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2008-01-24 Iraq

IA, MND open key route between Baghdad and Baqubah

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Posted by Glenmore 2008-01-24 16:31|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 Go Iraqi Army!

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2008-01-24 16:39|| 2008-01-24 16:39|| Front Page Top

#2 And just HOW LONG will the road stay cleared?
My bet is a few days, tops.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2008-01-24 19:21|| 2008-01-24 19:21|| Front Page Top

#3 Could be.

But the ability to plan and execute brigade-level operations is a huge milestone for this new army. I'm hearing good things about the way in which at least some of the IA commanders are coming to understand layered operations, use of air support assets effectively (and not indiscriminately) and their willingness to do things like retrieve wounded.

Posted by lotp 2008-01-24 19:46|| 2008-01-24 19:46|| Front Page Top

#4 Retrieving wounded and issuing paychecks to the troops are a big change from earlier practices, I understand.

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2008-01-24 19:50|| 2008-01-24 19:50|| Front Page Top

#5 I still think that we could come up with some concentrated substance that could be mixed with a lot of water and a fine mist sprayed on asphalted roads.

Once the water dried, it would be invisible to the eye, but if you were flying over the road in a helicopter and shined an IR or UV light on it, the sprayed areas would reflect.

This means that any black holes on the road were places where the asphalt had been removed and replaced were a strong indicator that an IED had been emplaced there.

Since the roads that are "IED alleys" are not terribly long, the dangerous stretch could be marked with as little as one water truck, once a week or until it was no longer a problem.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-01-24 20:38|| 2008-01-24 20:38|| Front Page Top

#6 And just HOW LONG will the road stay cleared?
My bet is a few days, tops.

Just an absolute fookin' ray of sunshine, aincha Redneck?

Posted by Pappy 2008-01-24 20:55|| 2008-01-24 20:55|| Front Page Top

#7 'moose, I suspect the dust etc. would make that hard to do in Iraq. Might work in many parts of the US tho.

Posted by lotp 2008-01-24 21:34|| 2008-01-24 21:34|| Front Page Top

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