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PHOTO of objects dug up in Iraq; can anyone identify?

Posted on 12/13/2003 12:12:52 PM PST by MississippiMan

Wondering if anyone can identify these things? Dug up recently in Iraq.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: hussein; iraq; turass; weapons; wmd
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To: TAP ONLINE
I you look very carefully you will see a rock that looks like a skull just above the upper edge of the top tube. It looks just like the skull filmed on Mars. hmmmmmm I see conspriracy all over this.

Obviously those Freemasons are at it again.

41 posted on 12/13/2003 1:02:01 PM PST by curmudgeonII
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To: MississippiMan
The even more interesting question, if they are storage tubes, is what is inside them...that could easily explain why they might be buried.
42 posted on 12/13/2003 1:02:12 PM PST by blanknoone
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To: U S Army EOD
"The lettering looks like it says "TOP" on the end of the container."

Unless the image has been inverted, in which case, we are looking at Sadaam's hidden stash. Who would've guessed he was a closet Libertarian?

43 posted on 12/13/2003 1:02:38 PM PST by Joe 6-pack
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To: solzhenitsyn
I'm guessing they are clean because they were wrapped in plastic. You can see the pieces all around and still see the plastic under the tubes. The plastic might also be why the ground is so flat at the near end - the plastic was still layered there from when the hole was dug.
44 posted on 12/13/2003 1:03:02 PM PST by Toskrin
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To: MississippiMan
Janet Reno's q-tips?
45 posted on 12/13/2003 1:04:12 PM PST by thesummerwind (like painted kites, those days and nights, they went flyin' by)
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To: OneTimeLurker
My first thought was the 'Mother of all Rod Cases'. ;-)
46 posted on 12/13/2003 1:04:27 PM PST by StriperSniper (The "mainstream" media is a left bank oxbow lake.)
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To: solzhenitsyn
Why are the two cylinders so clean?

See the plastic wrap? Whoever dug them up has just taken them out of plastic wrap before taking the photo. That is why they are so clean. Tinfoil OFF everyone.
47 posted on 12/13/2003 1:04:52 PM PST by Arkinsaw (What LSU game? Huh? No idea what you are talking about.)
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To: MississippiMan
Roland SAM containers?
48 posted on 12/13/2003 1:06:27 PM PST by stck
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To: solzhenitsyn
Why are the two cylinders so clean? Why is there no dirt between them?

Could they have been covered by that heavy plastic sheeting you can see in the foreground half buried with dirt? If whatever they are were meant to be retrived at some point, I would surely have buried them with some sort of protection from the elements.

49 posted on 12/13/2003 1:07:23 PM PST by Ditto ( No trees were killed in sending this message, but billions of electrons were inconvenienced.)
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To: solzhenitsyn
No, I PROMISE you I'm not pulling your leg. The photos are recent, authentic, and straight out of Iraq. That's all I can say on their source.

As for a lack of dirt, it's obvious they were wrapped in plastic. You can see pieces of heavy plastic sheeting on the left side of the pic, as well as some still wedged in between the ground and the forward bracket on the front tube.
50 posted on 12/13/2003 1:07:32 PM PST by MississippiMan
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To: solzhenitsyn
I thought the same thing but take a look at the plastic in the dirt. I imagine they were pulled out of the hole then ste back in for the pict.
52 posted on 12/13/2003 1:10:55 PM PST by Walkingfeather
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To: georgebushrocks
those are wing mount missle cannisters

I've seen a movie with a shot of a missile firing from a canister that looks a lot like that. INDEPENDENCE DAY maybe?

MM

53 posted on 12/13/2003 1:13:43 PM PST by MississippiMan
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To: MississippiMan
No, I PROMISE you I'm not pulling your leg. The photos are recent, authentic, and straight out of Iraq. That's all I can say on their source.

You apparently know more about these canisters than you're letting on. What does your contact in Iraq think they are?

54 posted on 12/13/2003 1:18:06 PM PST by Steel Wolf (There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.)
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To: stck
I believe you're correct. Each Roland launcher or vehicle carries two Rolands in tubes, which appear to be the same size and shape as these.

So, not WMDs, and, actually, not even illegal (or sold illegally) if they're among the Rolands France sold to Iraq before GW I.

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/row/roland.htm
55 posted on 12/13/2003 1:19:40 PM PST by John H K
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To: Steel Wolf
You apparently know more about these canisters than you're letting on. What does your contact in Iraq think they are?

No, I don't. My contact presented this as a cool find, and shared nothing more.

MM

56 posted on 12/13/2003 1:23:15 PM PST by MississippiMan
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To: MississippiMan
Looks sort of similar to this:


57 posted on 12/13/2003 1:26:08 PM PST by LibWhacker
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To: MississippiMan
Why is "TOP" written in English?
58 posted on 12/13/2003 1:26:25 PM PST by GatĂșn(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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To: MississippiMan
Why is "TOP" written in English?
59 posted on 12/13/2003 1:26:30 PM PST by GatĂșn(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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To: sd-joe
Could the "bands and handles" actually be mounting holes?
60 posted on 12/13/2003 1:27:52 PM PST by trussell (Prayer works!!)
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