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dump...@hotmail.com
Apr 29, 2012, 4:31:22 PM4/29/12
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Drone strike kills four suspected militants in Pakistan:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/29/us-pakistan-drone-idUSBRE83S07I20120429
Talks with Pakistan break down when US refuses to apologize for
airstrike:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47214058/ns/world_news-the_new_york_times/
Pakistan reveals efforts to hunt down Osama bin Laden:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/29/pakistan-efforts-hunt-osama-bin-laden
India: Radar-destroying missile being developed:
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/nation/north/radar-destroying-missile-being-developed-091
Iraq to get first F-16 jets in early 2014: official:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-iraq-warplanesbre83s0ag-20120429,0,6546725.story
Iraq can't defend itself fully before 2020: general:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/30/us-iraq-security-military-idUSTRE79T1WL20111030
Report: Hundreds of Syrian soldiers defect:
http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/29/11456644-report-hundreds-of-syrian-soldiers-defect?lite
Lebanon holds ship 'carrying weapons for Syria rebels':
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17885085
Russia destroys over 60 % of chemical weapons:
http://zeenews.india.com/news/world/russia-destroys-over-60-of-chemical-weapons_772462.html
China Cracks Down After Chen Escape:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303916904577373961921550778.html?mod=googlenews_wsj#
Marine Corps Prepared to Hold On to Aging Weapons:
http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=772
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/29/us-pakistan-drone-idUSBRE83S07I20120429
Talks with Pakistan break down when US refuses to apologize for
airstrike:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47214058/ns/world_news-the_new_york_times/
Pakistan reveals efforts to hunt down Osama bin Laden:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/29/pakistan-efforts-hunt-osama-bin-laden
India: Radar-destroying missile being developed:
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/nation/north/radar-destroying-missile-being-developed-091
Iraq to get first F-16 jets in early 2014: official:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-iraq-warplanesbre83s0ag-20120429,0,6546725.story
Iraq can't defend itself fully before 2020: general:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/30/us-iraq-security-military-idUSTRE79T1WL20111030
Report: Hundreds of Syrian soldiers defect:
http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/29/11456644-report-hundreds-of-syrian-soldiers-defect?lite
Lebanon holds ship 'carrying weapons for Syria rebels':
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17885085
Russia destroys over 60 % of chemical weapons:
http://zeenews.india.com/news/world/russia-destroys-over-60-of-chemical-weapons_772462.html
China Cracks Down After Chen Escape:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303916904577373961921550778.html?mod=googlenews_wsj#
Marine Corps Prepared to Hold On to Aging Weapons:
http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=772
a425couple
Apr 30, 2012, 10:20:58 AM4/30/12
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<dump...@hotmail.com> wrote in message...
and buy new," said Gen. James F. Amos, commandant of the
Marine Corps. ---
"I told the Marine Corps, 'You'd better figure out what's good
enough," said Amos.'
I might have totally missed a period when things might
have been 'less frugal', but seems to me that "good
enough" has always applied to the spending priorities
given to the USMC.
> Marine Corps Prepared to Hold On to Aging Weapons:
> http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=772
' "These are not the days when you can get rid of old equipment
> http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=772
and buy new," said Gen. James F. Amos, commandant of the
Marine Corps. ---
"I told the Marine Corps, 'You'd better figure out what's good
enough," said Amos.'
I might have totally missed a period when things might
have been 'less frugal', but seems to me that "good
enough" has always applied to the spending priorities
given to the USMC.
SolomonW
Apr 30, 2012, 10:22:18 AM4/30/12
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On Sun, 29 Apr 2012 13:31:22 -0700 (PDT), dump...@hotmail.com wrote:
> Pakistan reveals efforts to hunt down Osama bin Laden:
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/29/pakistan-efforts-hunt-osama-bin-laden
What medical ailments was Bin Laden thought to be suffer from that could be
> Pakistan reveals efforts to hunt down Osama bin Laden:
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/29/pakistan-efforts-hunt-osama-bin-laden
tracked down?
Kerryn Offord
Apr 30, 2012, 4:53:15 PM4/30/12
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Kerryn Offord
Apr 30, 2012, 4:54:11 PM4/30/12
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dialysis machine for several hours
Bill
Apr 30, 2012, 5:04:52 PM4/30/12
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In article <jnmu5l$d08$2...@dont-email.me>, ka...@uclive.ac.nz says...
Was there a dialysis machine in his home when the US soldiers hit it?
I doubt that.
It's almost unheard of in the developing world as the expertise to
maintain the machines doesn't exist outside a hospital.
Did he attend the local hospital for dialysis every week?
I somehow doubt that as well.
There's a big teaching hospital in Abbottabad, but it mainly teaches
gynaecologists.
As the people there spell dialysis 'dialosis' on their web site and the
page has no content I don't think they're terribly good at it.
http://www.ath.gov.pk/dialosis.html
Occam's razor says he didn't have a problem that required dialysis.
--
William Black
When you hear the words 'Our people are our greatest asset' then it's
time to leave.
I doubt that.
It's almost unheard of in the developing world as the expertise to
maintain the machines doesn't exist outside a hospital.
Did he attend the local hospital for dialysis every week?
I somehow doubt that as well.
There's a big teaching hospital in Abbottabad, but it mainly teaches
gynaecologists.
As the people there spell dialysis 'dialosis' on their web site and the
page has no content I don't think they're terribly good at it.
http://www.ath.gov.pk/dialosis.html
Occam's razor says he didn't have a problem that required dialysis.
--
William Black
When you hear the words 'Our people are our greatest asset' then it's
time to leave.
Dennis
Apr 30, 2012, 6:16:47 PM4/30/12
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single dose of 9 grams of lead.
Dennis
Bill
Apr 30, 2012, 6:44:08 PM4/30/12
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a425couple
May 1, 2012, 9:45:35 AM5/1/12
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"Kerryn Offord" <ka...@uclive.ac.nz> wrote in message...
Your post makes me say, "Ouch! Yes, I missed that!"
From:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Boeing_V-22_Osprey
"The failure of the Iran hostage rescue mission in 1980
demonstrated to the United States military a need[5] for
"a new type of aircraft, that could not only take off and land
vertically but also could carry combat troops, and do so at speed."
The U.S. Department of Defense began the Joint-service Vertical
take-off/landing Experimental (JVX) aircraft program in 1981,
under U.S. Army leadership. The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps
were given the lead in 1983"
"When the V-22's projected development budget greatly increased in
1988, Defense Secretary Dick Cheney tried to remove funding from
1989 to 1992 in an effort to cancel it. He was eventually overruled by
Congress, which provided unrequested funding for the program. ---
The Clinton Administration was supportive of the V-22
and helped the program attain funding."
From:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Boeing_V-22_Osprey
"The failure of the Iran hostage rescue mission in 1980
demonstrated to the United States military a need[5] for
"a new type of aircraft, that could not only take off and land
vertically but also could carry combat troops, and do so at speed."
The U.S. Department of Defense began the Joint-service Vertical
take-off/landing Experimental (JVX) aircraft program in 1981,
under U.S. Army leadership. The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps
were given the lead in 1983"
"When the V-22's projected development budget greatly increased in
1988, Defense Secretary Dick Cheney tried to remove funding from
1989 to 1992 in an effort to cancel it. He was eventually overruled by
Congress, which provided unrequested funding for the program. ---
The Clinton Administration was supportive of the V-22
and helped the program attain funding."
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