[whataretheysaying] Mary Madigan: Predators and Guitar heroes

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Predators and Guitar heroes
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   Michael Yon [1]reports from Mosul

     The pilots were about a half mile away from their parking spaces
     when the Predator relayed coordinates and the laser code to pilot
     CW3 Tom Boise, an ex-Special Forces soldier with previous
     experience in Iraq who seems to know a lot more about the war than
     most people, and the left-seater was Chief Warrant Officer 2 Carlos
     Lopez who, when I first met him, was wearing a uniform that said he
     is an Iraqi interpreter, which Lopez, with a slight afro, got made
     in order to play practical jokes on new soldiers who are set to
     arrive. Lopez introduced himself to me as an Iraqi interpreter.
     First I thought, âWhy does a Kiowa unit need an interpreter?â And
     then, âThis guy doesnât look like any Iraqi I have seen.â Lopez
     must have seen the strange look on my face because he cracked up
     laughing. The pilots, when they arenât killing terrorists,
     apparently are great practical jokers. Captain Brad Warr, an
     excellent medical officer I got to know in 2005, told me how the
     pilots stole the adult-tricycle he rides around base. What Brad
     failed to explain was how he had first stolen the pilotsâ van, and
     then painted it pink and put hearts all over it. They might not
     seem like killers. . . .

     Tom Boise was piloting and Carlos Lopez was in the left seat for
     this attack.

     The target was about three miles away...

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References

   1. http://www.michaelyon-online.com/wp/guitar-heros.htm
   2. http://www.michaelyon-online.com/wp/guitar-heros.htm