International Russia/Ukraine Megathread V7

[Anewt]

He won't be satisfied until he takes out this guy for top honours!

What?

I'd say he's calling us all that guy... whoever the fuck that guy is I have no idea tho

 

[MIKOM]

I'd say he's calling us all that guy... whoever the fuck that guy is I have no idea tho

How the fuck do you not know Comical Ali? What age are you?

 

[Anewt]

How the fuck do you not know Comical Ali? What age are you?

4 decades give or take 1 or 2 years =). Nah really doesn't ring a bell for me. Was it a snl skit or something?

 

[Rholk]

I'd say he's calling us all that guy... whoever the fuck that guy is I have no idea tho

Cliffs: some press guy from Saddams government that was denying the US was winning the war untill the tanks were literally rolling up behind him

 

[MIKOM]

4 decades give or take 1 or 2 years =). Nah really doesn't ring a bell for me. Was it a snl skit or something?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Saeed_al-Sahhaf

Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf (Arabic: محمد سعيد الصحاف Muḥammad Saʿīd Al-Ṣaḥḥāf; 30 July 1937) is an Iraqi former diplomat and politician. He came to worldwide prominence around the 2003 invasion of Iraq, during which he was the Media and Foreign Affairs Minister under Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, acting as spokesman for the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party and Saddam's government. He has also been nicknamed Baghdad Bob or Comical Ali for his colorful television appearances as the Information Minister of Iraq.

 

[MIKOM]

Comical Alis nickname was a play on another one of Saddam's ministers nicknames..... Chemical Ali.

Ali Hassan Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti (Arabic: علي حسن عبد المجيد التكريت, romanized: ʿAlī Ḥasan ʿAbd al-Majīd al-Tikrītī; 30 November 1941 – 25 January 2010), nicknamed Chemical Ali (Arabic: علي الكيمياوي, romanized: ʿAlī al-Kīmīawī),[2] was an Iraqi politician and military commander under Saddam Hussein who served as defence minister, interior minister, and chief of the Iraqi Intelligence Service. He was also the governor of Kuwait during much of the 1990–91 Gulf War.

A first cousin of former Ba'athist Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, he became notorious in the 1980s and 1990s for his alleged role in the Iraqi government's campaigns against internal opposition forces, namely the ethnic Kurdish rebels of the north, and the Shia rebels of the south. Repressive measures included deportations and mass killings; al-Majid was dubbed "Chemical Ali" (علي الكيماوي, Ali Al-Kīmāwī) by Iraqis for his use of chemical weapons in attacks against the Kurds
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Hassan_al-Majid

 

[Anewt]

Comical Alis nickname was a play on another one of Saddam's ministers nicknames..... Chemical Ali.

Ali Hassan Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti (Arabic: علي حسن عبد المجيد التكريت, romanized: ʿAlī Ḥasan ʿAbd al-Majīd al-Tikrītī; 30 November 1941 – 25 January 2010), nicknamed Chemical Ali (Arabic: علي الكيمياوي, romanized: ʿAlī al-Kīmīawī),[2] was an Iraqi politician and military commander under Saddam Hussein who served as defence minister, interior minister, and chief of the Iraqi Intelligence Service. He was also the governor of Kuwait during much of the 1990–91 Gulf War.

A first cousin of former Ba'athist Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, he became notorious in the 1980s and 1990s for his alleged role in the Iraqi government's campaigns against internal opposition forces, namely the ethnic Kurdish rebels of the north, and the Shia rebels of the south. Repressive measures included deportations and mass killings; al-Majid was dubbed "Chemical Ali" (علي الكيماوي, Ali Al-Kīmāwī) by Iraqis for his use of chemical weapons in attacks against the Kurds
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Hassan_al-Majid

Yeah I guessed with Comical Ali it was a play on chemical . I got that bit lol.

 

[LangfordBarrow]

It has only a 5km range and limited repeatability. One 30km round could take it out.

A 30km round sounds like it could wipe out the dinosaurs...

 

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[PEB]

Just with this good news they will need AN-225 back in service soon. Maybe an upgraded one.

"
The Antonov team plans to continue the operation of the remaining five AN-124 cargo aircraft from Leipzig where the company has been able to relocate.
Antonov confirmed the scale of damage following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in a presentation provided to the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC), which held its 20th annual membership conference last week in Vienna.

According to Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International, the airline’s home base at Kyiv-Antonov airport in Hostomel has been destroyed, as has the AN-225, an AN-74 and an AN-26-100 aircraft. One AN-124 and one AN-22A are damaged at the airport, with their condition under evaluation.

The Antonov team plans to continue the operation of the remaining five AN-124-100 aircraft from Leipzig, Germany, where the company has been able to relocate. To do this, the airline said it needs to transfer a full-scale base to the airport; deliver the spare engines, parts and other special equipment from Ukraine; source Western versions of the units where possible; and transfer technical specialists, flight personnel and key office employees to Leipzig.

Currently the airline is prioritising flights for the Ukrainian government, NATO/EU under the SALIS programme and humanitarian missions but there is the possibility of handling commercial flights."

 

[Anewt]

apparently theyve but up a nice new display in kyiv.

That is quality hedgework ( if it's a hedge lol )

 

[Strychnine]

Those people were just living in peace, going about their daily lives. Then Pres. Putin just thought, "Yeah, I'll just take away their way of life because Nazis."

Now an untold number of people will starve not just in Ukraine but around the world because this year's wheat harvest is lost due to the war.

Insanity.

 

[Rod1]

It is just about the only push that has not stalled. Also:

Yeah, but as the supply lines get longer i expect Ukrainians will pick them apart.

 

[PEB]

Those people were just living in peace, going about their daily lives. Then Pres. Putin just thought, "Yeah, I'll just take away their way of life because Nazis."

Now an untold number of people will starve not just in Ukraine but around the world because this year's wheat harvest is lost due to the war.

Insanity.

More from the nurse in the war horrible how can people defend this insanity.

 

[cottagecheesefan]

Russians have ran out of bullets, starved to death, the ruble is destroyed, and Putin has been toppled. Thankfully there is no food crisis and record inflation around the world because the west has won.

Oh wait. Who would have thought that the Russians dug in with their gains in the East and now consolidating the territory? Hmmm

 

[Strychnine]

Russians have ran out of bullets, starved to death, the ruble is destroyed, and Putin has been toppled. Thankfully there is no food crisis and record inflation around the world because the west has won.

Oh wait. Who would have thought that the Russians dug in with their gains in the East and now consolidating the territory? Hmmm

Sure they took Mariupol.

But at what cost?

Putin has fired all of his generals and has started directing tactics himself. We shall see how a former KGB agent is as a battlefield commander.

 

[EL CORINTHIAN]

Cliffs: some press guy from Saddams government that was denying the US was winning the war untill the tanks were literally rolling up behind him

@curryjunkie and I was tagged because?