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To: mikegi
"... What in the hell kind of gun blows someone's head apart like that near the end?"

Any NATO 5.56mm caliber rifle on up. The French use the FAMAS-F2. America uses the same round in the M-16 series and M-249 light machinegun. The round was invented in the USA in the 1950s by Remington as a squirrel hunting cartridge.

The rifle that did that damage was the least-powerful weapon the French troops had. No tear gas, no riot control or non-lethal crowd dispersion at all in this video. Just firearms.

This was a massacre.

190 posted on 11/19/2004 10:26:29 PM PST by The KG9 Kid (Semper Fi!)
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To: The KG9 Kid

You assume too much. The vidoe does not show French troops shooting at those victims.


346 posted on 11/19/2004 11:48:05 PM PST by Destro (Know your enemy! Help fight Islamic terrorism by visiting johnathangaltfilms.com and jihadwatch.org)
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To: The KG9 Kid
This was a massacre.

Damn, you're not kidding. And our media and the left have their panties tied in knots over a US Marine defending himself by wasting a terrorist.....

588 posted on 11/20/2004 12:48:51 PM PST by b4its2late (Liberals are good examples of why some animals eat their young.)
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