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| Iraq |
| Weapons cache found inside Baghdad mosque |
| 2007-04-24 |
| Iraqi Security Forces and Multi-National Division – Baghdad troops uncovered a weapons cache at the Al Nur Mosque in Baghdad’s Jihad neighborhood April 23 thanks to a tip from local residents. The 1st Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 1st Iraqi National Police Division raided the location after locals reported seeing insurgents firing mortars and fleeing into the mosque. They also reported that the mosque hadn’t been used for religious purposes in months. Company B, 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Inf. Div., cordoned off the area as the ISF conducted the raid. The NPs found four 155 mm artillery rounds, 21 blocks of military-grade C-4 explosives, two propane tanks with C-4 explosive attached, three rolls of wire, one 107mm rocket rigged as an IED, a rifle, and a roll of wire wrapped around a soda bottle. No MND-B forces entered the mosque at any time during the operation. |
| Posted by:Chuck Simmins |
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| Posted by: doc 2007-04-24 20:08 |
| #6 No mosque has ever been used for religious purposes. Carpet kissing while mumbling to the head barnyard boinker, maybe, but nothing religious. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2007-04-24 18:25 |
| #5 The US didn't have problems with raiding a Branch Dividian "church". (Wako, Wako, save 'em till they bake-o). Guess who finally stopped smoking? David Koresh. [rimshot] |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-04-24 17:53 |
| #4 "No MND-B forces entered the mosque at any time during the operation." Why should that be a big deal? If they are a weapons cache, I don't care if it is a synagogue, church, or mosque. The US didn't have problems with raiding a Branch Dividian "church". (Wako, Wako, save 'em till they bake-o). What? Is raiding anything affiliated with Islam somehow taboo? But it is okay to raid any other religious building? We need to stop walking on their eggshells. |
| Posted by: Unolugum Black8184 2007-04-24 17:29 |
| #3 They also reported that the mosque hadnÂ’t been used for religious purposes in months. A likely story, how do they account for the sacrement of the mortar? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-04-24 17:05 |
| #2 This bullshit of declaring mosques off-limits has got to end. As I recall, we torched more than a few prized cathedrals in Dresden. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-04-24 16:36 |
| #1 We need a one strike rule on this. If we find as much as a cap gun in your mosque, it's JDAM time... |
| Posted by: Woodrow Ebbealet7622 2007-04-24 16:26 |