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2005-12-21 Iraq
Huge weapons cache found - Surprise Surprise where some fresh ordnance originated
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Posted by Yosemite Sam 2005-12-21 11:48|| || Front Page|| [11133 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Working on a tip from an informant

The big victory.
Posted by Spetch Therese3388 2005-12-21 12:00||   2005-12-21 12:00|| Front Page Top

#2 Any date codes on the munitions?
Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-12-21 12:10||   2005-12-21 12:10|| Front Page Top

#3 
Mon Dieu? France? Non! C'est forgerie!


FRESH Missiles from Russia in Iraq? Comrade. There is a place in Siberia you need to see.


Damn that Schroeder. Here is another bunch of SHIT he left behind.
Posted by BigEd 2005-12-21 12:11||   2005-12-21 12:11|| Front Page Top

#4 Bomb-a-rama,
There are date codes on ALL munitions.
Posted by bigjim-ky 2005-12-21 12:51||   2005-12-21 12:51|| Front Page Top

#5 Lets get those lot numbers and see when they were made. Check hazmat shipment records to see when they were shipped, unless they were shipped Illegally which they probably were because two of these countries are but soon to be were members of Nato.
Posted by newc">newc  2005-12-21 13:04||   2005-12-21 13:04|| Front Page Top

#6 
Is that the French Social Model I'm always hearin' about?? Nice goin Jack..
Posted by macofromoc 2005-12-21 13:29||   2005-12-21 13:29|| Front Page Top

#7 Re-read the sentence.
Still, the plastic around some of the rockets — of Soviet, German and French origins — appeared to be fresh and had not deteriorated as it had on some of the older munitions.
Posted by Buckminster Spemble1220 2005-12-21 13:33||   2005-12-21 13:33|| Front Page Top

#8 Bingo. What Buckminster said...
Posted by BigEd 2005-12-21 13:34||   2005-12-21 13:34|| Front Page Top

#9 There are date codes on ALL munitions.

Yep, and I'd be VERY interested to hear when those "items" were made....
Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-12-21 14:17||   2005-12-21 14:17|| Front Page Top

#10 On produit les armements, Nous vendons des armements aux insurges, qui cachent les armements. Quelqu'un alert les Americains, qui ensuite trouvent les armements cachees. Puis, les insurges commandent encore des armements! C'est le meillure!
Posted by Curt Simon 2005-12-21 14:38||   2005-12-21 14:38|| Front Page Top

#11 It's just business, Curt. Nothing personal, just business.
Posted by J.C. 2005-12-21 14:53||   2005-12-21 14:53|| Front Page Top

#12 Soviet ??

See, we're all clear.
Posted by Rasputin 2005-12-21 14:56||   2005-12-21 14:56|| Front Page Top

#13 I'm sorry, Curt. *Said with a perfect French accent, thanks to my several girlfriends who went on to become French teachers, but nonetheless true* Je parle pas Francais. May I have a translation, pretty please?
Posted by trailing wife 2005-12-21 14:57||   2005-12-21 14:57|| Front Page Top

#14 Basically:

"One produces the armaments. We sell the armaments to the insurgents, who hide them. Somebody alerts the Americans, who find the cache. The insurgents order armanents again. It's great!"
Posted by Pappy 2005-12-21 16:30||   2005-12-21 16:30|| Front Page Top

#15 Babelfish translation-

"One produces the armaments, We sell armaments with rise, which hide the armaments. Somebody alert Americains, who then find the armaments cachees. Then, rise them still order armaments! It is the meillure!"

whatever that means
Posted by Jim">Jim  2005-12-21 16:54|| http://Technochitlins.com]">[http://Technochitlins.com]  2005-12-21 16:54|| Front Page Top

#16 Le Babelfish sucks.
Posted by J.C. 2005-12-21 17:14||   2005-12-21 17:14|| Front Page Top

#17 I'm with newc on this one. If a substantial portion of these weapons are of recent manufacture, then we should raise an almighty stink about it. France, Germany and Russia should be given strong "encouragement" to trace back the chain of arms deals that landed this cache in Iraq. If we encounter any resistance, publicize this like there's no tomorrow. After their complicity in the Oil-for-Palaces scandal, these putative allies owe us some explanations.
Posted by Zenster 2005-12-21 18:30||   2005-12-21 18:30|| Front Page Top

#18 I wouldn't hold my breath to find that these are recent armaments. If they are, then State and the administration will just keep it quiet to use as arm-twisting ammo (pun intended). If not, the MSM will be too stupid or biased to ask or report about it.
Posted by remoteman 2005-12-21 19:19||   2005-12-21 19:19|| Front Page Top

#19 Just at a guess, but also from the wording in the article, these are older armaments but some of them were recently buried in that location.
Posted by lotp 2005-12-21 21:01||   2005-12-21 21:01|| Front Page Top

#20 This might be old, but it will make you smile. Go to Google and type in French military victories. Then hit the I'm feeling lucky button.
Posted by 49 pan">49 pan  2005-12-21 22:19||   2005-12-21 22:19|| Front Page Top

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