-12-03 12:19:25|| Front Page Top

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