RE: UN Ship Nomenclature

You wrote: 

>....I didn't catch the full piece in the news but I understand the US 
>Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya has been bombed this week by a splinter 
>muslim group never before heard of. I guess there are quite a few 
>dead. I don't know if any serving soldiers were amongst the losses, 
>but in any case I'm sure some civilians were killed. 

Speculation is that it's the Egyptian branch of the Islamic Jihad 
taking credit under a false name.  And there was also an attack on the 
US Embassy in Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania, only five minutes prior to the 
Nairobi explosion.  Anyway, the embassies are located in the downtown 
areas of capital cities.  The bombs injured 4,800+ people, with a 
confirmed death count of 209--most injuries were walking wounded.  
"Only" 12 Americans were killed, which gives you an idea how many 
locals going about their morning business were waxed or hurt.  In fact 
many of the Nairobi casualties were in the Ufundi Cooperative 
Buildings, a four-story structure next door to the Embassy.  Living 
near DC, this is front page news still--a lot of the US diplomatic 
staffs have this area as their home of record, and many leave their 
families here when they go.  

>other diplomats. Scenes like this will arise scenarios like rescuing 
>an overrun embassy, protecting rescue workers, capturing thosre 

There's a hypothical Steel Panthers III scenario with a company each of 
Belgians, French Paras, and US Marines protecting three buildings 
(their respective embassies) spread out among an entire city and under 
attack by much larger forces.  I admit the only reason I won was 
because the computor was stupid enough to bunch one of his attack 
forces up in the street in a single hex.  Harriers dropping a 
half-dozen bombs will clean up anyone stupid enough to do that. 

>responsible, etc. Which, although not classic nation A vs. nation B. 
>stuff could make great SG2 material. 

Yeah, I can see an embassy attack.  A few high-quality light infantry, 
perhaps off-shore (orbital?) air support, some State Department 
security personell (those would be modelled by a figure in a suit with 
a firearm and possibly a helmet, probably green), and a lot of 
families, diplomats, staff members, janitors, etc hiding in the center 
of the building.  Attackers would be anything from rioting civillians 
to terrorists, insurgent, or even someone's regular military, probably 
after mutinying (sp?) and joining the Revolution, which drops the 
leadership to three since they shot all the officers and sergeants and 
are running things as a democracy.

>It's a pity that real life can't be fought with little lead dudes. 
>They don't bleed and as referess and players we can shape the world 
>to avoid the horrors that the real world is plagued with.....

*Imagines the UN in a rules debate like some Napoleonics or WH40K 
players I know*

Might be enough to finally provoke nuclear war.

John M. Atkinson