Here are some vivid Comet McNaught pictures at the
following website:

http://msowww.anu.edu.au/~rmn/C2006P1new.htm

I mentioned to my prophecy buddy how like a curved
saber, the tail of the comet is.  He said, you mean
like a scimitar, or Muslim saber?  Then he said to
mention how Josephus said a comet predicted the
destruction of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. . . .

"Thus there was a star resembling a sword, which stood
over the city, and a comet, that continued a whole
year."

http://members.aol.com/FLJOSEPHUS/causeofDestruct.htm

In this vein, Col. Bramlett also made an interesting
statement in an article at his website:

http://www.injesus.com/index.php?module=message&task=view&MID=PB007BJ2&GroupID=2A004N9G]

"Jewish tradition says that comets are always portents
of doom."