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2007-03-15 -Lurid Crime Tales-

IED emplacers killed in Mosul (second in four days)

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Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2007-03-15 17:37|| || Front Page|| [12 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 It is about time that we had high altitude surveillance available for spotting these mugs. Something like a dirigible would be able to observe a very large area, but be too high for casual observation.

It would just appear to the bad guyz that the good guyz have some psychic ability to know when they are making mischief.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-03-15 17:57|| 2007-03-15 17:57|| Front Page Top

#2 Anonymoose - you mean something like a UAV.

Posted by DMFD 2007-03-15 18:19|| 2007-03-15 18:19|| Front Page Top

#3 mooses wants that blimp in a BAD way! lol...

Posted by RD 2007-03-15 20:00|| 2007-03-15 20:00|| Front Page Top

#4 There are, of course, several dirigible observation platforms aloft at Baghdad airport - but I believe they provide warning/tracking of ballistic projectiles, not video of shenanigans at street level. Could be wrong.

One more idea: howz about, when the nitwits get iced like this, we ID them, and pay a little visit to their families (well, actually, detain every male between 17 and 60 in the family, and some from the neighbors as well), have ourselves a real long discussion, just as long as it takes to find out everything about their deceased relative's involvement (contacts, motivations, etc.).

Seems to me one would unravel bad-guy networks (esp. those, as reputed to exist in Iraq, of very flat, dispersed, fairly expedient networks). Also, probably more important (and our biggest failing in Iraq), it supplies INTIMIDATION. There is no political solution in Iraq that does not entail lots and lots of killing and intimidation. Any attempt to reach our goals without these key elements will not just fail, but be an inexcusable waste of lives and a self-inflicted blow to our national interests.

Posted by Verlaine 2007-03-15 23:10|| 2007-03-15 23:10|| Front Page Top

#5 New SOP in action, or just a fluke?

Posted by gromgoru 2007-03-15 23:24|| 2007-03-15 23:24|| Front Page Top

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