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To: MJY1288; Calpernia; Grampa Dave; anniegetyourgun; Ernest_at_the_Beach; BOBTHENAILER; ...

Stryker troops in Samarra captured at least seven so-called “high-value targets” - insurgents on the 4th Infantry Division’s list of suspected planners, financiers and organizers in the areas north of Baghdad up to Tikrit. They detained another 50 or so men for possession of weapons and bomb-making equipment, according to a brigade press release, and discovered at least 26 weapons caches. Stryker troops hauled away more than 500 mortars, six mortar tubes, 200 155-mm artillery shells, nearly 200 rocket warheads, 53 rocket-propelled grenade launchers with 143 RPGs, 228 AK-47 assault rifles and thousands of rounds of ammunition. Most of the seized weaponry was later destroyed.

GNFI PING!

3 posted on 01/05/2004 5:00:14 PM PST by xzins (Retired Army and Proud of It!)

I am for the Stryker since it provides better protection against ied's than the Hummer.

5 posted on 01/05/2004 5:02:24 PM PST by Pro-Bush (Homeland Security + Tom Ridge = Open Borders --> Demand Change!)

16 posted on 01/05/2004 9:53:37 PM PST by Alamo-Girl

17 posted on 01/05/2004 10:00:48 PM PST by windchime (Podesta about Bush: "He's got four years to try to undo all the stuff we've done." (TIME-1/22/01))

Initial Stryker deployment deemed a success ~ Bump!

20 posted on 01/06/2004 8:15:02 AM PST by blackie

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