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2005-04-30 Iraq-Jordan

US satellite recorded checkpoint shooting, shows speed of Italian car: CBS

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Posted by .com 2005-04-30 4:24:38 AM|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The way I see it, the car would have been past the checkpoint in two more seconds if not fired upon. 60 mph is insane considering they were on a road known to have multiple checkpoints.

Posted by Tom 2005-04-30 9:54:37 AM|| 2005-04-30 9:54:37 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 I am also very curious if the Sat images show if the car's lights were on or not.

Posted by Silentbrick 2005-04-30 11:01:57 AM|| 2005-04-30 11:01:57 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 I'm interested in the odds of a leo satellite being in the right spot.... maybe a UAV instead.

Posted by Shipman 2005-04-30 11:13:20 AM|| 2005-04-30 11:13:20 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 I'm interested in the odds of a leo satellite being in the right spot....

Near the Baghdad airport? It's highly possible.

It's nice to see CBS reporting this. Too bad they didn't have this information available when 60 Minutes did their slobber-all-over-Sgrena piece.

Posted by Pappy 2005-04-30 11:22:05 AM|| 2005-04-30 11:22:05 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Where is the Italian secret agent car driver in all this? What is his testimony of the speed. How does it reconcile with the commie bitch's writing they were going so fast they almost lost control of the car, as well as time stamped satellite images of the car's position.

Posted by ed 2005-04-30 11:42:26 AM|| 2005-04-30 11:42:26 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 I'm interested in the odds of a leo satellite being in the right spot....

Near the Baghdad airport? It's highly possible.

A satellite in LEO orbits the earth every (very roughly) 90 minutes, and so is over any particular point for only a short while. Not impossible, just...lucky.

A satellite in GEO can be stationary, of course. But that's a loooong way up. Don't know what kind of resolution those telescopes have.

Posted by Angie Schultz 2005-04-30 1:24:02 PM|| [http://darkblogules.blogspot.com] 2005-04-30 1:24:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 I'm thinking more than one.

Posted by Pappy 2005-04-30 3:12:48 PM|| 2005-04-30 3:12:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 The resolution is classified, but it's pretty high.

Posted by rkb 2005-04-30 3:15:14 PM|| 2005-04-30 3:15:14 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 apparently they're able to spot a minuteman, but not groups of illegals

Posted by Frank G 2005-04-30 3:28:29 PM|| 2005-04-30 3:28:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 That's due to the optical filters, Frank. ;-)

Posted by rkb 2005-04-30 3:53:13 PM|| 2005-04-30 3:53:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 I'm a bit surprised, too, Pappy, at CBS. Their sloberfest of Sgrena was sickening. Maybe they have finally realized they can't distort and hide the truth any longer. They got hit pretty hard over Rathergate. They don't need to loose any more credibility. I can see interviewing the Commie for her 4th or 5th side of the the story but they offered no rebuttal of anything she said and treated it as gospel.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2005-04-30 7:09:04 PM|| 2005-04-30 7:09:04 PM|| Front Page Top

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