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2005-08-05 Iraq-Jordan

Elusive sniper saps US morale in Baghdad

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Posted by Steve 2005-08-05 11:33|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Wonder if we'll ever hear if he is rubbed out?

Posted by Bobby 2005-08-05 12:15|| 2005-08-05 12:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Obviously, they have no clue on the capability of a U.S. Marine sniper. I hear reports that a single U.S. sniper takes out 200 jihadi's a month.

Posted by Poison Reverse 2005-08-05 12:20|| 2005-08-05 12:20|| Front Page Top

#3 Yeah, the Guardian story will read something like: "The US military claimed today to have killed the elusive Juba, but insurgent sources -- like the bloke standing right next to me -- deny those claims, as the Bush adminstration's costly and illegal war continues..."

Posted by Matt 2005-08-05 12:24|| 2005-08-05 12:24|| Front Page Top

#4 i say he is import from iran or syria maybe he'll get a 500 lb'er up his ass next time he takes aim

Posted by Thraing Hupoluper1864 2005-08-05 12:41|| 2005-08-05 12:41|| Front Page Top

#5 Some good anti-sniper stuff coming down the tech pipeline. (right now at R&D working test phase)

Posted by 3dc 2005-08-05 14:25|| 2005-08-05 14:25|| Front Page Top

#6 After reading the article, I didn't quite figure out where there was any evidence that morale was being "sapped", except maybe in the author's mind.

..for an American military that has suffered heavy losses this week.

"Heavy"? This guy was obviously not around during WW2.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-08-05 16:19|| 2005-08-05 16:19|| Front Page Top

#7 Yeah, 3dc, there's some listening devices being tested that can locate the source of a sound by backtracking the echos. (That's prolly not completely technically accurate!) The article specifically refered to gunshots in an urban environment!

Posted by Bobby 2005-08-05 16:39|| 2005-08-05 16:39|| Front Page Top

#8 My thing is an Islamic hero sniper going worldwide. With idiots trying to emulate him all across this nation.

Posted by Penguin 2005-08-05 16:42|| 2005-08-05 16:42|| Front Page Top

Some worry that Juba is on his way to becoming a resistance hero, acclaimed by those Iraqis who distinguish between "good" insurgents, who target only Americans, and "bad" insurgents who harm civilians.

Wonderful. Is it just me, or does this whole article have the whiff of "Tokyo Rose"? Fucking enemy propaganda under a British masthead...

Posted by Mitch H.">Mitch H. 2005-08-05 16:43|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/]">[http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/] 2005-08-05 16:43|| Front Page Top

#10 long time after the war is over Juba will be sitting in his villa in Syria when masked men surround him and kidnap him never to be heard from again.
Painfull death awaits in a murky room.

Posted by Viking 2005-08-05 17:06|| 2005-08-05 17:06|| Front Page Top

#11 Sniper vs. sniper was the old way. Now, we have a 3rd dimension--UAVs. Combine them with a gun noise triangulation device already used in several American cities and you have this bird nailed. The devices pinpoint the building, then the UAVs both keep an eye on it, and anyone who exits it, and tracks them. Most likely he doesn't abandon his rifle, so he can be killed on sight if he is carrying it.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-08-05 17:28|| 2005-08-05 17:28|| Front Page Top

#12 Send in Major Konig.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2005-08-05 17:31|| 2005-08-05 17:31|| Front Page Top

#13 I think the IRA guy was with the PFLP, not in Iraq.

Posted by Dan Darling">Dan Darling 2005-08-05 17:52|| http://www.regnumcrucis.blogspot.com]">[http://www.regnumcrucis.blogspot.com] 2005-08-05 17:52|| Front Page Top

#14 Gun noise trianglation doesn't work real well.

There is something much better in the pipeline that can track sniper bullets back to source in realtime with ....

Posted by 3dc 2005-08-05 18:07|| 2005-08-05 18:07|| Front Page Top

#15 5th column TRANZI propagand. No evidence to support this as fact.

When I saw the title I said oh an AP article. Well Typical UK media coverage instead. FOAD you uncomprehending intellectual masturbators.

Posted by Sock Puppet 0â Doom 2005-08-05 20:06|| 2005-08-05 20:06|| Front Page Top

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