Employees of a major Baghdad power plant were also bewildered by the presence of several explosive devices planted around the Jameela facility, which supplies one third of the capitalâs electricity. Trip-wire detonators could be seen strung across doorways inside the building, and packs of ready meals (MRE), trademark of western military forces, were visibly scattered across the floor. Plant director Nasser Hussein expressed serious concern over the work stoppage. The landmines, he said were intended to control rather than destroy the premises. âWe are ready, but we have one problem. The mines, which the Americans have planted to control the Jameela plant, will hamper the distribution of electricity in all parts of the city and will deny the citizens this service.â
| This one sounds like a propaganda setup. The place is mined, the "evidence" of U.S. perps is spread all over the place, but the article doesn't say they're there... Where are the troops? I know of instances where booby traps have been set in the remote past — back when I was young and brontosaurs roamed the hills and tunnels of Vietnam — but generally, if we own it we don't mine it. There's too much chance of civilian casualties, not to mention damage to the structure that we want to keep... If we wanted to keep people out, we'd just park a tank or an IFV out front and tell them to stay out. |
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