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| Iraq |
| Insurgents target oil refinery |
| 2007-07-30 |
| Insurgent mortar fire wounded 10 Iraqi civilians working at the Doura Oil Refinery July 29 in the East Rashid District in the southern portion of the Iraqi capital. Four 120mm mortar rounds impacted inside the refinery, wounding 10 workers. Scouts from 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment at Joint Security Station Raider heard the sound of the impacts and responded immediately. They assisted in evacuating the wounded. The impacts did not damage the facility or affect refinery operations. “Targeting this nation’s infrastructure is a prime example of how far Iraq’s enemies will go to disrupt the peoples’ lives,” said Col. Ricky D. Gibbs, commander of the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, whose unit has responsibility for the Rashid District’s security. The rounds were fired from a rural section of the district. No counter fire was conducted. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Counter-battery via TPQ-36 is well established. The problems with counterbattery are political, not technical. I suspect that the ROE will change after hajji gets lucky and nails the JAG office. We should be so lucky... |
| Posted by: N Guard 2007-07-30 19:19 |
| #3 RPV and something carrying a guided HE munition should be on station. That problem was solved a long time ago for CB fire, just need to tie in new precision weapons. Ballistics are ballistics. Mr Newton's equations haven't changed at all, so any shell, especially one as slow as a mortar, can be traced back to its firing point pretty quickly. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2007-07-30 14:34 |
| #2 Those mutts are firm believers that if it works once, do it again in exactly the same way. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2007-07-30 10:17 |
| #1 No counter fire was conducted. Follows then that like Anaconda and other locations, more incoming can be expected from the hood. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2007-07-30 01:33 |