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2008-06-18 Iraq

Captured, 3,012 rifles, 449 EFPs & IEDs, 1,268 mortar rounds, 606 RPGs

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-06-18 13:57|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Very great news. I'm sure the MSM will declair Iraq weapons free, and the war a final victory....NOT. However, this is, although more boring, far better news than bombs going off and killing innocents just to advance the chaos Mohammed loved so.

Posted by wxjames 2008-06-18 14:23|| 2008-06-18 14:23|| Front Page Top

#2 "Aaaaand a partri-idge in a peaaaaar treeeeeeee"

/really bad but enthusiastic harmony. ;-)

Was this all in one back garden? And is this rather a lot, as it seems to me?

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-06-18 16:25|| 2008-06-18 16:25|| Front Page Top

#3 When you are talking about 3K rifles and 600 RPGs, that is a lot of firepower taken off of the streets. As a matter of fact, those seizures sound like someone is turning in the Saddam-era "Fedayeen" caches since that is enough to equip a light infantry brigade. The "Fedayeen" were to be Saddam's version of the Nazi "Werewolves" - behind the lines guerrillas and terrorists to drive out the Allies. Of course, during WWII we were a lot LESS tolerant of such activities - we tended to hang the 15 year olds involved in the town square and leave them there for awhile.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2008-06-18 16:45|| 2008-06-18 16:45|| Front Page Top

#4 'Aaaaand a partri-idge in a peaaaaar treeeeeeee'

/really bad but enthusiastic harmony. ;-)

LOL, you always cheer me up TW! ;)

Posted by RD">RD 2008-06-18 18:45|| 2008-06-18 18:45|| Front Page Top

#5 Looking at the finds on a daily basis, the EFP's found is an amazing stat. All Iranian or Iranian trained. Lots of other Iranian stuff turning up, too.

Every EFP found is 4 less dead Americans or Iraqi SF.

Posted by Chuck Simmins">Chuck Simmins 2008-06-18 20:11|| http://northshorejournal.org]">[http://northshorejournal.org] 2008-06-18 20:11|| Front Page Top

#6 Network centric warfare. Rollup the networks faster than they can respond.

Posted by Phil_B 2008-06-18 20:35|| 2008-06-18 20:35|| Front Page Top

#7 Read the headline and thought it was the result of the French army on manuevers with NATO troops.

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839">AlmostAnonymous5839 2008-06-18 21:38|| 2008-06-18 21:38|| Front Page Top

#8 Network centric warfare. Rollup the networks faster than they can respond.

That appears to be happening. The only way that can happen is with good intelligence. It appears we have won the hearts and minds of more than a few Iraqis despite what Harry Reid said and what the MSM would like to report.

Posted by JohnQC 2008-06-18 21:44|| 2008-06-18 21:44|| Front Page Top

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