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Iraq
U.S. Forces Seize 6 Linked to Iranian Armor-Piercing Bombs
2007-05-19
Posted by:mrp

#11  Zenster, zenster, zenster. Never heard of field phones?
Posted by: gromgoru   2007-05-19 23:54  

#10  Vise grips - Testicles - Some assembly required.
Posted by: Zenster   2007-05-19 19:37  

#9  Iranian Diplomatic Corps
Posted by: doc   2007-05-19 19:34  

#8  Thanks for the reminder on registration, Frank. I checked other sources for the same story, but the NYT had a lock.
Posted by: mrp   2007-05-19 19:34  

#7  We are just too civil. They would behead us. MSM gets everyone in lather when we put underwear over their head.

I would start taking fingers off with pliers....and work down until I got answers.
Posted by: anymouse   2007-05-19 19:31  

#6  Transfer them to Iraqi jurisdiction, who set them free.
Posted by: gromgoru   2007-05-19 18:44  

#5  Thanks, Frank.

According to military officials.
According to unnamed sources.
According to the editor, who wishes to remain unnamed.
The New York Times is on the payroll of Osama bin Laden, according to sources who wish to remain anonymous, because they are not authorized to release the information.
Posted by: Bobby   2007-05-19 17:47  

#4  save you the pain, Bobby:
American soldiers on Friday captured six men in northeast Baghdad suspected of involvement in smuggling materials for deadly armor-piercing bombs, the military said.

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The Reach of War
Go to Complete Coverage » The arrests, during multiple raids, came on a day when the military announced the deaths of five American soldiers. ABC News also said that two of its Iraqi employees had been killed while driving home from the network’s bureau here.

The military said that two of the six suspected insurgents arrested Friday, who were not identified, were considered “key leaders” of a “secret-cell terrorist network,” one of whom was involved in “numerous murders, kidnappings, assassinations” of Iraqis and coalition troops.

The group was also “known for facilitating the transport of weapons and explosively formed penetrators, or E.F.P.’s, from Iran to Iraq, as well as bringing militants from Iraq to Iran for terrorist training,” the military said in the statement.

The Bush administration has criticized IranÂ’s government for failing to shut off the flow of E.F.P.Â’s into Iraq, though officials have conceded that they have no conclusive intelligence that senior officials in Tehran are behind the smuggling.

The penetrators use explosives to fire a molten slug that is able to penetrate even the strongest armor plating, and they are responsible for dozens of American and Iraqi military deaths every month, according to military officials
Posted by: Frank G   2007-05-19 17:36  

#3  In the New York Times, eh? Too bad I gotta register.
Posted by: Bobby   2007-05-19 17:22  

#2  If the guys are still alive come tomorrow, maybe we need to send some troops to Bangladesh for RAB crossfire training.
Posted by: GK   2007-05-19 14:18  

#1  More Iranian diplomats?
Posted by: CrazyFool   2007-05-19 13:39  

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