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| Iraqi rebels use sophisticated bombs smuggled in from Iran |
| 2005-08-07 |
| EFL A new range of bombs more sophisticated than those being deployed with murderous impact against American forces in Iraq has been designed in neighbouring Iran and smuggled across the border to insurgent groups, according to American military and intelligence officials. The new devices have been manufactured to destroy military vehicles by using shaped charges that target the armour in a specific direction. Most improvised explosive devices (IEDs) made from stockpiles of Iraqi missiles and shells have previously relied simply on their firepower rather than a targeting mechanism. American commanders fear that Iraqi bomb-makers will soon learn how to make the weapons. Insurgents started to use the devices about two months ago, but last week a big shipment was captured in north-eastern Iraq as they were being shipped in from Iran. Pentagon officials say they have no evidence of Iranian government involvement, but America has regularly complained that Teheran is interfering in Iraqi affairs and that fighters and weaponry are being smuggled across the border. "The devices we're seeing now have been machined. There is evidence of some sophistication," a military official told The New York Times. Another senior officer said: "These are among the most sophisticated and most lethal devices we've seen. It's very serious." Sounds like another good casus bellum to me |
| Posted by:Bulldog |
| #8 Big Ed, I love your pictures, but they really mess up the formatting -- the page right now is precisely twice as wide as my screen can handle! |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-08-07 21:22 |
| #7 It's ZAP-A-MULLAH time! |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-08-07 20:56 |
| #6 I assume we've got quite a few technical "casus bellum" with Iran, just as we did with Iraq. They don't seem to have a lot of popular reverb, though. Of course, I work in Madison, which isn't exactly a hotbed of patriotism. And I'm not expert enough to know if we actually can afford to take Iran on just yet. Sure we can pull troops in from Korea and other spots, but can we equip them without sacrificing our position in Iraq? Are any of our experts on the subject allowed to comment? Are lots of special forces being trained in farsi? |
| Posted by: James 2005-08-07 20:31 |
| #5 So, if they're factory made I guess we can stop calling them "improvised". That's a dangerous game the Mad Mullah's are playing and I hope they bare the consequences. |
| Posted by: GK 2005-08-07 18:40 |
| #4 Destro - our advice may not reach others, yet I feel most Americans would need little pumping up (clips of hostages and Carter dithering) to get the back up on smacking Iran. Causus Belli? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-08-07 18:25 |
| #3 As much as I would love to see Iran get what they have coming to them, it just isn't happening. I don't know why our leaders continue to act like pussies when it comes to Iran, and Saudi Arabia. We are putting ZERO pressure on Iran to do anything other than aid terrorist scum, and build nukes, in front of our face. We know we can't count on the UN, we know we can't count on the EU, and we certainly know we can't count on the mythical "moderate" muslim to appear and stop them...what in the hell are we waiting for? How many more IEDs, how much more cash, and how many more terrorists have to be sent into Iraq from the neighboring shitholes, before we actually kick the doors in on these diaper heads? I'm not saying pull out of Iraq, because those ungrateful bitches would last about 2 weeks, before being toppled by the enemy. But at the very least, and I mean very least, decapitate one of the neighboring governments that allow this shit to continue. Do something to fight back. If it wasn't for our brave warriors that continue to look these terrorists in the eye and pull the trigger everyday, I would think we are on the road to becoming France-lite. God Bless those Men and Women. If I didn't live in a country that actually enforced the law, I would start chopping these diaper heads up myself. Eventually the freedom loving people of this world are going to be pushed far enough to say "fuck this shit", and start taking matters into their own hands. |
| Posted by: Destro 2005-08-07 17:41 |
| #2 Pick an Iranian military base close to the border and bomb the hell out of it. Odds are you'll get the bombmakers. |
| Posted by: AzCat 2005-08-07 17:04 |
| #1 Track it back to the factory and then bomb the hell out of it. Iran can't complain because 'it isn't us'... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2005-08-07 16:06 |