Yeah, it got fragged recently by an RPG from a few careless school boys on their way to the local madrassa. In future those naughty boys should be more careful what they point their RPG's at. It's a sad day when an old 212 is turned into a bucket of molten metal, even a team of the best engineering talent couldn't resurrect this from the ashes.
p.s. anyone know if Mal S. had it insured? I bet he wishes he was over there a.t.m. with a mini-gun equipped 500 to seek retribution.
Edit: Remiss of me to jump to an obvious conclusion and blame this on a few of our Islamic friends. The other possibility is that some contract rascols hot-footed it all the way from the PNG southern highlands to earn a few Kina, as "payback" for Mal upsetting the taro cart and speaking out against official corruption and misappropriation of public money in PNG.
Last edited by gulliBell; 22nd April 2007 at 01:19.