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Iraq
Coalition Forces Attack Mosque
2006-11-21
TERRORIST CACHES SEIZED IN RAID

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Coalition Forces conducted an operation against terrorist activities in the vicinity of al-Habbaniyah Tuesday.

Intelligence reports indicated two targeted buildings were being used for terrorist activity. Coalition Forces discovered a weapons cache consisting of rocket-propelled grenades, multiple explosives and small arms in the first targeted building.

After breaching the second targeted building and discovering another weapons cache, Coalition Forces realized the building was a mosque. There were no external markings on the building to indicate it was a mosque.
You could only tell because of the weapons cache.
Both the weapons cache from the mosque and the weapons cache from the first building were destroyed.
Unfortunately, no reports of the mosque itself being destroyed.
Posted by:Glenmore

#8  You could only tell because of the weapons cache.

Amen.

There is a downside to destroying the weapons storage facilities mosques, though: It will be harder to find the caches if you have more places to look. :-)
Posted by: gorb   2006-11-21 13:53  

#7  Henceforth and history not withstanding, it should be standard military policy that every jihadi/terrorist weapons cache found should be destroyed WHEREVER it lies.

Collateral damage aside, over time the boyz'll get the message. If it takes them awhile, so be it.
Posted by: eltoroverde   2006-11-21 13:45  

#6  If Islam is a religion of peace, then any place of worship that condemns weapons cannot be a 'mosque,' and should be hit with 500 pounders. Of course, maybe Islam is not a religion of peace.
Posted by: Sneaze Shaiting3550   2006-11-21 12:52  

#5  Another armory taken down. Did they blow it or leave it standing ? Once these are used for military purposes they should not be left standing. Further, the local imam should be marched out and executed for complicity right on the spot.
Posted by: SpecOp35   2006-11-21 12:16  

#4  "Coalition Forces Attack Mosque Insurgent Stronghold and Weapons Cache."
There that's better.
Posted by: 49 Pan   2006-11-21 11:44  

#3  Bout. Bloody. Time.
Posted by: mcsegeek1   2006-11-21 11:19  

#2  I still believe that munitions caches should be blown up "as is", "where is". After a while home owners and Imams will be a little more selective about who stores what in the basement.
Posted by: GK   2006-11-21 11:13  

#1  Where you find a mosque you find terrorist/weapons
Posted by: Cheregum Crelet7867   2006-11-21 11:04  

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