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Well you should look at the USA Patriot Act then: ....other purposes Using such words when writing a law, those guys in the Bush administration really crack me up sometimes

So you quit, eh? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> They all do eventually....

(w00t) Bush actually read a book?! Say what you want, but I'm not buying it.

No they don't. In fact, this is the only one I've ever seen do it. Stop with your lies. Your LIES! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> No, pixie's right....many threads fell victim to military talk. I know because I was one of the people to blaim. LONG LIVE THE MILITARY - STEAK CONSPIRACY ! ! !

Whatever.....

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Here's my current wallpaper, a kind of 'kotor' dark one:

Iranian key nuclear facilities are so deep underground, even the GBU 28's would be ineffective - sorry.

I also dislike bright wallpapers, that's why I prefer pictures of sea shores late in the evening..... ^_^

SAW Just a movie to cheer you up

I didn't post the whole article, that's excatly why I didn't post a link because there were many unnecessary info.... Yes you could, and I disagree it's unreadable....I didn't post anything in Swahili or something so one can't understand. The post is a bit too long, but if you don't like ut then skip it and if it ruins for you the 'artistic' nature of a thread then I'm sorry, you'll just have to live with it...

The topic starter asked a question, I'm simply trying to answer it......and just one thing: if names of weapons given by science fiction writers irritate you, then I suggest you evade this topic to prevent possible harrasment.

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O.K. Calax I found something that could interest you about plasma weapons:

I don't know really which is better to be honest, but my favourite pick is Dual LightSaber, blue and pink combo:

Don't know if it's true, but China's defense budgit doesn't make it possible for them to be on the same development stage as the US... Very funny.[sarcasm\]

Well you're right, but everybody on the net is doing it, and when in Rome......

I don't know excatly about plasma weapons, but when it comes to laser weapons, well after more than four decades of doggedly pursuing laser technology, engineers working in at least three laboratories around the Southland have been quietly developing high-powered, solid-state lasers that some many say could revolutionize warfare. The laser guns are still years away from being used in combat and won't play any role in the ongoing conflict in Iraq. In fact, it may be the end of the decade before they are installed on fighters, tanks and destroyers. But laser scientists say significant technical challenges recently have been overcome, transforming laser weapons from a laboratory project into a promising part of the U.S. arsenal. With such lasers, a fighter jet could destroy ground targets with pinpoint accuracy, significantly reducing the chance of injuring civilians. Director for high-energy laser programs at Raytheon Corp. had signed a deal with DoD and built a laboratory recently to put together a table-size solid-state laser weapon. Raytheon already is working with Lockheed Martin to outfit the next-generation fighter jet, the JSF F-35 with a solid-state laser. Lockheed officials said they are considering modifying the short takeoff-vertical landing version of the plane to carry a 100-kilowatt laser gun. The weapon would be powered by electricity generated by the jet engine and used mainly to defend the warplane from missiles. And Raytheon is also teaming with Northrop Grumman Corp. to outfit the next-generation Navy destroyer, the DDX, with a laser that would use the ship's electric drive to power a laser-based air-defense system. At Boeing's research facilities, engineers are working on advanced tactical lasers that could fit on the company's V-22 tilt-rotor aircraft and other helicopters to take out short-range targets. The TRW Corp., which has about 500 engineers working on laser programs, has been exploring the possibility of developing a laser that would fit in a casing the size of an external fuel tank. It could then be attached under the wings of fighter jets, much like a missile or a bomb. So you see the laser weapons race within the US companies, is going on for about 15 years now..... However, the laser's potential as a weapon was recognized when it was conceived way back in 1957, but development has been slow, the actual development of laser weapons started already in 1962...and now it's not clear how much the Pentagon has spent developing a laser weapon, but an Air Force official last summer said that his service alone had poured $4.5 billion into direct-energy weapons, which include microwave and chemical laser technologies. It's interesting to know that back in 2000 the U.S. Army and the Israel Ministry of Defence (IMoD) tested the Army's Tactical High Energy Laser/Advanced Concept Technology Demonstrator (THEL/ACTD), the world's first high-energy laser weapon system designed for operational use, to shoot down a rocket carrying a live warhead. The shootdown was indeed succesfull and with this achievement laser/plasma weapons turned from science fiction into reality......

Oh yes the scary Mothman, as we can see him roaming the sky of NY on 9/11 2001 " : ...or a better, Mothman flies off the bridge : .....what's interesting - this is 100% not a photoshop edited pic.... Too bad I don't have a pic of that 'creature' that attacked a Mexican policeman, which is also prescribed to be Mothman...... Me too. :ph34r:

Chasing AQ is not the only reason why you went in or why you're still there, but mind that.....AQ isn't the insurgency itself, but it is a large part of it. Just to help you give a better insight of the insurgency and other groups, here's a list of all known Iraqi insurgent groups and pro-Saddam forces: Insurgent Groups (the bolded ones are considered major) * Active Religious Seminary * Al-Faruq Brigades * Al-Mahdi Army * Al-Sadr's Group * Ansar al-Islam * Armed Vanguards of Mohammad's Second Army * Black Banner Organization * Hasad al-Muqawamah al-'Iraqiyah [Harvest of the Iraqi Resistance] * Iraqi National Islamic Resistance * Iraqi Resistance Brigades * Iraqi Resistance Islamic Front (JAMI) * Iraq's Revolutionaries * Islamic Armed Group of al-Qaida, Fallujah branch * Jamaat al-Tawhid wa'l-Jihad * Jaysh Muhammad * Jihad Cells * Liberating Iraq's Army * Mujahideen Battalions of the Salafi Group of Iraq * Muslim Fighters of the Victorious Sect (aka, Mujaheddin of the Victorious Sect) * Muslim Youth * Nasserites * National Iraqi Commandos Front * Salafist Jihad Group * Snake Party * Sons of Islam * Unity and Jihad Group * Wakefulness and Holy War * White Flags Ba'athist or probable Ba'athist (pro-Saddam forces) * General Command of the Armed Forces, Resistance and Liberation in Iraq * New Return * Patriotic Front * Political Media Organ of the Ba

The answer is on page 34 of an old number of the Penthutt P.S. Seriously, I don't know about the quest, I'm sorry.....

Maybe this will help you: # Shura/Advisory Council - Usama bin Laden's inner circle; they direct the overall strategy of the organization. # Sharia/Political Committee - Responsible for issuing fatwas. # Military Committee - Resposible for conceiving and planning operations, as well as managing training camps. # Finance Committee - Responsible for fund-raising, and the concealment of assets. # Foreign Purchases Committee - Responsible for the acquisition of foreign arm and supplies. # Security Committee - Physical protection, intelligence, and counter-intelligence. # Information Committee - In charge of propaganda. Al-Qaeda Key Personalities Usama Bin Laden Saudi (Leader) - at large Ayman Zawahiri Egyptian (Deputy) - at large Saif al Adel (aka Saif Adel Makkawi), Egyptian (Security Chief) - at large Muhammed Atef Egyptian (Operations Chief) - killed Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Pakistani/Kuwaiti (Operations Planner) - captured Abu Faraj al-Libbi Libyan (Operational planner, some claim he was 3rd in command) - captured Mafouz Ould Walid Mauritanian (Counselor) - unknown, presumed killed Abd Rahim Nashiri Saudi (Persian Gulf Operational Coordinator) - captured Abu Musab Zarqawi (aka Ahmad Fadeel Khalayleh) Jordanian (Operational Planner) - at large Zayn Abidin Muhammed Hussein (aka Abu Zubaida) Palestinian (Operational Planner) - captured Tawfiq Attash (aka Khallad) (Pakistan Coordinator) - at large Yazid Sufaat Malaysian (Biological weapons production) - captured Fazul Abdullah Mohammed Comoros (Africa field commander) - at large Riduan Isamuddin (aka Hambali) Indonesian (Southeast Asia Coordinator) - captured Sheik Said Al-Masri (Financial Aide) - at large Karim Mejjati Moroccan (Operation Planner) - killed Zaid Khayr (Operational Commander) - at large Saad bin Laden Saudi (son of Usama bin Laden) - at large Abu Ali Harithi (aka Abu Ali) Yemeni, (USS Cole attack planner) - killed Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah Egyptian (Intelligence Chief) - at large Ramzi Binalshibh Yemeni (9/11 Coordinator in Hamburg) - captured Abu Zubair Haili Saudi (Operational Planner, Recruiter) - captured Midhat Mursi (aka Abu Khabab), Egyptian (Chemical Weaponeer) - unknown Ibn Shaykh Libi (Trainer

Disagree, because in nowdays we don't seem to get pretty much anything on his status and really nothing that counts as valid information. Disagree, he is much of a problem because he's the man who's done such damage to the US, both in casulties, financially and most importantly - psycologicly. And even after 4 years the most powerfull force in the world can't seem to catch the cappo of the organization which completly changed the global scene - I call that a problem. There's some truth in that.

What's your thought on this, do you think this info on Osama is true or only propaganda to keep the hunt 'alive' before the eyes of the international public?

Here's the larger version of the Bastila pic as requested: