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To: FaultLine who wrote (5456)	10/16/2001 10:49:28 AM
From: FaultLine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Special Plane Here's a comment from our own SF soldier: #reply-16509285 --fl

To: FaultLine who wrote (5456)	10/16/2001 1:13:40 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 281500

Nice photo find there FL... Especially the extended exposure effect... ac-119gunships.com And I'm jealous.. I've seen A-10s tearing up the turf with that milk jug spewing gatlin', but never had a chance to see a death ray demonstration from a Spectre. Known some other folks (who still any kind of gunship "Puff, the Magic Dragon") who tried to describe the sound and carnage, but they couldn't find the words. But that Gatlin' makes a sound that I'll never forget. It can only be compared, if folks will pardon the vulgarity, to a long ripping burst of aerial flatulence. Hawk

To: FaultLine who wrote (5456)	10/16/2001 1:33:14 PM
From: Michael Watkins	Respond to of 281500

The use of the lumbering AC-130, a turboprop airplane designed to attack convoys and troop concentrations and able to level buildings, was an indication of increasing confidence that the threat from Taliban air defenses was greatly diminished, Pentagon officials said. Maybe they also want to step up the destruction of their troop forces to facilitate overthrow, or to reduce the number of them left, overthrow or not... dailynews.yahoo.com The talks between Mullah Abdul Wakil Muttawakil, the Taliban's foreign minister, and senior Pakistani officials were held as Secretary of State Colin L. Powell arrived for a one-day visit here. They suggested that intensive American bombing, now entering its tenth day, has caused a policy split in the Taliban leadership. The Taliban envoy, Mullah Muttawakil, suggested that the moderate Taliban camp he leads might attempt to overthrow Mullah Mohammed Omar, the supreme Taliban leader, if he holds fast to his vow never to surrender Mr. bin Laden, Pakistani officials said.