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2011-08-26 Iraq

Iran stirs up new conflict: Its Iraqi terrorist arm shoots Scuds at Kuwait

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Posted by Omeretle Angolung2109 2011-08-26 11:31|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Debka's conclusive evidence...

Posted by tu3031 2011-08-26 12:59|| 2011-08-26 12:59|| Front Page Top

#2 They were not Scuds, but truck rockets, and not aimed at the new Kuwaiti port, but the former Camp Bucca.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-08-26 13:03|| 2011-08-26 13:03|| Front Page Top

#3 Iraqi officials say rockets land in Iraq, not Kuwait.

Katyushas...

Ali al-Maliki, head of the Basra provincial council's security committee, said the rockets were aimed at the former U.S. prison camp Bucca and had a range of only one kilometre. "The rockets targeted the (former) Bucca prison building, which is used by foreign companies," Maliki told Reuters."Security forces managed to seize the vehicle which was used to launch the rockets."

Posted by tu3031 2011-08-26 13:12|| 2011-08-26 13:12|| Front Page Top

#4 Credit where due: Score one for the boys of Debka. :-)

Posted by trailing wife 2011-08-26 13:43|| 2011-08-26 13:43|| Front Page Top

#5 Scuds are a lot different than Katyushas...

Posted by tu3031 2011-08-26 13:45|| 2011-08-26 13:45|| Front Page Top

#6 They are? I'm at the Werner von Braun level, tu3031: "Once the rockets go up, who cares vehr ze come down. Dat's not my department," said Werner von Braun*.

*with many thanks to Tom Lehrer

Posted by trailing wife 2011-08-26 13:55|| 2011-08-26 13:55|| Front Page Top

#7 "I Reach For The Stars! (but sometimes I hit London)."

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-08-26 14:17|| 2011-08-26 14:17|| Front Page Top

#8 One might want to look at the types of fuel used by the typical scud and see if random People's Front of Jihadi type groups could be able to do the fueling.

(According to Wikipedia, it's mostly kerosene and some variety of red fuming nitric acid, with UDMH used as an ignitor, with the kerosene replaced in some systems with UDMH.)

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-08-26 14:30|| 2011-08-26 14:30|| Front Page Top

#9 An easy comparison would be that SCUDs are what Saddam launched at Israel during Desert Storm. Katyushyas are what the Gaza boys launch at them now.

Posted by tu3031 2011-08-26 14:32|| 2011-08-26 14:32|| Front Page Top

#10 Easy way to tell if they are Scuds: Scuds are V-1 rockets that go straight up when they are first launched and required a truck launcher, a fueling truck, and a transport truck for the ancillary equipment. These in the picture are stinking artillery rockets, probably Grads or similar 127mm to 150mm artillery rockets. Saddam had tens of thousands of those artillery rockets stashed all over the country.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2011-08-26 20:13|| 2011-08-26 20:13|| Front Page Top

#11 I think you mean V-2. the V-1 was the buzz bomb plane thang.

Posted by abu do you love 2011-08-26 21:02|| 2011-08-26 21:02|| Front Page Top

#12 ION LUCIANNE > AHMADINEJAD: IRAN DETERMINED TO ERADICATE ISRAEL.

[F-TROOP/FORT COURAGE'S CANNON 1.0Milyuhn, GUARD TOWER 0].

We hired ole' Trooper "SNAKE-EYES" after he retired from the Army + Horse Cavalry, didn't we???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-08-26 22:28|| 2011-08-26 22:28|| Front Page Top

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