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2005-10-25 Caribbean-Latin America

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Posted by Fred 2005-10-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The bombs, fashioned by packing explosives into empty gas cylinders, are launched from ramps, and are difficult to aim with any degree of accuracy.
You'll put your eye out.

Posted by Vern Estes 2005-10-25 08:14|| 2005-10-25 08:14|| Front Page Top

#2 fashioned by packing explosives into empty gas cylinders, are launched from ramps,

I do believe that's an old IRA trick, a home-brewed mortar. Perhaps those three IRA "aid workers" held a class or two.

Posted by Steve">Steve 2005-10-25 08:18|| 2005-10-25 08:18|| Front Page Top

#3 Ah okay, not a homemade rocket - a homemade mortar. That's a little safer.

Posted by Shipman 2005-10-25 12:44|| 2005-10-25 12:44|| Front Page Top

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