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2003-03-17 Iraq

Crew member of Iraqi dhow shot dead as Kuwaitis enforce blockade

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Posted by Steve White 2003-03-17 12:47 pm|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Aussies to the rescue! Are you sure that isn't the HMAS Kanimbla, and not the "Kanibula"? I don't think we have a Kanibula...

Posted by anon 2003-03-17 06:19:06|| 2003-03-17 06:19:06|| Front Page Top

#2 Well, good for the Kuwaitis! Remember, there was a debacle of a computer exercise in which suicide Dhows were used to sink a couple of carriers. Everyone criticizes the way the top brass kept resetting the exercise, but the practical reason was that they realized that they had holes in their plans and couldn't very well halt the exercise and not learn where else their plans had holes.

Supposedly, the ex-marine consultant was pissed off, but now I realize that he, being a consultant, was billing by the hour, and a reset and continuation of the exercise was cutting into the potential hours he could have charged.

I've been in the consulting world before, and know whereof I speak...

Posted by Ptah 2003-03-17 08:22:08|| 2003-03-17 08:22:08|| Front Page Top

#3 "Supposedly, the ex-marine consultant was pissed off, but now I realize that he, being a consultant, was billing by the hour, and a reset and continuation of the exercise was cutting into the potential hours he could have charged. I've been in the consulting world before, and know whereof I speak..."

Next time put him on FFP.

Posted by liberalhawk 2003-03-17 09:03:47|| 2003-03-17 09:03:47|| Front Page Top

#4 How Now Brown Dhow? I could not help myself....

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-03-17 09:53:06|| 2003-03-17 09:53:06|| Front Page Top

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