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2006-11-03 Africa Horn

Somali Islamists reject U.S. warning, test rockets

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Posted by anonymous5089 2006-11-03 12:43|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 al-Rooters think a DShK 12.7mm machine gun is "heavy artillery"? And here I thought the dividing line was more than 105mm (medium), but less than 155mm (heavy). Silly me.

Posted by Brett 2006-11-03 13:48|| 2006-11-03 13:48|| Front Page Top

#2 Yeah, but a .50 HMG manned by jihadis is much more impressive than a 155mm self-propelled cannon manned by professional western soldiers, because they *do* makes very ferocious faces, while rolling their eyes savagely, and jumping up and down like the best of them... if THAT doesn't impress a reporter, especially a rooters one, then I don't know what will!

Posted by anonymous5089 2006-11-03 14:42|| 2006-11-03 14:42|| Front Page Top

#3 Spectre is in Djibouti, along with a lot of US Special Forces and French Foreign Legion troops. Getting too froggy around those guys is a REALLY bad idea, since they might decide that they need a livefire exercise, with the Islamists as the primary OpFor.
And just for Rooters, the dead tend to bounce around, and up and down, a lot when a Spectre strike is grinding up an area.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2006-11-03 14:57|| 2006-11-03 14:57|| Front Page Top

#4 Hope these asshats try using their bottle rockets on SPECTRE now that the "perjurer-in-chief" cannot withhold backup.

Posted by Leonidas 2006-11-03 17:08|| http://fightingintheshade.blogspot.com/]">[http://fightingintheshade.blogspot.com/] 2006-11-03 17:08|| Front Page Top

#5 Islamists 'test' rockets; US forces don't need to - they know they work fine. Wanna see?

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2006-11-03 17:45|| 2006-11-03 17:45|| Front Page Top

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