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Old 23rd Jul 2009, 13:25
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UAV kills Bin-Laden's son?

<US intelligence agencies were "80 to 85 per cent" certain Sa'ad bin Laden was dead, the official said, adding that he was not important enough to be targeted himself but was "in the wrong place at the wrong time".>

US drone 'killed Osama Bin Laden's son Sa'ad' - Telegraph

Now, don't get me wrong - if he was as suggested in the piece, he deserved it. But does it suggest a novel approach to RoE, or have I missed something?
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I imagine many regular posters on this forum will be outraged by this latest story. Yet again a fatal error had be made in the use of the word 'drone' instead of UAV or UAS or whichever wording is their current favourite
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How Sa'ad.
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'Drones of Doom' has something of a sinister ring to it....

All the terrorists will know is a faint hum in the distance, a flash of light, then a sudden realisation that there are no 72 virgins for them, just someone with horns, a pointy tail and a toasting fork.....
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Yeah the name "Reaper" was kind of apt in this instance!!
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Tremendous news if true. Now for the rest of them.
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All the terrorists will know is a faint hum in the distance, a flash of light, then a sudden realisation that there are no 72 virgins for them, just someone with horns, a pointy tail and a toasting fork

Although without getting into a theological debate on it, you can't substitute one myth for another Beags...

Agree with Navaleye. UAV's may not be the best tech advancement for the stick and rudder pilot, but for the warfighting aspect it takes some beating (bit like the TB )
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someone with horns, a pointy tail and a toasting fork.....
And Hellfire is quite apt, too!

does it suggest a novel approach to RoE, or have I missed something?
Dunno. Do you mean a novel approach to complying with them or writing them? Or do you just not like them (although you don't know what the ROE are)?
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All the terrorists will know is a faint hum in the distance, a flash of light, then a sudden realisation that there are no 72 virgins for them, just someone with horns, a pointy tail and a toasting fork.....
A horrible nasty post, not through its content due to the horrible nasty coffee I spat out when I choked reading it.

Thought it was 67 Virgins as Bruce Sprinstein used to sing about 67 Virgins and nothing on, or was that channels.......
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Indeed Navaleye - how many more members does he have in his family ? Do we have to kill all of them until we get the right guy ?
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a sudden realisation that there are no 72 virgins for them
It doesn't specify what SEX the virgins are....
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Old 24th Jul 2009, 22:04
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Was that your work inquisitor?
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Great news if it was true, but this from the same intelligence agencies that have killed about 537 Al-Queda "Number 2's" since 2002. Remember - It's only propaganda when the other side does it.
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Great news if it was true, but this from the same intelligence agencies that have killed about 537 Al-Queda "Number 2's" since 2002.
What they meant was No 2 as in the sense on going to the Loo and doing one.

They killed 537 Al-Queda 5hitheads since 2002.
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Now for the rest of them.

You mean Binny's 11 or 12 other sons?
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......that he is aware of
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Can you trade virgins for porn stars and if so what's the going rate?
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...but this from the same intelligence agencies that have killed about 537 Al-Queda "Number 2's" since 2002.
Well, if you kill the first "Number 2" then he will be replaced by the second "Number 2", and so on. So, 537 "Number 2's" in 7 years is pretty good going

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Not much of a future to look forward to, if you happen to be a pure pretty young lady is it.

You spend years in some loony infested hell hole trying to do the right thing, and then one day god picks you to be raped by some hairy terrorist who got bullied at school!
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You spend years in some loony infested hell hole trying to do the right thing, and then one day god picks you to be raped by some hairy terrorist who got bullied at school!
No one has ever said what the "warrior" does when he meets the virgins as they could all be sent to meet the same virgins who remain so after their meeting.
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