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    taiwan_girl
    wrote on 24 Sept 2024, 15:50 last edited by
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    Killing you by shooting a missle from a long ways away is okay. Blowing up a pager is not.

    I dont get it.

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      Doctor Phibes
      wrote on 24 Sept 2024, 16:07 last edited by Doctor Phibes
      #122

      Maybe it is terrorism, but that doesn't mean it isn't OK. The French resistance were arguably terrorists, and we supported them, and rightly so obviously.

      Saying you've no idea who it's going to kill is kind of silly. Does we remember dropping all those bombs on Vietnam and Dresden?

      I was only joking

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        bachophile
        wrote on 24 Sept 2024, 19:28 last edited by
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        Kewl military vid of the day
        F-15 downs a UAV

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          Mik
          wrote on 24 Sept 2024, 20:07 last edited by
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          Very cool.

          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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            taiwan_girl
            wrote on 25 Sept 2024, 00:32 last edited by
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            Somewhat related:

            https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/travel/what-the-exploding-pager-attack-means-for-air-travel-15675faf

            Attacks on Hezbollah using booby-trapped pagers raise questions about whether everyday electronics could present new dangers—and security hurdles—for air travelers.

            Aviation authorities in Lebanon have banned travelers from boarding planes or checking luggage with pagers and walkie-talkies. No other countries have followed suit so far, and travelers can expect business as usual when they go through airport security.

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              24 Sept 2024, 19:28

              Kewl military vid of the day
              F-15 downs a UAV

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              89th
              wrote on 25 Sept 2024, 13:46 last edited by
              #126

              @bachophile said in The Exploding Pagers:

              Kewl military vid of the day
              F-15 downs a UAV

              Wow, great camera work too.

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                bachophile
                wrote on 27 Sept 2024, 16:17 last edited by
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                soooo…. Did we kill him or not?

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                  bachophile
                  wrote on 28 Sept 2024, 07:59 last edited by
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                  Link to video

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                    LuFins Dad
                    wrote on 28 Sept 2024, 11:47 last edited by
                    #129

                    Which ol’ witch?

                    The Brad

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                      bachophile
                      wrote on 28 Sept 2024, 12:50 last edited by
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                      Are u kidding?

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                        28 Sept 2024, 12:50

                        Are u kidding?

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                        LuFins Dad
                        wrote on 28 Sept 2024, 13:02 last edited by
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                        @bachophile said in The Exploding Pagers:

                        Are u kidding?

                        I assume it was Nasrallah, then?

                        The Brad

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                          bachophile
                          wrote on 28 Sept 2024, 13:41 last edited by
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                          Yup. It’s hard to minimize the magnitude of what happened. In one week, twenty years of Iranian planning, billions in support, was basically decapitated and erased.

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                            Mik
                            wrote on 28 Sept 2024, 13:50 last edited by Mik
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                            Brilliant. I read the other day - may have posted it here - that Iran is growing increasingly uncomfortable with Russia and China and their economy and looking to improve relations with the West. Let the bastards rot until their murderous messianic dream collapses.

                            “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                              28 Sept 2024, 13:02

                              @bachophile said in The Exploding Pagers:

                              Are u kidding?

                              I assume it was Nasrallah, then?

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                              George K
                              wrote on 28 Sept 2024, 14:00 last edited by
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                              @LuFins-Dad said in The Exploding Pagers:

                              @bachophile said in The Exploding Pagers:

                              Are u kidding?

                              I assume it was Nasrallah, then?

                              GYkWlYhX0AEHHJ0.jpeg

                              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                LuFins Dad
                                wrote on 28 Sept 2024, 14:10 last edited by
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                                So it makes you wonder, did the Luxembourgs attack the communications because they didn’t want any kind of advance notice to get to him, or did they attack the communications to mitigate any responses from this attack? Command for Hezbollah is completely disrupted.

                                The Brad

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                                  Mik
                                  wrote on 28 Sept 2024, 15:25 last edited by
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                                  https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/iran-faced-with-bad-choices-after-israel-wipes-out-hezbollah-hamas-chiefs/ar-AA1rnaiH?ocid=msedgntp&pc=LCTS&cvid=a2af2b84286a4218a99047ed3c76f815&ei=17

                                  “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                    LuFins Dad
                                    wrote on 28 Sept 2024, 18:37 last edited by
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                                    The Brad

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                                      Mik
                                      wrote on 28 Sept 2024, 19:50 last edited by
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                                      More info on Hezbollah's narrowing prospects.

                                      https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/voices-from-the-arab-press-is-iran-interested-in-a-deal/ar-AA1rlFrk?ocid=msedgntp&pc=LCTS&cvid=d21c15d132724965b3dd49769d08a488&ei=28

                                      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                        28 Sept 2024, 13:50

                                        Brilliant. I read the other day - may have posted it here - that Iran is growing increasingly uncomfortable with Russia and China and their economy and looking to improve relations with the West. Let the bastards rot until their murderous messianic dream collapses.

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                                        Jolly
                                        wrote on 29 Sept 2024, 12:12 last edited by
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                                        @Mik said in The Exploding Pagers:

                                        Brilliant. I read the other day - may have posted it here - that Iran is growing increasingly uncomfortable with Russia and China and their economy and looking to improve relations with the West. Let the bastards rot until their murderous messianic dream collapses.

                                        You're way too nice.

                                        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                          George K
                                          wrote on 30 Sept 2024, 01:27 last edited by
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                                          image.jpeg

                                          Oh, well, in that case.

                                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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