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| 2003-10-21 |
| Australian Aircraft Licensed to Kill for Bush Visit Armed fighter jets with a license to kill have begun patrols in the skies over Australia’s capital as the city on Tuesday began an unprecedented security operation for a visit by President Bush. OOOH! A "license to kill!"...And who the hell flys UNARMED fighters? Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18 Hornets, with permission to shoot down suspicious planes, will escort Bush’s plane, Air Force One, into Canberra on Wednesday night and patrol the usually sleepy city’s skies during the president’s 20-hour visit. It is only the second time armed air force jets have flown operationally over Australia’s mainland since World War II. The first such operation was mounted last year as leaders of the 54 Commonwealth nations attended a summit on the northeast coast. |
| Posted by:mojo |
| #9 Yep Katie Couric is a card carrying member of the Taliban while Bryant supports just Al Qaeda and the Chechen rebels! Morons--want a ride in a black helicopter to see a skyline view of the New World Order? |
| Posted by: NotMikeMoore 2003-10-21 10:22:52 PM |
| #8 Et tu, Tu? I addressed that very thing on a different string. Great minds think alike (and so do some of us, it seems.) By some accounts, the Perky-burqa herself, Couric, might be on the skids as well. All the more reason for her and Gumball to latch onto a "dangerous" leading edge trend as defined by the Euro culture-lords. |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2003-10-21 4:50:22 PM |
| #7 Saw a blurb for Bryant Gumbel on the SciFi Channel the other night. He's doing one of those "special report" for them on Area51 at Roswell. Yeah, his career's going places... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-10-21 4:34:25 PM |
| #6 Hmmmm.... First Al Guardian openly incites the assassination of President Bush, then their fellow-travellers at Al Reuters post some lies in an apparent effort to undermine public support for the President's protection. A prediction: before the end of the week, Bryant Gumbel or Katie Couric will make some innuendo or gesture along the same line, in a plausibly deniable way, of course. Pre-emptive disclaimer: this is not a conspiracy theory. Media outlets scarcely need conspiracy or collusion to start a trend. Their staff, and to some extent their core audience, are composed of people for whom trend-spotting is akin to a religion. |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2003-10-21 4:22:48 PM |
| #5 Aussie's never practiced bombing runs with live weapons, huh, Roooters? What a waste of ink/bandwidth...no wonder the heads are rolling on the news staff |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-10-21 3:20:00 PM |
| #4 There will soon be a new 9-11 conspiracy theory floated: the perpetrators were military pilots who wanted more flight pay. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-10-21 2:57:00 PM |
| #3 "It is only the second time armed air force jets have flown operationally over Australia’s mainland since World War II." This is an absolute lie. Like any other suitably equipped air force, the RAAF maintains a short reaction air-defence alert (SRA) with armed aircraft, and these are occasionally airborne with their weapons. The details of their rules of engagement are classified, but they would not be substantially different from the ones that will apply during Bush's visit. "Shoot to kill" is routine, though obviously not automatic, in the air defence business. Throughout the Cold War, the RAAF maintained a much more stringent quick-reaction alert (QRA) with take-off times on the order of two minutes or even less. Again, it wasn't unusual for these aircraft to be airborne during these alerts. |
| Posted by: Charlotte Ravens Bloody Nose 2003-10-21 2:02:55 PM |
| #2 A license to kill! Yikes! I'd settle for a license to make out. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2003-10-21 1:02:04 PM |
| #1 Better doublecheck the pilots who are flying the Jet-fighters. Wouldn't want a Muslim to fly them, now would we? |
| Posted by: Charles 2003-10-21 12:23:43 PM |