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| Iraq |
| Weapons cache found in Basra |
| 2009-01-21 |
| Aswat al-Iraq: Police forces on Tuesday found a weapons cache in the west of Basra, the media office of the Basra police said. "The forces found the depot in al-Barjassiya region in the west of Basra," the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. "The depot contains 27 anti-shields missiles, 12 mortar shells and 28 cannonballs," the office told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. "The forces also defused a bomb, planted in al-Mishraq region in central Basra," he added. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Thank you, buwaya. That makes sense. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2009-01-21 07:30 |
| #2 There weren't any cannonballs used in WWI, all artillery other than mortars was rifled and used shells much like those still in use today. This seems to be a translation problem. They probably mean artillery shells of some sort. "Anti-shields missiles" sounds like antitank missiles or rockets. |
| Posted by: buwaya 2009-01-21 00:29 |
| #1 cannon balls? like the ones in WW I. and the civil war? |
| Posted by: texhooey 2009-01-21 00:23 |