A supersonic F-16 jet fighter fired 25 rounds into Little Egg Harbor Middle School in New Jersey. Officials would not confirm rumors that the public school had failed to make "adequate yearly progress" as required under No Child Left Behind, however observers noted that New Jersey was a blue (Democratic) state in the hotly contested Presidential election.
Robert Brown, whose twin daughters attend the school, about a quarter-mile from their home, said, "Twenty five rounds? Wow! That can be dangerous. That kind of scares me." Brown said planes sometimes fly so low while approaching the nearby military practice range that he can see the pilots' heads. "It's kind of like an air show when they're out there."
Fortunately the attack on the middle school occurred at night when the building was unoccupied except for a custodian.
Meanwhile, half a world away, AC-130 gunship aircraft and tanks bought by American citizens and dispatched on the orders of George W. Bush, who declared that he had a mandate from the voters, dropped bombs and shot shells into a city called Fallujah. "Marine Expeditionary Forces will continue to conduct operations and will not cease until Fallujah is free of foreign terrorists and insurgents," read an official military statement.
Issam Mohammad, spokesman for the Fallujah hospital, said that a woman was "badly wounded" and a young girl lost her leg.
Washington Post - D.C. Guard Jet Fires, Hitting N.J. School
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