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The Thunder Run's From the Front for 12 June, 2009 highlights:
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Talk about using up your lottery luck... -the Armorer
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Karma - thy avatar is... intern. -the Armorer
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Ruh-roh! I bet the process-server is already on their way! Jesse Walker called the Chief Narcissocon, La Schlussel, a "C-list conservative pundit." Having been hit with her patented "You said unflattering things about me, retract them publicly and then put up an adoring, self-abasing post apologizing for daring to even have a negative thought about me or I'll sue!" schtick ourselves, well, we thinks he rates her rather too highly. "Reliably inane." Whooee, she's gonna be peeved over that! -the Armorer
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The Thunder Run's From the Front for 12 June, 2009 highlights:
AND MORE... - David MSour Swinger: talks about how Piracy Thrives In Iraq
The Torch: takes on the Afghan infowar: US fights back/YouTube and video
Bill Roggio: reports that fighting intensifies in Pakistan's Bannu-Waziristan region
Aghanistan My Last Tour: talks - Roses?
In Iraq Now (at 56): reveals his travels as The Journey Home Begins (Mid-tour Leave)
Insurgent leader arrested in Kirkuk
Weapons, explosives seized near Taji
Operation Iraqi Stephen succeeds at Camp Victory
JSS Hurriyah II Passes to Iraqi Army
Warlord Targeted in Afghan Strike May Have Survived, Officials Say
Governor, Coalition Forces Present Attack Evidence to Afghan Elders
Pakistani public opinion is turning against Taliban
Qaida says out of food & arms in Afghanistan
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Talk about using up your lottery luck... -the Armorer
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Karma - thy avatar is... intern. -the Armorer
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Ruh-roh! I bet the process-server is already on their way! Jesse Walker called the Chief Narcissocon, La Schlussel, a "C-list conservative pundit." Having been hit with her patented "You said unflattering things about me, retract them publicly and then put up an adoring, self-abasing post apologizing for daring to even have a negative thought about me or I'll sue!" schtick ourselves, well, we thinks he rates her rather too highly. "Reliably inane." Whooee, she's gonna be peeved over that! -the Armorer
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*A term of art from the artillery. Harassment and Interdiction Fires. Back in the day, when you could just kill people and break things without a note from a lawyer, they were pre-planned, but to the enemy, random, fires at known gathering points, road junctions, Main Supply Routes, assembly areas, etc - to keep the bad guy nervous that the world around him might start exploding at any minute. Not really relevant to today's operating environment, right? But, it *is. The UAVs we fly over Afghanistan and Pakistan looking for targets of opportunity are a form of H&I fires, if you really want to parse it finely. We just have better sensors and fire control now. Of course, now I have to call them UAS's, because someone got a Legion of Merit for the name change.Anyway, I call the post H&I Fires because it's random things posted by me and people I've given posting privileges to that particular topic. Another term of art that might be appropriate is Free Fire Zone.
That woman is one hot mess (and I don't mean hot in any good way at all)