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Syrian Army Pounding Civilian Areas to Dust with Endless Supply of Cheap, $200 'Barrel Bombs'
Reaganite Republican ^
| 07 July 2014
| Reaganite Republican
Posted on 07/07/2014 9:41:50 AM PDT by Reaganite Republican
Basically a car-bomb stuffed into an disused oil barrel (NH₄NO₃ and fertilizer w/nails, bolts, and other improvised shrapnel) then dropped from high altitude
-out of the range of small arms fire- the government has already killed 20,000 with the crude-yet-effective device...
They started tossing them out of Russian-made Hind helicopter gunships over a year ago, and to especially devastating effect in the government's pounding of Allepo a couple months back.
Though just a barrel full of stuff that blows up and spews nails/etc all around, part of it's effectiveness in the government terror campaign has been how indiscriminate
the barrels are in choosing their victims- instilling sheer terror.Yet somehow the Syrians felt the need for increased accuracy, and many see the hand of Russia, who must be offering know-how to the Syrian Army in making the barrel-bombs more sophisticated:
i.e. tail fins for guidance and a contact fuse that detonates on impact, rather than the guesswork of the live, lit fuses utilized of last year.
Britain has already called the barrel-bomb attacks in Syria '
a war crime', and the UN is beginning to think of issuing some strongly-worded statement of something.
But it's not like the other side's any better...
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TOPICS: Government; Military/Veterans; Politics
KEYWORDS: assad; bombs; isis; syria
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To: Reaganite Republican
May the Syrians slaughter Obamis buddies, the ISIS serial killers, aka really bad Sunnis.
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posted on
07/07/2014 9:46:02 AM PDT
by
Grampa Dave
( Obama's Illegal immigrants = Instant new democrat voters!)
To: Reaganite Republican
It's been done.
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To: Reaganite Republican
Civilians and non-hostiles have left these neighborhoods.
The alternative to the SAA is head chopping crucifiers.
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posted on
07/07/2014 9:49:47 AM PDT
by
lurk
To: Grampa Dave
Yup that pretty much sums up my feelings on the matter.
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posted on
07/07/2014 9:50:21 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin.)
To: Reaganite Republican
Britain has already called the barrel-bomb attacks in Syria 'a war crime'"What the hell is the matter with you pantywaists?"
To: Reaganite Republican
First question. How is it America’s National Interest to get involved in this?
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posted on
07/07/2014 9:55:39 AM PDT
by
McGruff
(It's not the crime, it's the cover-up they said.)
To: Reaganite Republican
I hate to break it to this reporter, but "NH₄NO₃ and fertilizer" literally means "fertilizer and fertilizer".
The NH₄NO₃ is ammonium nitrate. i.e. "fertilizer". The rest of the explosive is a hydrocarbon, like diesel fuel.
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posted on
07/07/2014 10:04:43 AM PDT
by
BwanaNdege
( "For those who have fought for it, Life bears a savor the protected will never know")
To: Reaganite Republican
Brings to mind a WWII flick; China Road, leastwise I think that was the title, and the problems US had with Chinese warloards while supplying and building “The Burma Road”. Don’t remember if that was Cooper or Stewart that stared in this story.
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posted on
07/07/2014 10:05:39 AM PDT
by
mosesdapoet
(Serious contribution pause.Please continue onto meaningless venting no one reads.)
To: BwanaNdege
You’re lucky they didn’t say “Potting Soil and Half Caf Mochachino”
To: McGruff
It’s not our interest at all, like I said- the other side is no better at all, and they’d do the same or worse, given the chance
ISIS is a large chunk of the Syrian opposition, so nobody’s going to miss them
To: BwanaNdege
I know better and completely botched that
Thanks
To: lurk
Agree.
Go Assad.
(What kind of whacked out world do I live in now....)
To: QuisCustodiet1776
I look at it this way. A very simple equation.
If Obama is supporting an Islamic group, then they want to kill us or enslave us.
Like the Muslim Brotherhood. They want to kill us, so Obama supports them.
So, If a group declares they want to kill us, you will soon find that Obama will then give them money as quickly as he can.
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posted on
07/07/2014 10:49:21 AM PDT
by
PA-RIVER
To: Reaganite Republican
So why is the Syrian military having to use such crude, homemade bombs? Can’t they afford the real thing or will no one sell them any?
This is the type of weapon you’d expect a rebel group to use.
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posted on
07/07/2014 10:54:33 AM PDT
by
catnipman
(Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
To: BwanaNdege
The NH₄NO₃ is ammonium nitrate. i.e. "fertilizer". The rest of the explosive is a hydrocarbon, like diesel fuel. So basically it's just a barrel of anfo and scrap metal.
To: BwanaNdege
Thanks for beating me to it.
When I was growing up, my best friend’s dad was the chief explosives guy at a local quarry. Got quite an education from him in how to make big rocks into little rocks. He used fertilizer and diesel, and a blasting cap. Cheap, effective and versatile.
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posted on
07/07/2014 11:09:51 AM PDT
by
Sherman Logan
(Perception wins all the battles. Reality wins all the wars.)
To: tacticalogic
They could be dropping outhouses and mock ups of Obama. The rebels should feel blessed.
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posted on
07/07/2014 11:11:06 AM PDT
by
FreeAtlanta
(Liberty or Big Government - you can't have both.)
To: Reaganite Republican
A barrel bomb is a war crime, but artillery and “normal bombs” are not? What kind of rationale do they use to come to that rather silly conclusion?
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posted on
07/07/2014 11:13:19 AM PDT
by
Sherman Logan
(Perception wins all the battles. Reality wins all the wars.)
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