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2004-09-08 Israel-Palestine

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Posted by Steve 2004-09-08 2:14:43 PM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Doesn't make much sense. Locals are cheaper and disposable. Plus, if they can get Yassin, they can get a European mercenary.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2004-09-08 2:46:44 PM|| [http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2004-09-08 2:46:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 It came from an M16 automatic rifle

if true, would this mean that American mercenaries are also in on it?

Posted by PlanetDan 2004-09-08 2:47:10 PM|| 2004-09-08 2:47:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Sadly, the PA is swimming in M-16s since Clinton agreed to arm the PA "police" (uniformed terrorists, in effect).

Posted by Robert Crawford 2004-09-08 2:51:42 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com] 2004-09-08 2:51:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 In the late 60's early 70's indications were that several Warsaw Pac nations were providing assorted military training (bomb-making, assassination techniques, sniping, etc) to "international" terrorists at camps in an African desert nation. Among the participants, ANC, PFLP-GC, Fatah, Red Brigades, IRA and others.

The "others" included instructors from former "specialized" units harboring a grudge against the West.

Nothing succeeds like sucess.

Posted by RN 2004-09-08 2:58:23 PM|| 2004-09-08 2:58:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 RC: Sadly, the PA is swimming in M-16s since Clinton agreed to arm the PA "police" (uniformed terrorists, in effect).

The Chinese do manufacture a copy of the M-16. Besides, there are quite a number of Armalite (AR-15) clones floating around that use .223 ammo.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2004-09-08 3:05:13 PM|| [http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2004-09-08 3:05:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Here's an Armalite clone from Singapore and one from Israel.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2004-09-08 3:13:06 PM|| [http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2004-09-08 3:13:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Plenty of weapons are chambered for the 5.56mm (.223) caliber round. They're just guessing from the round recovered from this one soldiers shoulder. You can tell the caliber and sometimes the number of grooves on the bullet can hint at the weapon.

Posted by Steve 2004-09-08 3:18:41 PM|| 2004-09-08 3:18:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 I go for the papist scum. No surrender.

Posted by Howard UK 2004-09-08 3:44:07 PM|| 2004-09-08 3:44:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Probably American or Canadian Liberals on holiday in Gaza. It's like Disney land for them: crawl in a cave, meet new people, and fire off a couple of rounds at the Zionists. Was it berringer inthe movie sniper? I guessing Hollywood types.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2004-09-08 3:51:05 PM|| 2004-09-08 3:51:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 summin don't compute here. M-16/whatever in 5.56 is not what most shooters would use at 500 meters. At that range wind is a real killer for that light bullet. If there was someone out there that was really serious they would be using at least a 7 mm or more likely a 7.65 mm ie the Druganov. Not saying that someone couldn't make that shot if they were just a bit lucky, but why settle for maybe instead of going for sure.

Posted by Old Fogey 2004-09-08 3:54:43 PM|| 2004-09-08 3:54:43 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Perhaps they 're only using the tools they've got at hand. Not sure there is a lot of dragunov laying around in Gaza.

Posted by Anonymous5089 2004-09-08 4:26:52 PM|| 2004-09-08 4:26:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Plus nuttin' screams "professional" like a Druganov.

Posted by Steve White 2004-09-09 12:00:51 AM|| 2004-09-09 12:00:51 AM|| Front Page Top

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