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2007-07-08 Iraq

Apache crews kill insurgents after attack on base

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Posted by Fred 2007-07-08 09:39|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top
File under: Iraqi Insurgency

#1 "obtained positive identification of the insurgents"

THat's key - quick turn around on the O&I (Observe and Identify).

That means UAV. Army owned and operated. (Tell the USAF stop trying to grab control over them from the local Army units)

Posted by OldSpook 2007-07-08 19:16|| 2007-07-08 19:16|| Front Page Top

#2 ...after the insurgents fired on a Coalition Forces forward operating base with rocket-propelled grenades in northern Baghdad.

They were squawking a mode that made IFF easy.

Posted by Super Hose 2007-07-08 19:28|| 2007-07-08 19:28|| Front Page Top

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