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Venik & iraqwar.ru Follow-Ups
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 05:39:33 -0500
------ Forwarded Message From: "Stephen D. Poe" <sdpoe () acm org> Organization: Nautilus Solutions Reply-To: sdpoe () acm org Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 21:42:48 -0600 To: dave () farber net Subject: Venik & iraqwar.ru Follow-Ups Dave - There's currently several newsgroup threads discussing iraqwar.ru (see sci.military.naval:"The credibility of Iraqwar.ru or lack thereof" and smn:"Intel evaluation 2003.03.25", in rec.aviation.military:"The Noted Waterhead: Venik" and even in alt.engr.exploisves:"Russian analysis of the ongoing battles in Iraq"). Regarding Venik and his site at http://www.aeronautics.ru; I suggest a few minutes spent on Google will be informative. He's well know to both sci.military.naval and rec.aviation.military posters and lurkers. Historically he's not known for his accuracy. He's probably best known for his heated assertions during the Yugoslavia conflict as to how many planes NATO lost, NATO's "deliberate targeting of civilian targets", and NATO's "use of chemical weapons". His claims of multiple shoot-downs of everything from F-16s to B-2s and B-52s were somewhat quickly quashed given the hobby of tail spotters worldwide. Many of his other claims, such as "A NATO pilot admits that civilian targets were deliberately attacked during the operation "Allied Force" and that NATO aviation used chemical weapons" were likewise not later confirmed. See: http://www.aeronautics.ru/natodown.htm and a Google search for "Venick B-2 Shoot Down" as examples. I would have to view anything with his name associated with it with suspicion. ------ End of Forwarded Message ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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