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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: Air reconnaissance in the gulf
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Date: 30 Apr 91 16:48:42 GMT
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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)


>From: smb@ulysses.att.com (Steven Bellovin)
>reporters saw [U-2s etc] taking off from a Saudi airbase during the
>war; they were, however, barred from saying anything at all at the time.

This is nothing new.  I recall reading an account by Roy Braybrook, I think
it was, in which he mentioned a visit to an unnamed country -- my guess
would be Israel -- and a tour of a local airbase.  In the course of said
tour, he noticed an SR-71 sitting on a remote taxiway.  He asked his guide
"what's *that* doing here?".  The response:  "what's what doing here?".
"That aircraft over there."  "I don't see any aircraft over there... and
I suggest that you don't, either."
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And the bean-counter replied,           | Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
"beans are more important".             |  henry@zoo.toronto.edu  utzoo!henry