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| Iraq |
| 37 Austrian rockets found in west Anbar |
| 2011-09-12 |
| ANBAR / Aswat al-Iraq: At least 37 Austrian-made rockets have been discovered in a large weapons depot in west Iraq’s Anbar Province on Sunday, according to an Anbar Police Command’s source. “Intelligence information have enabled the Police forces in Haditha city, west of Anbar Province, to discover a rocket’s depot in its Mohammadiat area, comprising 37 Austrian rockets, 21 ammunition containers and 2 rocket-launching pads,” the Police source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency, charging that “security information had pointed out that the depot belongs for al-Qaeda organization.” He said the Police forces had also managed to arrest 2 wanted persons, charged with having carried out armed acts against civilians in the Province. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #8 Austrian Frank? Well, G'day mate, let's put another shrimp on the barbee. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2011-09-12 18:38 |
| #7 Well, some Austrians do say zwo instead of zwei, Frank. |
| Posted by: Pollyandrew 2011-09-12 13:44 |
| #6 From the land up over. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-09-12 10:27 |
| #5 were the instructions printed in Austrian? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2011-09-12 09:36 |
| #4 Where Iraq Purchased Weapons 1973-2002 Austria $190M 0.43% of total |
| Posted by: Eohippus Phater7165 2011-09-12 02:00 |
| #3 Hmm, rockets in Anbar--that's where the Sunnis/Baathists remain. The al Qaeda speculation sounds consistent with that. One would think a third party Eastern European country would have been involved in the transfer. |
| Posted by: American Delight 2011-09-12 01:38 |
| #2 Austrian? |
| Posted by: Water Modem 2011-09-12 01:26 |
| #1 More leftovers or freshly smuggled? |
| Posted by: tipover 2011-09-12 00:08 |