FIVE-HUNDRED-AND-EIGHTY ROCKETS CONFISCATED

CENTCOM ^ | Dec. 29, 2003

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

	NEWS RELEASE HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND 7115 South Boundary Boulevard MacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101 Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894

December 29, 2003
Release Number: 03-12-71


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


FIVE-HUNDRED-AND-EIGHTY ROCKETS CONFISCATED

TIKRIT, Iraq – An Iraqi citizen provided information to U.S. Air Force airmen concerning a large weapons cache that he said consisted of close to six hundred rockets. The Air Force in turn asked the U.S. Army for assistance. Air Force personnel and a patrol from 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment went to the identified site in the evening of Dec. 27 to investigate.

The intelligence acquired suggested the rockets could be found hidden in some undergrowth along the river next to a tree line. After a short search, the soldiers and airmen found a berm near a tree line that was approximately 35-feet long and four feet high. Buried in the berm, covered with plastic and dirt, they found 580 57-millimeter rockets. The unit secured the perimeter of the site and coordinated with an explosive ordinance disposal team for the destruction of the weapons.

The soldiers secured the position overnight until an explosive ordinance disposal team could destroy the rockets.

[Drawsing]

So do these fit the criteria for WMDs? Or are they too small?

[Coop]

Seems to me with an objective media this huge find with Iraqi assistance might at least merit a mention. [sigh]

But fortunately our outstanding uniformed servicemembers press on with or without the help of the media. And God bless 'em for it!

[The Mayor]

Bump!

Great find!

[Conspiracy Guy]

57mm diameter missiles are small but still deadly. Anti-tank and anti-personnel. Probably what the roaches have been firing at hotels and Humvees as well.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

TIKRIT, Iraq – An Iraqi citizen provided information to U.S. Air Force airmen concerning a large weapons cache that he said consisted of close to six hundred rockets.

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Ping for our EOD guys!

More on Saddam's hometown since Saddam's capture:
8 US sees tide turn on Iraq insurgents ~ Christian Science Monitor  | 12/29/03 | Dan Murphy
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[eastforker]

I heard this on FNC sunday or late saturday.

[RandallFlagg]

What drives me crazy is the lefty, Bush-hating, anti-war nutjobs have been screaming, "Where are the WMDs?!" while these 580 missiles have just been found eight months after Baghdad's fall.

They don't understand that this is going to take time.

Personally, I think they don't WANT us to find the WMDs. NOT for the safety of the world, but for the safety of their reputations.

Delusional sickos....




BTW, You ROCK, R.C.!

[Alamo-Girl]

Bump!

[Blood of Tyrants]

Those are generally the type of rockets that would be fired from the pod of a helo at lightly armored vehicles and ground troops.

[Grampa Dave]

Bumping more good news from Iraq that ABCNNBC BS will ignore and spike.

Of course the NY Slimes and its minions, the DNC, will ignore this good news.

The nine drawfs and the Hildebea$t will ignore this good news.

[PGalt]

YeeeeeeHaaaaaaw!

[hoosiermama]

YES! Fireworks for the new year!

[gatorbait]

57mm diameter missiles are small but still deadly. Anti-tank and anti-personnel. Probably what the roaches have been firing at hotels and Humvees as well.

I wonder if these weren't recoilless rifle rounds .

[Conspiracy Guy]

Could be! Not enough info to be sure.

[gatorbait]

Could be! Not enough info to be sure.
I don't recall the calibre/size of a B42 rocket.. to bad we don't have a pic of these things .

[FreedomPoster]

Just Googling around, it seems to be a standard air-ground rocket size in the Soviet inventory. On helicopters (Hip, Hind) and fixed-wing ground-attack. I couldn't find a picture, but I imagine similar to our 2.75".

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/missile/hydra-dvic436.jpg

Not much use for anything but harassing terror attacks.
Great to get them off the street.

[gatorbait]

Thanks, that's a great help..
:-)
Dave

[OXENinFLA]

Is that a Rocket in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?

[ken5050]

The Kerry capaing just issued a statement condemning the Buish administration for failign to find the other 20 rockets, and thus not sufficiently protecting the troops..