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Homemade Bulldozer Battleship Joins Libya Fight
Fox News ^ | 10/19/2011

Posted on 10/20/2011 6:59:49 AM PDT by SargeK

Onto a battlefield littered with bizarre homemade weaponry, Libya's ruling militia fighters have rolled out their weirdest contraption yet: a concrete and steel behemoth that's a cross between a bulldozer and a battleship.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: libya
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I applaud the resourcefullness - although I question its ability to stand up to an RPG or 12.7 mm machinegun.

But, does does it seem to you all that this whole affair is turning a bit "Mad Max"?

1 posted on 10/20/2011 6:59:54 AM PDT by SargeK
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To: SargeK

Can anyone read the writing scrawled on this monster?


2 posted on 10/20/2011 7:03:22 AM PDT by rhombus
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To: rhombus

Ah yes...”Writing on the bow declares “there is no God, but Allah, and Mohammad is his prophet.”


3 posted on 10/20/2011 7:04:29 AM PDT by rhombus
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To: SargeK

Allah Akbar, pal.

(html is your friend).

4 posted on 10/20/2011 7:04:39 AM PDT by the invisib1e hand (...then they came for the guitars, and we kicked their sorry faggot asses into the dust)
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To: SargeK

Have either Aunty Entity or MasterBlaster been spotted in the area?


5 posted on 10/20/2011 7:05:56 AM PDT by edpc (Former Normalcy Bias Victim)
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To: SargeK

With laser-guided missiles, this is nothing more than a mobile rock pile waiting to happen.

6 posted on 10/20/2011 7:05:55 AM PDT by econjack
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To: SargeK

“I am Lord Humongous, ruler of the Wasteland.”


7 posted on 10/20/2011 7:05:59 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: SargeK

Bridge crossings (the 1st bridge crossing) should be spectacular.


8 posted on 10/20/2011 7:06:33 AM PDT by WinMod70
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To: rhombus
" I'm in your blind spot"


9 posted on 10/20/2011 7:07:58 AM PDT by WOBBLY BOB (See ya later, debt inflator ! Gone in 4 (2012))
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To: the invisib1e hand

run up to it and drop a grenade and thermite in the front portal.

Doesn’t look like it has an real defense but its armor.


10 posted on 10/20/2011 7:08:29 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: the invisib1e hand
Pretty good, but I much prefer the Mad Max version ...


11 posted on 10/20/2011 7:08:51 AM PDT by BlueLancer (Secede?! Y'all better just be thankful we don't invade ...)
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To: SargeK

IEDs work both ways.............


12 posted on 10/20/2011 7:09:04 AM PDT by roaddog727 (It's the Constitution, Stupid!)
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To: BlueLancer

That is awesome! I would quit school and become a truck driver if I had that.


13 posted on 10/20/2011 7:14:24 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: BlueLancer

wtf?


14 posted on 10/20/2011 7:15:20 AM PDT by the invisib1e hand (...then they came for the guitars, and we kicked their sorry faggot asses into the dust)
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To: SargeK

A Mad Max sequel filmed in Libya would be a hoot. Paramount could save tons by not having to create post apocalyptic scenery.


15 posted on 10/20/2011 7:15:42 AM PDT by Salvavida (The restoration of the U.S.A. starts with filling the pews at every Bible-believing church.)
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To: SargeK

This is not the Sandcrawler you were looking for ...


16 posted on 10/20/2011 7:17:42 AM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: SargeK

Just what OWS fantasizes about getting their hands on.....


17 posted on 10/20/2011 7:18:59 AM PDT by Bean Counter (Obama got mostly Ds and Fs all through college and law school. Keep repeating it.....)
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To: econjack

Does it have a roof? I betting it does not.


18 posted on 10/20/2011 7:19:48 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: Liberty Valance

I KNEW it!

Jawas! It all makes sense now...


19 posted on 10/20/2011 7:20:30 AM PDT by SargeK
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It sort of reminds me of the Death Mobile from the
John Belushi Animal House movie.


20 posted on 10/20/2011 7:22:03 AM PDT by pyx (Rule#1.The LEFT lies.Rule#2.See Rule#1. IF THE LEFT CONTROLS THE LANGUAGE, IT CONTROLS THE ARGUMENT.)
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