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 From: yac@nospam.com 
  
 >     Did you forget that we were debating fire-power ? Try better 
 diversions . 
  
 No you stupid cunt. The Apache was brought up as an example of innaprote use 
 of fire-power in the context of talking about stone throwing. 
  
 > > Oh, I love the thing they say, Palistinians throwing stones. 
 > 
 > It's common to think "big deal - they are throwing stones" but you are 
 > correct, it's often a hole slew of them.  Most important, and least 
 > understood, is this simple If a car is driving at 80-100 km/h and someone 
 > throws a stone 5 km/h towards the car windshield, it's not like a stone 
 > hitting your car at 5km/h.  It's like hitting it at 105 km/h.  A half kilo 
 > stone will go right threw the windshield and kill anyone it hit's.  If it 
 > does not hit anyone directly, the smashing glass and shock are enough to 
 > stun people and often they go flying off the road. I recall one story when 
 > there was a toddler in the front seat and it got his head totally 
 pulverized 
 > by a stone 
  
 Do you know what kind of firepower a single American-made Apache 
 helicopter in Israeli hands has? 
  
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