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From: 	Dobbs_Shane <Shane.Dobbs@fctg.com>@ENRON  
Sent:	Monday, January 14, 2002 9:39 AM
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Subject:	FW: Taliban Surprise
Importance:	High

I guess it was a bad day to take a ride in an Afghan tank. Read the note
below.
> This was just sent to me by a friend on the USS John C. Stennis.  He
> was
the
> strike element lead on this attack, and received these pictures as a
"thank
> you" from the US Army controllers on the ground. It is an excellent
example
> of a joint, combined arms operation.
>
> A Taliban/ al-Qaida armored vehicle (ex-Russian BMP) with troops
> embarked and riding on top is targeted by forward air controllers
> (FAC's) of the US Army, 4th Special Operations Group.  A flight of two
> Navy F-14 Tomcats are called in by the Army FAC's and strike the
> vehicle nearly simultaneously with GBU-16 laser guided bombs.  As a
> bonus, there is a nice secondary explosion in the middle of the road,
> towards the end of the set.
>
> ACTUAL FILE FOOTAGE: US ARMY DECEMBER 10, 2001.  07:30
>
>
>




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