An Amazing Display of Precision

"Corky Scott" wrote in message
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On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 21:07:07 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

The pilot is bombing a safehouse for insurgents. As the bomb is falling,
the house begins to empty of fighters, all en route to a nearby
fire-fight
with U.S. Marines. The pilot notes this, and seeks (and is granted)
permission to change his targeting from the house to the fighters -- with
incredible results.

I wonder, was it confirmed, after the fact, that these people were
actually fighters en route to a nearby fire-fight? I sure hope so,
but y'know what with the blast damage and all, it might be kinda hard
to identify anything.


Maybe they were just out jogging.

Maybe there was a "Blue Light Special" on head scarfs at the
neighborhood K-mart...

JK


Tom S. wrote:
"Corky Scott" wrote in message
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On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 21:07:07 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:


The pilot is bombing a safehouse for insurgents. As the bomb is falling,
the house begins to empty of fighters, all en route to a nearby

fire-fight

with U.S. Marines. The pilot notes this, and seeks (and is granted)
permission to change his targeting from the house to the fighters -- with
incredible results.

I wonder, was it confirmed, after the fact, that these people were
actually fighters en route to a nearby fire-fight? I sure hope so,
but y'know what with the blast damage and all, it might be kinda hard
to identify anything.



Maybe they were just out jogging.

I wonder, was it confirmed, after the fact, that these people were
actually fighters en route to a nearby fire-fight? I sure hope so,
but y'know what with the blast damage and all, it might be kinda hard
to identify anything.

Maybe they were just out jogging.



"Looks like I picked the wrong day to start jogging..."

Looks like the they "picked the wrong week to f**ck with the US"...

JK

Peter Gottlieb wrote:

I wonder, was it confirmed, after the fact, that these people were
actually fighters en route to a nearby fire-fight? I sure hope so,
but y'know what with the blast damage and all, it might be kinda hard
to identify anything.


Maybe they were just out jogging.




"Looks like I picked the wrong day to start jogging..."

On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 16:13:46 GMT, Jon Kraus
wrote:

Looks like the they "picked the wrong week to f**ck with the US"...

JK

No one has been able to confirm here that the people hit by the bomb
were in fact insurgents and not some innocent group. I'm not saying
they were an innocent group, it's just that that information hasn't
been made available here.

The controller ok'd the switch to the group target from the "safe
house" virtually instantaneously, which would lead one to believe that
the military was pretty sure of it's target, and therefore that anyone
running down the road in the proximity of the target must be hostile
and legitimate targets.

It would just be nice to know if we're oooing and aaaahhing over a hit
on actual enemy or an example of "collateral damage".

Corky Scott

"Corky Scott" wrote in message

The controller ok'd the switch to the group target from the "safe
house" virtually instantaneously, which would lead one to believe that
the military was pretty sure of it's target, and therefore that anyone
running down the road in the proximity of the target must be hostile
and legitimate targets.

We'd have to know all of the tactical details that led to the airstrike in
the first place. On it's face, we see little ant-people getting blown to
hell. Could be military, could be civilian but the peripheral questions
a Was there fighting up the street? Were there other insurgents who
came from that area to fight the US Marines? It's a street: Where's the
traffic?

They could have been soldiers or protestors, but only the forward
controllers would know for sure. It's impossible to look at just the video
and know what's going on except that when mama says don't hang out with the
wrong crowd, she might have a point.

-c

Corky Scott wrote:

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The controller ok'd the switch to the group target from the "safe
house" virtually instantaneously, which would lead one to believe that
the military was pretty sure of it's target, and therefore that anyone
running down the road in the proximity of the target must be hostile
and legitimate targets.

I would hope they were "pretty sure of [the] target" before they even
started.

It would just be nice to know if we're oooing and aaaahhing over a hit
on actual enemy or an example of "collateral damage".

Corky Scott

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Frank....H

"Peter Gottlieb" wrote in message news:5YUWc.1181

Maybe they were just out jogging.

"Looks like I picked the wrong day to start jogging..."

I can't BELIEVE you people can look at video showing the death of dozens of
human beings and make a joke about it... ...but, since you are,
AAAHAHAHAHAAAA!!! ROFL! ;

-c