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| Rachel Corrie Was Good for Something |
| 2005-02-08 |
| In early 2003, the U.S. bought nine 62 ton D9 armored Caterpillar bulldozers into Kuwait for the Iraq campaign. The D9s, and their Israeli made armor kit, were purchased because of the Israeli success with the dozen in urban warfare against Palestinian terrorists. America had used the D9 during the 1960s in Vietnam, but after that only used the smaller (35 ton, with armor kit) D7. The D9 was not needed for urban fighting in Iraq during 2003, but was found very useful (much more so than the smaller D7) for combat engineering tasks. The D9 quickly cleared highways of debris and built temporary roads for combat vehicles. One D9 was thought to be as useful as four D7s, and there is a lot of enthusiasm among combat engineers to keep the D9s, and get more of them. In 2004, the D9s were used for combat operations in places like Fallujah. |
| Posted by:Chuck Simmins |
| #13 Reminds me of bad joke: Whats the difference between a Rachel Corrie and a paving stone? One is a flat thing that was walked on by Palestinians then thrown at Israeli troops to stop them, and the other is a rock. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2005-02-08 7:26:43 PM |
| #12 Reminds me of bad joke: Whats the difference between a Rachel Corrie and a paving stone? One is a flat thing that was walked on by Palestinians then thrown at Israeli troops to stop them, and the other is a rock. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2005-02-08 7:26:43 PM |
| #11 No doubt this'll be a life-threatening headache for the terrs. |
| Posted by: Korora 2005-02-08 10:03:53 PM |
| #10 Reminds me of bad joke: Whats the difference between a Rachel Corrie and a paving stone? One is a flat thing that was walked on by Palestinians then thrown at Israeli troops to stop them, and the other is a rock. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2005-02-08 7:26:43 PM |
| #9 At least the headline wasn't "The Flat Lady Sings". |
| Posted by: DMFD 2005-02-08 6:33:44 PM |
| #8 CAT Power. LOL The Dirt in the glass shows they just kept on working. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2005-02-08 5:05:46 PM |
| #7 Check out the link, too. Nice photos of what happens when an RPG hits a D-9. D-9 wins, yet again! |
| Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2005-02-08 1:10:19 PM |
| #6 I feel really bad thinking that the title is funny . . . just horrible . . . I will cry once I quit laughing . . . |
| Posted by: Jame Retief 2005-02-08 11:26:27 AM |
| #5 D9 - when you really want to squash terrorism! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-02-08 10:45:16 AM |
| #4 I'd make a snarky remark, but I'm pressed for time. |
| Posted by: Steve 2005-02-08 10:43:35 AM |
| #3 mmmmm pancakes |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-02-08 10:17:29 AM |
| #2 THAT ATTEMPT AT HUMOR LEFT ME FLAT! |
| Posted by: Almost Anonymous2520 2005-02-08 10:09:01 AM |
| #1 Doubtless the moonbats are crushed by this news. |
| Posted by: Steve from Relto 2005-02-08 9:15:01 AM |