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2006-10-11 Iraq

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Posted by Steve White 2006-10-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Doesn't matter whether or not it was enemy action, they'll claim it was a "Huge Victory" anyway.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2006-10-11 06:17|| 2006-10-11 06:17|| Front Page Top

#2 R.J. called it:

Baghdad, 11 Oct. (AKI) - The insurgent attack which triggered an explosion at a munitions dump inside the US military base at al-Doura, in southern Baghdad, was the work of two insurgent factions with a third terrorist group acting as back up support, according to a statement from one of the factions, the Salahuddin al-Ayyubi Brigades. The attack, on Tuesday night, was initially claimed by the Islamic Army in Iraq, however they also relied on a second group calling itself "The Conqueror's Army". The sequence of the attack was filmed and the video posted to the Internet by the third group, the Salahuddin al Ayyubi Brigades, which followed the event at a distance.
The group takes its name from a Muslim victory over the Christian crusader forces in 1187 under the leadership of Salahuddin Al-Ayyubi.

The attack began with the launch of various missiles which struck the base. According to the US command, one of these struck a munitions dump and as a result there were some 30 explosions which could be heard a long distance away and which shook nearby areas.

Posted by Steve 2006-10-11 09:22|| 2006-10-11 09:22|| Front Page Top

#3 From CentCom press release:

"Multi-National Division Baghdad has determined that an 82mm mortar round, fired by militia forces from a residential area in Abu T-Shir, caused the fire at an ammunition holding area at approximately 10:40 p.m. Tuesday."

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2006-10-11 11:22|| 2006-10-11 11:22|| Front Page Top

#4 abu T-Shirt? we're doomed.

Posted by RD 2006-10-11 12:19|| 2006-10-11 12:19|| Front Page Top

#5 My guess is that there are a few privates who are going to be shitting size ten for a week, if they can even get their CO's boot out of their ass. Fires in your ammo depot suggest sloppiness.

Posted by WhitecollarRedneck 2006-10-11 12:51|| 2006-10-11 12:51|| Front Page Top

#6 WR-
Would you like to make a friendly wager that somebody was trying to demil a souveneir they wanted to take home? Some years back some serious damage was done at old Myrtle Beach AFB, SC, when a couple of idiots tried to remove the primer from an A-10's 30mm round...with a propane torch.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2006-10-11 14:07|| 2006-10-11 14:07|| Front Page Top

#7 Mike, that's a great story!

Posted by WhitecollarRedneck 2006-10-11 18:29|| 2006-10-11 18:29|| Front Page Top

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