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2009-11-10 Arabia

'Saudi fighter jets using phosphorous bombs'

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Posted by Fred 2009-11-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Paging Mr Goldstone.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-11-10 05:56|| 2009-11-10 05:56|| Front Page Top

#2 ...What's interesting here is that during Operation Desert Storm, the RSAF had to be seriously prodded to even fly in the same direction as their co-religionists in Iraq. There are several confirmed incidents of Saudi Tornado drivers flying north, jettisoning their bombs in the desert and then coming home proclaiming great victories - not knowing that USAF AWACS and other surveillance systems had the whole sorry performance on tape. See Every Man A Tiger by Chuck Horner and Tom Clancy for an absolutely hysterical account of how they finally broke the RSAF of this problem. Saudi F-15 air to air drivers did not seem to have the same problem, and had to be restrained from letting their fangs out too far.

So I gotta wonder what it is about the Yemenis that Saudi air-to-mud guys don't seem to have a problem with...

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2009-11-10 08:44|| 2009-11-10 08:44|| Front Page Top

#3 So I gotta wonder what it is about the Yemenis that Saudi air-to-mud guys don't seem to have a problem with...

These particular Yemenis are Shia.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-11-10 09:10|| 2009-11-10 09:10|| Front Page Top

#4 What's interesting here is that during Operation Desert Storm, the RSAF had to be seriously prodded to even fly in the same direction as their co-religionists in Iraq.

Because whatever the infidels are up to is wrong?

Posted by gorb 2009-11-10 11:02|| 2009-11-10 11:02|| Front Page Top

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