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2003-04-05 Iraq

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-04-05 04:13 pm|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 He's probably in Tikrit? I think he got out of the city, that's if he's still alive.

Posted by George 2003-04-05 16:39:55|| 2003-04-05 16:39:55|| Front Page Top

#2 If Sammy's still in the bunker when we get there, all we need do is locate the air shafts and the entrance, then locate a couple of loaded cement trucks.

Who needs German engineering when you have Yankee ingenuity?

Posted by Mike 2003-04-05 16:54:38|| 2003-04-05 16:54:38|| Front Page Top

#3 Those companies who built the bunker(s) are probably trading in their information by now.It's not like Saddam is going to order another one.

Posted by El Id 2003-04-05 17:15:37|| 2003-04-05 17:15:37|| Front Page Top

#4 Who needs cement, there's going to be enough uses for that in reconstuction. Just set up pumps in the Tigris and flood the damn thing

Posted by Someone who did NOT vote for William Proxmire 2003-04-05 17:28:03|| 2003-04-05 17:28:03|| Front Page Top

#5 A 6x8 foot blast door 100 feet below ground..
hmmm.. 100 feet of head on that door works out to 150 tons of pressure.
Equivalent to two Abrams sitting on the door.

That's assuming it's sealed, of course.
I didn't see rubber gaskets in the photograph.

Trying to wage war from below the water-table is fundamentally hopeless.

Posted by Dishman 2003-04-05 18:56:25|| 2003-04-05 18:56:25|| Front Page Top

#6 The inpenetrable bunker is just what the specs were and what the Iraqis paid for; the reality is no doubt that it isn't quite as inpenetrable

Posted by mhw 2003-04-05 19:28:00|| 2003-04-05 19:28:00|| Front Page Top

#7 Not even MOAB? Let's find out...

Posted by jg 2003-04-05 19:42:56|| 2003-04-05 19:42:56|| Front Page Top

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