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2003-08-02 Afghanistan

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-08-02 02:12|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1752 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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