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2008-01-09 Iraq

Operation Marne Thunderbolt (Caddyshack Iraq)

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Posted by Glenmore 2008-01-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top
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#1 Operation Marne Thunderbolt (Caddyshack Iraq)
Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Inf. Div., observed a group of haystacks with an opening leading to an underground tunnel used by extremists.

Sounds like a job for Tunnel Rats,

In order to fit down into the small narrow tunnels these soldiers were chosen from a pool of willing men who were small in stature.

But let everyone know that each and every soldier and Marine Tunnel Rat who went down into those black enemy tunnels had gigantic weavos inorder to do the job. RVN.

I can honestly say It is not a job I would ever volunteer for. "Let's Use TNT Sarge", would be my suggestion. LOL!

Posted by RD">RD 2008-01-09 01:38|| 2008-01-09 01:38|| Front Page Top

#2 propane/oxy and a match

Posted by desert eagle 2008-01-09 06:42|| 2008-01-09 06:42|| Front Page Top

#3 I actually got to meet an (at the time), senior US Army Major, who in his youth had been a tunnel rat.

Tunnel rats are only needed for elaborate underground sites. That is, they not only have multiple entrances, but are designed in such a way that a large explosion on an entrance will just close it, not damage the contents of the cave.

Since air dropped munitions of the time were inaccurate, cave entrances were often destroyed with ground charges of conventional explosives.

But tunnels in Iraq would be much more primitive than those built in Vietnam.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-01-09 08:40|| 2008-01-09 08:40|| Front Page Top

#4 But tunnels in Iraq would be much more primitive than those built in Vietnam.

The post-2003 invasion tunnels, yes, Anonymoose. But not the ones built for Saddam Hussein, and I seem to recall he built an awful lot of tunnels.

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2008-01-09 12:12|| 2008-01-09 12:12|| Front Page Top

#5 I have to laugh...

Posted by Carl">Carl 2008-01-09 13:40|| 2008-01-09 13:40|| Front Page Top

#6 Pump it full of kerosene and toss in a burning cigarette. Look for smoke coming up from other areas nearby. Listen for screams.

Cruel? Yes. War is cruel. Fighting it any other way is only giving the advantage to the enemy.

I know (or have known) several tunnel rats, plus a few "gray ghosts" - the guys that went into Laos to keep watch on the Ho Chi Minh superhighway network. VERY brave men! This country seems to still produce them in plentiful supply. Our only worry is to keep the liberals from denying them the opportunity to do what HAS to be done.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2008-01-09 13:57|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2008-01-09 13:57|| Front Page Top

#7 Amen, and amen Patriot.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-01-09 13:59|| 2008-01-09 13:59|| Front Page Top

#8 If you start putting kerosene, gasoline vapors, or propane down the tunnels, so that the fuel is dispersed--it works--the terrs will start taking civilians down the tunnels, as their buds did in VN.
So, we switch to tear gas, run the folks out, separate the civilians from the terrs, and the libs start screaming about "chemical warfare". Happened in VN.

Posted by Richard Aubrey">Richard Aubrey 2008-01-09 16:10|| 2008-01-09 16:10|| Front Page Top

#9 Send libs in the tunnel. This way they don't scream.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2008-01-09 16:43|| 2008-01-09 16:43|| Front Page Top

#10 Maybe use something like ethylene oxide in the tunnel. It has a flammability limit of between 3% and 100%, so it brings enough oxygen with it to the party.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2008-01-09 23:19|| 2008-01-09 23:19|| Front Page Top

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