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To: JBL who wrote (7394)	5/8/1999 12:42:00 AM
From: Broken_Clock	Respond to of 17770

"Soldier of Fortune" His pen name is Sgt. Rock.

To: JBL who wrote (7394)	5/8/1999 12:45:00 AM
From: George Papadopoulos	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 17770

I am leaving SI and the Internet due to my son's serious medical problems which were given to us today and came as a total shock. I honestly have no idea when and if I will return here. To all (even my "enemies") I love you all and I 'll miss you. So long folks it was fun, Peace George

To: JBL who wrote (7394)	5/8/1999 12:55:00 AM
From: Broken_Clock	Respond to of 17770

Friday, May 7, 1999 NATO-Speak Adding to Crash Confusion By JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG, PAUL RICHTER, Times Staff Writers RUSSELS--Yugoslav antiaircraft gunners have succeeded in shooting down two U.S. planes since Operation Allied Force began. Or should that be one, or none? In a case of confusion that epitomizes some of the black holes in the Western alliance's information strategy during its campaign against Yugoslavia, NATO and the Pentagon--and even two alliance generals--haven't been able to agree about what led to the loss of two U.S. Air Force fighters, an F-117A Stealth and an F-16 Fighting Falcon. In both instances, the pilots were rescued from Yugoslav territory by search teams within hours of being downed. Gen. Klaus Naumann of Germany, NATO's highest-ranking military officer and chairman of its Military Committee, told a news conference Tuesday that the two planes had been victims of enemy fire. Asked by a reporter to repeat that assertion, Naumann did so, saying he thought the information had already been announced. It hadn't been. On Thursday, North Atlantic Treaty Organization spokesman Maj. Gen. Walter Yertz of the German air force was asked if what Naumann had said was correct. Yertz replied: "I can't confirm it." Meanwhile, a Pentagon spokesman Thursday was equally tight-lipped about the crash of the F-16. Pentagon officials, in fact, are being purposely imprecise about what brought down the jet early Sunday. U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Charles Wald, a senior planner at the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in a recent briefing that the plane crashed as a result of engine failure, but he declined to specify what caused the problem.