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| Iraq |
| Iraqi weapons cache found |
| 2003-07-29 |
| EFL TIKRIT, Iraq -- U.S. soldiers yesterday discovered 40 anti-tank mines, dozens of mortar rounds and hundreds of kilograms of gunpowder buried in Saddam Hussein’s home town: enough for a month of attacks on U.S. troops. Whaddya know, in the Sunni Triangle - who’da thunk it? U.S. soldiers dug up the freshly buried weapons outside an abandoned building that once belonged to Saddam’s Fedayeen militia in Tikrit, Saddam’s home town and power base in which he still enjoys widespread support. That "widespread" support claim is a classic unsubstantiated AP Stylebook - Approved spin term. They teach this in J-School, widely-known as BS-School nowadays. Maj. Bryan Luke, 37, of Mobile, Alabama, said the weaponry was enough for a month of guerrilla attacks and the discovery "saved a few lives out there." Ah, finally, the story quotes someone who actually can tell shit from shinloa - and was actually there. "Forty mines could have caused a lot of problems for U.S. forces here in Tikrit," he said. From someone who knows... North of Baghdad, guerrillas floated a bomb on a palm log down the Diala River, a Tigris tributary, and detonated it under an old bridge linking the northern cities of Baqouba and Tikrit, hotbeds of Saddam support in the Sunni Triangle. And? Does the AP describe the damage? U.S. soldiers had built a pontoon bridge farther downstream and were renovating the old bridge, but after the explosion they closed both to the public. And we still don’t know... "We’ve been repairing it since the end of April, but now we’ve got people trying to blow it up," said Lt.-Col. Bill Adamson, a 4th Infantry Division commander. "Because of this damage we’ve got to shut it to all the civilian traffic." ...Ah, finally, someone who knows something. Catch that? The Green Machine will prolly use it, but no Sunni-Triangle civvies. The bomb was the first known guerrilla attack on a bridge. Bridges are especially crucial in a country born around its two major rivers, the Tigris and the Euphrates. For a reporter, an AP reporter, no less, this is an astute observation! Therefore, it is highly likely he heard this from the soldiers and just chose not attribute it, as J-School used to teach in the OLD days. |
| Posted by:PD |
| #5 Pfssst... Pfssst.... Pfssst.... What the hell is that noi...oh it's you "Penis Pump(TM)" (aka Stevey Robinson)! He's back again? I stand in awe. Your command of the English language is as effective as that of the French command at Dien bien Phu. (Yeah MC Chunky, you'll "pro bo lee" (Chunky speak) have to google it.) |
| Posted by: Paul 2003-7-29 4:28:23 PM |
| #4 "Use the Force, Luke!" This just in... "No need, this kind of troll is programmed for self-destruction. Just keep chanting, 'Bush won', 'Bush won', 'Bush won', over and over. Please remain at least 500 meters from the troll, to avoid being contaminated. "Luke" |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2003-7-29 1:17:56 PM |
| #3 Use the Force, Luke! |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-7-29 10:51:18 AM |
| #2 don't you have some phones to answer? or 6-9 important computer programs on banking to run? Does your boss at the commerce bank know you smoke pot and brag about it on the net? troll |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-7-29 10:26:50 AM |
| #1 ahah..so you pick and choose what to believe....when he say weapons cache found..you believe him..no doubt about it..when he says saddam is still liked in his HOMETOWN.....you dont believe him...so which is which..is the dude a liar or a truth reporter ? ...or he speaks the truth when his observation are inline with the RNC Rhetoric and lies when they dont...hu...wassup now ? |
| Posted by: stevey robinson 2003-7-29 9:35:10 AM |