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2006-05-01 Iraq

One Iraqi killed, one injured in separate explosions in Kirkuk

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Posted by Fred 2006-05-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "A booby-trapped car blew up ... resulting in the death of its driver..."

Was the driver an intended victim, or an ineffective terrorist?

Otherwise, this does not report a very successful operation by the bad guys: targetted a police patrol and injured a bystander instead; overpowered an 8-year old and abducted him; had a bomb disarmed; blew up some crops with mortar fire; and the one mortar attack on a real target, results not yet known. Is the continual loss of #2 guys beginning to be felt on down the chain of command?

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2006-05-01 13:18|| 2006-05-01 13:18|| Front Page Top

#2 Sounds like a busy blotter report day in Kirkuk. We had days like that in Diyala. The carbomb is typical. The bad guys will trick or force some dumb shmoe to drive a car to a location, telling him that it is a vbied (non-suicide stationary carbomb). Trigger it remotely when it nears the target, before the driveer can bail out.
-OR-
It is a s-vbied (suicide car bomb), and the badguys have a backup detonator tied to the dome light door switch, so if our brave sha-heed has ~~an attack of common sense...or decency~~ 2nd thoughts and trys to bail out before reaching the target...kaboom. Also insures that the ~~fool~~ fiend wont survive, be captured and rat out his former comerades.

Posted by N guard 2006-05-01 20:54|| 2006-05-01 20:54|| Front Page Top

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