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2007-07-16 Iraq

US Troops Find Iranian Rockets Aimed At Iraq Base

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Posted by anonymous5089 2007-07-16 09:48|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top
File under: Mahdi Army

#1 We should put them on Iraq's border with Iran, and offer to ~~launch~~ send them back to Iran, any time, on a momemnt's notice...

Posted by M. Murcek">M. Murcek 2007-07-16 09:57|| 2007-07-16 09:57|| Front Page Top

#2 From Confederate Yankee

Via MNF-I:

After several rockets hit FOB Hammer on July 11, the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team maneuvered to find the source of the attack. Early on July 12, the 3rd HBCTs unmanned aerial vehicle located 46 rocket launchers in the northern section of Besmaya Range Complex aimed at FOB Hammer. Thirty-four of the launchers were armed with Iranian 107mm rockets. The Besmaya Range Complex is adjacent to the Coalition Force base. Soldiers of the 789th Explosive Ordnance Disposal team, currently attached to the 3rd HBCT, immediately responded to the site. According to Capt. Justin Gerken, from Red Wing, Minn., commander of the 789th EOD team, 12 of the 46 rockets had already been used to attack FOB Hammer the day prior. EOD Soldiers were able to determine that the rockets originated from Iran after analyzing the unexploded ordnance. The 789th EOD team was successful in neutralizing the remaining rockets.

I got copies of the photographs documenting the scene from MNF-I PAO this morning.

Iranian 107mm rocket captured while aimed at U.S. FOB Hammer in Iraq.

U.S. Army EOD securing Iranian 107mm rockets and launchers captured in Iraq.

Posted by Sherry 2007-07-16 10:25|| 2007-07-16 10:25|| Front Page Top

#3 Can someone tell me why these Iranian made rockets have the manufacturing information printed in English instead of Farsi, Arabic, Russian or Chinese? Hmmm. Maybe I answered my own question.

Posted by GK 2007-07-16 10:37|| 2007-07-16 10:37|| Front Page Top

#4 English is pretty much the lingua franca.

Posted by anonymous5089 2007-07-16 10:41|| 2007-07-16 10:41|| Front Page Top

#5 Instead of sending this cheap ass stuff back to Iran, send them some real stuff.

Posted by JohnQC 2007-07-16 10:54|| 2007-07-16 10:54|| Front Page Top

#6 This from Confederate Yankee about the language:

just like English is the worldwide standard language for air travel and some other applications, so it is for munitions that may be sold on the export market.

Posted by Sherry 2007-07-16 11:12|| 2007-07-16 11:12|| Front Page Top

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