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2003-08-02 Afghanistan

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-08-02 02:12|| || Front Page|| [11128 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Hmmm. Mebbe LtCol Lefforge would enjoy this little image seq taken by an American SpcOps a little earlier in the Afghan scrimmage. His job was to do the laser designation of the target. Try counting the bodies from the parts in this one. :-> I particularly enjoyed the secondary explosion... a grenade or RPG round, perhaps?

www.amble.com/images/taliban_attack.ppt

Posted by PD 2003-8-2 2:52:26 PM|| 2003-8-2 2:52:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Oops - I forgot to mention the file size is 337K and, I hope it's obvious, you need PowerPoint to view.

Posted by PD 2003-8-2 2:55:41 PM|| 2003-8-2 2:55:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 fwiw: this file has been floating around for at least 4 or 5 years. I think I saw on Strategypage.com that it's actually Russian troops getting hit by Chechens, although I don't know how certain they were.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-8-2 3:13:11 PM|| 2003-8-2 3:13:11 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 I have been in SaoodiLandâ¢ (which means not living in The Real World) for 3 of those and was unaware it was common, as well as described otherwise - my apologies. Thx.

Nothing to see here. Move along. Move along...

Posted by PD 2003-8-2 3:18:22 PM|| 2003-8-2 3:18:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Well, it certainly looks like a Russian BTR, to me.

Posted by CGeib 2003-8-2 4:40:11 PM|| 2003-8-2 4:40:11 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 PD - exemption granted, exceptional enthusiasm noted. stand down soldier ;-)

Posted by Frank G 2003-8-2 7:19:56 PM|| 2003-8-2 7:19:56 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 PD - man! you guys in the east post early - Fred's daily clock rolls over 9PM PDT - what time is that in your hood? Thai was it?

Posted by Frank G 2003-8-2 7:21:10 PM|| 2003-8-2 7:21:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Frank G - I'm in Thailand - GMT +7 which is currently 11 hrs ahead of the east coast - and 13 ahead of you out there in the Mountain Zone (NV is MT, right?).

So Rantburg rolls over at 11:00 AM for me.

#9 Sorry PD, those ARE Russians getting it in Chechnia. Saw it when it first came out...

Posted by Watcher 2003-8-2 9:39:45 PM|| 2003-8-2 9:39:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Watcher / CGeib - I appreciate knowing the truth. Now I will kick a little tail by email... the guy who sent it to me claimed "insider" status. BS artiste. And you never know - till you know... Thx!!!

#11 CA (San Diego home - Family in NV) is 1 hr ahead of Continental/Mountain, so you must be + 8 PST?
Wild Turkey fog settling in.......

Posted by Frank G 2003-8-2 10:36:36 PM|| 2003-8-2 10:36:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 take Fred's comment time and subtract 3 hrs for pacific coast time lol...

Posted by Frank G 2003-8-2 10:39:17 PM|| 2003-8-2 10:39:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 Frank G - If CA, then you're GMT-8 - so 15 hrs diff when talking Standard Time, the Daylight Savings Time really screw it all up. My local time is 10:08AM - lessee what the server stamps the response at... (I know, don't end sentences with prepostions - fuck it!)

Posted by Â·com 2003-8-2 11:05:56 PM|| 2003-8-2 11:05:56 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 So I'm 11 hrs ahead of the Rantburg server, wherever it is. Comparing your clock to server post time will tell you the rest for realtive diff between our locations. On first blush, I think I'm 15 hrs ahead of CA, not counting any Daylight Savings foolishness.

Posted by Â·com 2003-8-2 11:11:54 PM|| 2003-8-2 11:11:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 are you sure *?

Posted by Frank G 2003-8-2 11:18:09 PM|| 2003-8-2 11:18:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 Ah, yeah - 14 hrs ahead of CA - that's the ticket. His server is on East coast. I'm +11 and you're -3 = 14. Shit. Finally. BTW, I've inverted my days and nights here- cuz I'm not working and just feel like it, so it's past my phreakin bedtime. Later!

Posted by Â·com 2003-8-2 11:33:13 PM|| 2003-8-2 11:33:13 PM|| Front Page Top

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