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April 27, 2004

"Spooky" Times in Fallujah

The news announced that the Marines around Fallujah have called in a couple of strikes from Spooky, the AC-130 Gunship. If you've never seen the accuracy of fire from one of these platforms, feel free to watch this infra-red video of an AC-130 strike on a terrorist camp in Afghanistan. The video is not from the actual gunship, it's from a Predator that is being used to develop targets and direct the fire.
Make special note of the lengths these folks go to identify the mosque, ensure the mosque is not fired on, even after a terrorist takes cover in the mosque. Of course he is incapable of firing back on our forces in the sky, so it is proper that he not be killed after entering the mosque.
This is the type of weaponry that the Marines will have at their disposal when they get around to kicking ass in Fallujah and an Najaf.
Semper Fi.

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