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What WMD??!! N/T

Posted by Elliott on Tue Dec 23, 2003 05:36:07 PM

In reply top Re: Oh for Pete's sake posted by Brad on Mon Dec 22, 2003 06:52:48 PM

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: "That plane probably hadn't flown for nearly 40 years and
: it couldn't have been made airworthy to carry WMD--period.
: "
:
: A year and a half ago, at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan,
: there was quite a few Migs sitting around. Most of them h
: adn't flown in a decade. They were missing lots of parts
: and I only saw one or two that would have made good restor
: ation projects. Maybe none of them could have carried WMD
: in flight, but all but a couple of them were booby trappe
: d by the Taliban. To your average military man, that's ju
: st as bad as Anthrax. Several of them had grenades with t
: rip wires in the cockpits and wheel wells. One that I saw
: had a trip wire from a foot step to a pipe bomb. I found
: all this out while me and a bomb disposal guy were looking
: for souveniers!
:
: I've been involved with Warbirds for over 20yrs. I doubt
: you can find anybody that loves them more than I do. Even
: though it would have been wasted effort, given their condi
: tion, I would have loved have brought those Migs home. B
: ut, as an Air Force guy, (C-17 Loadmaster) I am all for de
: stroying anything the enemy has that poses any kind of thr
: eat to Mama Pilgrim's little boy! That includes old airpl
: anes that somebody might have planned to kill me with. I
: don't give a rat's rear end if the Iraqi's, Afghani's, Kor
: ean's, Iranian's or Syrian's have an airplane museum in th
: e future or not when it comes to the safety of us in the m
: ilitary.
:
: I was very recently on the ground at Balad Air Base in Ira
: q and didn't see any Seafury wreckage. I will be back the
: re in just a couple of weeks and will take a better look t
: o see what I can find.
:
: As for your other statement...
:
: "The US military brags about sophisticated high-res satell
: ites, high-tech recon, precision-guided munitions and all
: that lot, and this couldn't be prevented?"
:
: Well, I don't know if it could have been prevented or not.
: And, I really don't care in this case. But, I can tell
: you something from personal experienc about
:
: "precision-guided munitions and all that lot".
:
: Back in April, the first time I was able to go to down tow
: n Baghdad, I saw a building that looked like it had been u
: ntouched with the exception of broken windows. It was som
: e sort of government building, ministry of Camel breeding
: or something like that. Anyhow, the buildings all around
: it were pretty much destroyed. I was begining to think th
: at this building had been missed. Then I stuck my head in
: side the doorway. This building was six or seven stories
: tall and from the roof to the ground floor, it was totally
: gutted. Nothing was left except the outside walls. Now,
: I'm not saying that it was intentionaly done that way, bu
: t I still would call that precision. I also know of a Mig
: 29 that the Iraqi's tried to hide by towing it around to
: different places every night. The missle that took it out
: went right into the cockpit, exactly where it had been ai
: med.
:
: By the way, I just posted a picture of the pipe bomb on we
: bshots. I also put up a picture of the MOAB. I don't thin
: k it really qualifies as a precision weapon, but it sure i
: s cool!
:
: http://community.webshots.com/user/bradleypilgrim1
:
: They are in the album named "Bagram, Afghanistan".

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