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2006-11-15 Iraq

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Posted by Glenmore 2006-11-15 13:46|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Something they're hard to detonate; sometimes too easy. I guess it's allen's will.

Posted by Bobby 2006-11-15 14:16|| 2006-11-15 14:16|| Front Page Top

#2 Blow'd up real good!

Posted by xbalanke 2006-11-15 15:25|| 2006-11-15 15:25|| Front Page Top

#3 Yaay! Next to nailinig a money man or a "Engineer"(bomb maker), zorching an arming team is real good.

Still, we need to work on tracking and killing money men. Shut off the counterfit $100s, the IEDs vanish.

I saw this happen twice in 2005. It takes about 3 weeks for the Iranians to replace a money man.

Posted by N guard 2006-11-15 15:26|| 2006-11-15 15:26|| Front Page Top

#4 *sigh* Time AGAIN to reset the "No Workplace Accidents in XXX Days" sign...

Posted by Dar">Dar 2006-11-15 15:48|| 2006-11-15 15:48|| Front Page Top

#5 "Three terrorists were killed and one was seriously wounded...."

I think their definition of the word "seriously" is wrong. My copy would read: "Three terroists were comically killed, and one was hillariously wounded."

Posted by Mark E. 2006-11-15 16:32|| 2006-11-15 16:32|| Front Page Top

#6
Hey, Mohammed, watch me hit this round thing on the bottom of the shell. No...wait, BOOM!

Posted by Mick Dundee 2006-11-15 16:38|| 2006-11-15 16:38|| Front Page Top

#7 I think their definition of the word "seriously" is wrong. My copy would read: "Three terroists were comically killed, and one was hillariously wounded."

LOL! That reminds me of a Peanuts strip:

[Snoopy is typing on his novel] "It was a dark and stormy night. Suddenly a shot rang out."
[Lucy comes up and reads what he's written.] "You need to change the sentence that says 'Suddenly a shot rang out.' It doesn't sound right."
[Snoopy typing again] "It was a dark and stormy night. Gradually a shot rang out."

Posted by xbalanke 2006-11-15 16:46|| 2006-11-15 16:46|| Front Page Top

#8 The terrorists attempted to emplace a roadside bomb consisting of a 155 mm artillery round when it exploded prematurely, killing two of them instantly and injuring two more.

Two innocent bystanders, injured in the blast, were transported to Al Jamouri Hospital.

"Innocent Bystanders" my ass, if they were close enough to be hurt, they were close enough to see a bomb was being planted.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2006-11-15 18:25|| 2006-11-15 18:25|| Front Page Top

#9 Good point RJ. I missed that.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2006-11-15 18:45|| 2006-11-15 18:45|| Front Page Top

#10 Hahahhahaha Xblanke

A favorite.

Posted by Shipman 2006-11-15 19:07|| 2006-11-15 19:07|| Front Page Top

#11 RJ: "Innocent Bystanders" my ass, if they were close enough to be hurt, they were close enough to see a bomb was being planted.

Hard to say. They could have been killed just by being 75m away.

The Bradley Section of A Troop, 1st Battalion, 32nd Cavalry, 101st Airborne Division, was hit by a 155mm artillery shell rigged as an improvised explosive device. The IED was detonated as the second Bradley was passing.

It started as a little flash and then everything just exploded, sending dirt and shrapnel everywhere, said Pfc. Robert Conley, turret gunner. Conley was protected by thick glass blast shields.

The blast blew three skirts off of the lower portion of the Bradley, peppered the whole right side of the vehicle and shattered one of the 2-inch-thick panels of protective glass around the turret.

One Soldier received a shrapnel wound to the hand and a few of the crew members were bumped around a bit, but not many people live to tell about a blast of this magnitude, officials said. They said the potential kill radius from this type of IED is about 75 meters.

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