Re: [OT ALERT] Coalition Warfare at it's finest <grin> And yes, this happens at 'home' too.

At 10:48 AM +1000 22/5/2001, Derek Fulton wrote:
>At 07:51  21/05/01 -0400, Glenn M Wilson wrote:
>
>>		 Emu 'in the line of fire'
>>
>>		 But this was by no means certain, as the emu
>>		 could have wandered into the line of fire, he
>>		 said.
>>SNIP
>>		 Captain Pool added that US personnel were
>>		 fond of Australian wildlife.
>

with a good chianti

>Based on what I've little I know about Emus (large, flightless, fast 
>running birds) and having seen them out in the 'bush' and how wary 
>they are I don't think the shooting was accidential.
>
>Maybe next time Australians exercise in the States they can bag a 
>Bald Eagle :)

I am a "local" living less than an hours drive from the training area 
and can vouch for the usually cautious nature of emus.
The unfortunate drivers of the US truck that swerved and rolled to 
avoid a wallaby [smaller than a kangaroo] were lucky that a small 
environmental disaster did not result from spilling their cargo and 
POL around the crash site. Apparently the next briefing was to NOT 
avoid a collision with marsupial in order to protect life, limb and 
the rest of the bush.

That said, emus cannot read the firing range warning signs and flags 
and hence the unfortunate results.

Back to a topic.
SG/DS
Perhaps a force could be tasked with the evacuation of randomly 
moving livestock ahead of the advance of a relentless but hungry 
"enemy".

The enemy could be:
  time as in a solitaire scenario,
'bugs'
other humans.

Just a thought