By Roger Burnham (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #2) on Wednesday, May 11, 2005 - 7:03 am: |
Bon Dia,
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By Roger Burnham (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #3) on Wednesday, May 11, 2005 - 7:20 am: |
Finally got a head on shot...
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By Cheryl B (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #186) on Wednesday, May 11, 2005 - 7:49 am: |
My son has ridden on one of those - says it really MOVES!
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By Tish Dace (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #105) on Wednesday, May 11, 2005 - 7:55 am: |
Nice shots, Roger!
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By Carole Baker (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #4850) on Wednesday, May 11, 2005 - 9:22 am: |
Very interesting, indeed! Thanks for the head's up, Roger. Keep us posted if you can as to her activity and mission. Looks like a really neat vessel to be aboard, to say the least! Carole
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By Brigitte Kley - Coco Palm Garden (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #296) on Wednesday, May 11, 2005 - 9:54 am: |
It came in on Monday afternoon - the extra from yesterday has an article - some kind of exercise together with the Dutch ... all about drugs
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By Cynde (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #13668) on Wednesday, May 11, 2005 - 10:41 am: |
Very interesting...hmmmm....wonder what the guys in the one man boats are doing...Roger, can you see if they have any wheapons? (mounted on the one man boats like the USCG has) (got my curiosity up here ;-)
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By Roger Burnham (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #4) on Wednesday, May 11, 2005 - 2:05 pm: |
Cynde, the little one man RIBS(???) had no obvious guns. There have been numerous sightings around the island of soldiers in unfamiliar black uniforms and this am, there was a group of camaflouge clad soldiers at City Cafe.
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By Brian (bcj.) (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #158) on Wednesday, May 11, 2005 - 2:41 pm: |
<joke>
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By Cynde (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #13673) on Wednesday, May 11, 2005 - 3:03 pm: |
Roger...keep us posted...sounds like they are definitely doing something (good I hope)...
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By Belinda Z (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #340) on Wednesday, May 11, 2005 - 4:02 pm: |
Brian,
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By Brian (bcj.) (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #159) on Wednesday, May 11, 2005 - 4:06 pm: |
Aw crap, I can't even afford to buy myself a laptop! *sigh*
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By Carole Baker (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #4853) on Wednesday, May 11, 2005 - 5:20 pm: |
Fascinating! Need more snooping around so we can find out wassup! LOL. We are ready to learn more......Carole
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By john merriner (BonaireTalker - Post #26) on Wednesday, May 11, 2005 - 5:29 pm: |
Could be this is why the BOPEC site is closed to divers???
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By Silvia Taurer (BonaireTalker - Post #17) on Wednesday, May 11, 2005 - 9:36 pm: |
great pictures roger......., haven't read anything about this coordinated mission in the dutch newspapers, very curious, brigitte is there an article....you know always where to look.....
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By Brigitte Kley - Coco Palm Garden (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #297) on Wednesday, May 11, 2005 - 9:53 pm: |
The Extra from the 10th, you have to download the PDF file .... (save target as ...) I have no idea how to copy that ....
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By Silvia Taurer (BonaireTalker - Post #18) on Thursday, May 12, 2005 - 5:35 am: |
thanks Brigitte.....took a while to download but got it....
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By Susan (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1333) on Thursday, May 12, 2005 - 9:17 am: |
We saw it in town, next to the container loading area. It was massive, and looked like something out of a James Bond movie - a stealth boat. No photos, though...
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By Bob Davison (BonaireTalker - Post #66) on Thursday, May 12, 2005 - 9:46 am: |
Maybe those onerous STINAPA fees are finally paying off!
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By Debbie Babcock (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1555) on Thursday, May 12, 2005 - 11:42 am: |
Yes, I saw it yesterday at City Cafe too when having my last lunch on Bonaire. There were men in Khakies at the Cafe and in town all blue uniform men as well. I was told they were doing manuevers with the dutch/american young men in uniforms. It was a huge vessel and the largest military one I ever saw on Bonaire. Quite impressive and it looks like it can sure go fast.
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By Dara Walter (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #685) on Thursday, May 12, 2005 - 11:54 am: |
Based on the fact that Bonaire is on the DEA radar screen, I'm not surprised to see this! I met a guy in the gallery last year from south/central CO who works for DEA on the drug traffic out of Mexico and he knew a lot about the tiny little island of Bonaire......it was an unfortunate surprise because he was NOT a diver :-(
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By Geoffrey (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #114) on Thursday, May 12, 2005 - 3:49 pm: |
I have heard from a source I consider reasonably reliable that the craft brought in a contingent of Dutch Marines for manoevers in some sort of combined action. These guys were then in the northern end of the island doing what they do.
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