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2009-10-11 Caribbean-Latin America

11 U.N. Peacekeepers Killed in Haiti Plane Crash

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Posted by Steve White 2009-10-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 "a routine patrol"

Obviously I'm lacking in imagination, but why does "routine" air "surveillance" of a 5th world backwater hellhole take 11 people?

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2009-10-11 00:39|| 2009-10-11 00:39|| Front Page Top

#2 ...hmmm. The 'UN' connotation should really answer that as in 'How many UN peacekeepers does it take to change a light bulb'. We're not talking cost effectiveness [or any effectiveness] here.

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-10-11 09:22|| 2009-10-11 09:22|| Front Page Top

#3 Depends on what kind of "reconnaissance" it was performing. I'm sure someone here who's served in the Navy can come up with the RANGE of crews aboard a Navy P-3 aircraft. It's a lot larger than this. A US Air Force C-121 used to carry a crew of more than 40.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2009-10-11 21:58|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2009-10-11 21:58|| Front Page Top

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