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2006-04-01 Iraq

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Posted by Glenmore 2006-04-01 15:39|| || Front Page|| [11 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Trying to make another mega-bomb, huh?

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-04-01 15:58|| 2006-04-01 15:58|| Front Page Top

#2 Anonymoose is right, I think. If they welded heavy steel plate over the top of a dump truck, the blast from a bomb inside would be mostly in the horizontal plane, and extremely destructive. Sort of an IRA cream can bomb on a huge scale.

Posted by Grunter 2006-04-01 16:23|| 2006-04-01 16:23|| Front Page Top

#3 Baqubah is where we have a FOB (forward operating base) and is adjacent to Iran.

Posted by Captain America 2006-04-01 17:44|| 2006-04-01 17:44|| Front Page Top

#4 A dump truck would probably be heavy enough to penetrate some of the barriers at FOB's or Green Zone hotels.

Posted by Spomong Glusing5144 2006-04-01 21:43|| 2006-04-01 21:43|| Front Page Top

#5 It's a breeching device. Ten tons of stone moving at 40 MPH can clear quite a path. No explosives required.

Posted by Skidmark 2006-04-01 22:27|| 2006-04-01 22:27|| Front Page Top

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