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Coalition Forces Destroy Attacking AA Machine Guns (video)
2007-03-16
Posted by:anonymous5089

#11  Kinetic does not mean 'non-explosive'.

It's just modern mil-speak for 'whacked'. Hard.
Posted by: Parabellum   2007-03-16 19:42  

#10  eLarson, not to worry. If those trees are still alive, they will struggle to produce more leaves.
That carbon offset is still valid, and the ground around them is more fertile, dead fish and all.
Posted by: wxjames   2007-03-16 18:39  

#9  I shall go and have a glass of water, cartoon like.
Posted by: Shipman   2007-03-16 16:04  

#8  Learning eternal truths always causes primal joy. However briefly. Shipman you look positively adorable when you smile like that!
Posted by: trailing wife   2007-03-16 15:59  

#7  Mother Dora!
Kinetic strike? Use one of them cement blocks did they?

I sense the perps may have had a clue in the end, which makes me glow and smile TW like.
Posted by: Shipman   2007-03-16 15:50  

#6  Not much tree left after the strafing either. Hope that wasn't some poor schlub's carbon offset.
Posted by: eLarson   2007-03-16 15:45  

#5  20mm Vulcan. Probably on the same (F-16?) that dropped the bomb.
Posted by: ed   2007-03-16 15:20  

#4  I hope there's a copy floating around the internet with arabic subtitles.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2007-03-16 15:07  

#3  What did they use to do the strafing?
Posted by: gorb   2007-03-16 15:06  

#2  i love infra red
Posted by: sinse   2007-03-16 15:01  

#1  I love happy endings.
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2007-03-16 14:13  

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