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2006-08-30 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Three Israeli airstrikes on eastern Gaza kill five Palestinians

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Posted by ryuge 2006-08-30 07:19|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 the drone came back again and fired a third missile at the militants who were opening fire at Israeli soldiers while seizing the roofs of buildings in the neighborhood, killing the fifth Palestinian.

The wrath of SkyNet.

Posted by gromgoru 2006-08-30 07:27|| 2006-08-30 07:27|| Front Page Top

#2 let's see.

3 attacks = 5 dead.

mumble mumble.....carry the 5...mumble mumble....square root of 349.05438.....mumble mumble.....

only 857,328 more attacks to go and we're home free.

Posted by PlanetDan">PlanetDan 2006-08-30 09:29|| 2006-08-30 09:29|| Front Page Top

#3 857,327 You forgot the effects of this one.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2006-08-30 10:39|| 2006-08-30 10:39|| Front Page Top

#4 Need to arm one of these drones with a 7.62mm chain gun and a thousand rounds of ammo. It would be more cost-effective in the long run. I'm sure those missiles are expensive.

Global Hawk could easily carry that much.

Hmmmm, may be a good idea for OUR southern border. Kinda hard on the women and kids, but would sure put a stop to the "undocumented workers" streaming across the border.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2006-08-30 12:42|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2006-08-30 12:42|| Front Page Top

#5 might be more fun to rig an A-10 up as a big R/C toy and turn it loose with the big gun. probably be quicker than all the gov't BS in 'qualifying' a new weapons system ( ie Chain Hawk)

Posted by USN, ret. 2006-08-30 14:29|| 2006-08-30 14:29|| Front Page Top

#6 Chain Hawk

That does have a certain special ring to it.

Posted by Zenster 2006-08-30 16:21|| 2006-08-30 16:21|| Front Page Top

#7 As a former SAC-trained killer, I can only lament the continuing downgrading of the term airstrike. An airstrike used to be three cells of B-52s unloading 170+ tons of 750 pound bombs. Now it is a helicopter shooting one Hellfire missile. In another few years it will be a Raven UAV dropping a cherry bomb.

Posted by RWV 2006-08-30 20:42|| 2006-08-30 20:42|| Front Page Top

#8 RWV, I almost read that as;

"In another few years it will be a Raven ~~UAV~~ dropping ~~a cherry bomb~~."

Posted by Zenster 2006-08-30 21:40|| 2006-08-30 21:40|| Front Page Top

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