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[CARTOUCHE]

So it appears to be true that the Iraqi citizenry really want peace and are not afraid anymore to cooperate with the liberators. Most excellent news! Thanks guys and gals for your service and stamina in such a hostile environment. Love ya all.

[oneolcop]

-- U.S. soldiers captured a suspected criminal during an operation in the Rashid district of southern Baghdad. The detainee is a reputed explosives expert suspected of using explosively formed projectile IEDs against Iraqi and coalition forces.

Code for Iranian agent.

[yazoo]

“Included in the cache were 414 blocks of Iranian M112 C-4 explosives, 860 copper plates, 501 back plates, 529 retaining rings and 157 steel bodies, which were all the type commonly used by the enemy to make EFPs.”

We first encountered these Iranian Explosive Formed Projectiles in Iraq in 2005. The tools needed to make them were clearly beyond the range of the terrorists in Iraq. The EFPs has the ability to penetrate armor plated humvees and kill everyone inside, and are a particularly devastating weapon. It is disturbing but not surprising that we could never get the media to even look at the devices.