Drones of death
 

It is reported in the Daily Telegraph that al-Quaeda's third in command has been killed by a US drone strike.

Egyptian-born Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, also known as Saeed al-Masri, was al-Qaeda's main commander in Afghanistan and a key plotter in the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington. Statements from the group did not indicate how al-Yazid died nor identify a successor but that many of his family members, including his wife, died with him.

More at Al-Qaeda's third in command killed in US drone strike - Telegraph

Good shooting, team. As intelligence and availability of assets in the right place at the right time increases, there'll be fewer places for these terrorists to hide.

"Ah, Mr. al-Yazid. Welcome to the after life. Bad news - no 72 virgins, in fact not even one. As that bloke over there with the pointy tail, horns and toasting fork will be explaining to you for the next thousand years or so....!"

...:ok:.........

Adios, MF...

Drones of Death? Sounds like Nellie's 9L brief ;)

Latest report from the Hospital; his condition is entirely satisfactory.

Could have done without the 'Drones of Death' headline though.

Yesterday. So I take it someone else has stepped into his role by now....
...and the beat goes on...:cool:

Double Zero
What is wrong with 'Drones of death'....

I like a good bee keeping story as much as the next man:}.

Oh I see.......We are mis-using the 'D' word again.

Eloquent, Brick...:)

What,

' Drones ' ?

DZ

Bang on Trojan, I wonder when the spams will click on.

"Ah, Mr al-Yazid! Good to see you at last. Welcome."
"Er, thank you. Is this Paradise?"
"Yes, yes, of course it is. For some of us.... Now, what about your 72 virgins eh? Looking forward to them eh?" (toothy smile)
"Oh, yes please"
"Excellent, most excellent. OK then, chaps, he's all yours . . . ."

Mr al-Yazid, meet 'Toby'....

YouTube - Rowan Atkinson in Hell - WITH SUBTITLES

UK, unbowdlerised, script is here. Much funnier. Sadly no video that I know of.
http://wordsum.********.com/2006/07/...e-to-hell.html
or try FarCanal Funny Joke Humerous Slogan T-Shirts ,and type god suicide into their all designs search box for an (entirely in-)appropriate T-shirt.

I wonder if Paul Mcartney is thinking of using 'Drones of Death' as the title for an updated version of 'Pipes of Peace'?

skydiver69, it'd perhaps be more appropriate.

:ok:

I suppose we would eventually get around to killing someone important. Presumably there were no weddings going on that day.

How about releasing McArtney from a great height onto the Taliban ?

Or would that be too cruel to them under the Geneva Convention...

EASA adopts title 'Drone'....
 

No doubt it won't please the acronym / abbreviation / initialisation industry, which works tirelessly to invent more and more new expressions for aerial devices without onboard pilots :rolleyes: , but EASA has now decided to adopt the word 'drone':

Advance Notice of Proposed Amendment 2015-10 'Introduction of a regulatory framework for the operation of drones' is available for download at http://easa.europa.eu/system/files/d...%202015-10.pdf . Comment responses can be made through the EASA CRT website at EASA CRT application .

My French teacher was a drone.

Beagle, at last!

Why anyone saw the need to hang 'system' or 'vehicle' on the end of their acronym, beats me. When I started flying them in 1988 they were UMAs (UnManned Aircraft). One doesn't feel the need to refer to a Eurofighter Typhoon or a Boeing 747 as a system or vehicle, despite the fact that ground equipment and ground based services are all part of what allow them to do their jobs.

The debate will now be whether or not the Fairey Queen was responsible for the origin of the term in this context (followed by the DH Queen Bee and the Airspeed Queen Wasp), or if had it entered the language earlier.