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1st AD raids net suspected organizer | ||||
2003-10-01 | ||||
1st Armored Division soldiers raided five houses in Baghdad on Sunday night and early Monday, netting an Iraqi doctor suspected of organizing and carrying out attacks on coalition forces. The soldiers, from the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment and 1st Brigade Reconnaissance Troop, also found an AK-47 assault rifle hidden in a wall, a .45-caliber pistol, documents and tools possibly used for the manufacture of improvised explosive devices. No soldiers were killed or injured in the raid, which took place in the eastern part of Baghdad.
A doctor with a Beemer, some things never change. âI knew it was the guy,â Pinion said. âWith the car and the [physical] description, it was him. Intel was perfect.â
"Itâs my grandaddyâs shooting iron. Honest!"
"Oh, Doc!" Searchers found ammunition magazines, a bandoleer and cleaning kit in the house. Some ammunition was hidden in a Tupperware container at the back of a cabinet. Itâs the air tight seal, keeps ammo fresh for months! The doctor later claimed that he had found the almost-new AK-47 and gear on the street.
He was taken into coalition custody. Other residents were allowed back in the house as the team departed. Two other raids in the past month have netted bomb-making material, a large amount of Iraqi dinars and two large weapons caches, one of which included a flamethrower. Flamethrower? Does anybody still make those? | ||||
Posted by:Steve |
#3 Apparently the Algerian Army has a couple too |
Posted by: Frank G 2003-10-1 8:10:55 PM |
#2 Send the flamethrower to Afghanistan. They could use it every now and then. |
Posted by: Anonymous 2003-10-1 6:10:28 PM |
#1 possibly this guy talked to the 'doctors without borders' people who came up with the inflated estimate of baby deaths during the embargo days |
Posted by: mhw 2003-10-1 1:49:07 PM |