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Tornadoes to drop 'concrete bombs'

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Old 7th Apr 2003, 23:22
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...Oh, and a bag of gravel please.

Will female crews have to wear false beards for this?
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Old 8th Apr 2003, 05:03
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Looking at some of the statues of old Soddem that they are pulling down, perhaps some of these concrete bombs have actually hit their targets before the concrete had set, and coated several Soddem look-alikes with a layer just as it "went off", pointing up and saying something like ( From Fantasy Island) "De Plane, Boss, De Plane!"
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Old 8th Apr 2003, 07:53
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didn't the israeli's use ....

mavericks (with no warhead) to kill tanks ...

More of the vehicle left over .. for re-use ...

can't remember which of their wars though.

perhaps el zionist grande can enlighten us
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Old 8th Apr 2003, 15:50
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I'm sure that I read somewhere that during WWII the Air ministry issued an edict to all bomber crews that on no account was the chemical lavvy (crews, for the use of) to be chucked out whilst over enemy territory. Apparently a cow had the misfortune to be under one of these when it reached the ground. A resulting investigation into the cow's mysterious demise, and scientific analysis of the immediate area around the cow, concluded that the Brits were using a new type of chemical weapon.

Protests were made to the International Red Cross, resulting in the edict.

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Old 8th Apr 2003, 16:50
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Similar instructions were issued to the Luftwaffe regarding occupied France, apparently because the High Command felt the place wasn't worth s******g on....
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