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2003-03-23 Iraq

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-03-23 09:39 am|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 According to the BBC:

"An official at the Command Centre in Qatar says that what the Iraqis saw were probably air-launched anti-radar missiles, which can loiter above their targets by deploying parachutes.

The missiles delay their fall to ground when defenders switch off their radar facilities and resume their fall once these facilities are turned back on [sic?]. The initial reports led to a great deal of activity along the river bank as crowds watched the search. Their efforts to find any coalition pilots were broadcast by al-Jazeera TV."

NB Al Jazeera's a spin-off of the BBC. Originally it was in in-house Arab News channel but was axed during a budget cut, and, I think, after pressure from certain arab governments. In gratitude, it now doesn't even offer an English-language website.

Posted by Bulldog 2003-03-23 13:25:51|| 2003-03-23 13:25:51|| Front Page Top

#2 The film of these idiots almost burning themselves up trying to ignite the brush is well worth the price of admission....reminds me of that Paki ahole burning himself while lighting up a U.S. flag. The eye-rolling and spittle must disconnect their self-preservation cortex impulses LOL

Posted by Frank G 2003-03-23 09:44:58|| 2003-03-23 09:44:58|| Front Page Top

#3 Looked like the first semi-annual Tigris Fish Shoot to me. What a bunch of clowns! Pure propaganda at its amateurish best.

Posted by Dar Steckelberg 2003-03-23 10:46:22|| 2003-03-23 10:46:22|| Front Page Top

#4 One grudgingly has to hand it to them as a propaganda effort. We ought to drop a dummy plane in the area with a mannequin pilot with parachute. Let them send in the troops, get it rolling on TV, then boom-wha.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-03-23 12:18:43|| 2003-03-23 12:18:43|| Front Page Top

#5 I would love to get my hands on that guy in the Iraqi footage (without the helmet) with the AK firing into the reeds. Hook his arms up to 2 M1A1s via chains, and slowly pull him apart. Slowly.

Posted by RW 2003-03-23 20:39:29|| 2003-03-23 20:39:29|| Front Page Top

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