Weapons Cache Found

CJTF7 ^ | Jan. 15, 2004

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Weapons Cache Found

TIKRIT, Iraq – Scouts from the 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment cordoned off an area southwest of Samarra, on a road to Lake Thar Thar, searching for a reported weapons cache in the afternoon of Jan. 13. The scouts raided a building, capturing one person.

Additionally, they located and confiscated two complete 60-millimeter mortar systems, 11 mortar tripods, 11 mortar base plates, seven 82-millimeter mortar tubes, 170 mortar rounds, 11 rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) launchers, six RPG sights, four mortar sights, one pair of binoculars, one night sight, six orange smoke grenades, 11 hand- grenades, 17 sticks of dynamite, six sticks of C4, eight blasting caps, 110 boxes of 7.62-millimeter ammunition, 10 AK-47 assault rifle magazines, eight hand-grenade charges, 68 M6 mortar fuses, two 120-millimeter mortar charges, one box of charges, one bag of artillery propellant, one bag of 82-millimeter mortar charges, eight RPG charges, one 155-millimeter artillery round, three 57-millimeter rockets, three 82-millimeter rockets, one AK-47 assault rifle, one telephone, several pictures of Saddam Hussein, and anti-Coalition pamphlets.

Release #040115d

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

1st Battalion — 66th Armor Regiment
"Iron Knights"

The 66th Armored Regiment is the oldest Armored unit in the United States Army, tracing it's lineage to the beginning of the Tank Service in February 1918.

Ping!

[r9etb]

several pictures of Saddam Hussein

I always chuckle when I see these on the list of "weapons confiscated."

[Hodar]

I see YOU'VE never had a nasty paper-cut .... < /sarcasm off>

[oust the louse]

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Don't want the press to happen to see this.You know they'll blare it all over the place...

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

They are doing good stuff!

Side note from Drudge:

WES CLARK MADE CASE FOR IRAQ WAR BEFORE CONGRESS; TRANSCRIPT REVEALED

[Gumption]

Wow! Has that been posted here yet?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I don't know, just saw it and am having to close down shortly.

Got a meeting to go too!

[Ingtar]

Yes. At least once.

[New Horizon]

Rush covered this today, complete with audio of good old Weasley.

Leftist hypocrite bump.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Lieberman has commented also:

LIEBERMAN STATEMENT ON CLARK IRAQ TESTIMONY

The circular firing squad continues!

[expatpat]

Man, those Sadam Feyadeen sure bought a lot of weaponry.

[ruoflaw]

I don't know why you think it is funny...it always makes me feel better because my nephew is over there and he has described all the mortars that has been aimed towards the area he is in...he said that so far, they have plowed deep furrows in the ground but that have come close to the bldg he sleeps in.

[New Horizon]

In my opinion, these do not qualify as Weapons of Mass Destruction.

They are merely Weapons of Mild Destruction, and therefore are completely irrelevant.

[BenLurkin]

Hey, if Poor Mutley sees this he'll probably want one of the "complete 60 MM 'Mortar systems'" (With shells)

[New Horizon]

I think you may have misintepreted the chuckle. I think it has more to do with old Saddam being ALL OVER everything "bad" that we are now uncovering in Iraq.

Anyway, may God bless your nephew and keep him safe, and furthermore I hope they locate and completely destroy the Iraqi menace who is firing upon them.

The sooner the better.

[BushisTheMan]

I think he was referring only to the pictures of Saddam being listed along with the "real" weapons, of which you are speaking.

[Billthedrill]

...two complete 60-millimeter mortar systems, 11 mortar tripods, 11 mortar base plates, seven 82-millimeter mortar tubes, 170 mortar rounds, 11 rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) launchers, six RPG sights, four mortar sights, one pair of binoculars, one night sight, six orange smoke grenades, 11 hand- grenades, 17 sticks of dynamite, six sticks of C4, eight blasting caps, 110 boxes of 7.62-millimeter ammunition, 10 AK-47 assault rifle magazines, eight hand-grenade charges, 68 M6 mortar fuses, two 120-millimeter mortar charges, one box of charges, one bag of artillery propellant, one bag of 82-millimeter mortar charges, eight RPG charges, one 155-millimeter artillery round, three 57-millimeter rockets, three 82-millimeter rockets, one AK-47 assault rifle...

"Plinking, officer. Why do you ask?"

[ruoflaw]

Thanks for explaining!

[PhilDragoo]

two complete 60-millimeter mortar systems, 11 mortar tripods, 11 mortar base plates, seven 82-millimeter mortar tubes, 170 mortar rounds, 11 rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) launchers, six RPG sights, four mortar sights, one pair of binoculars, one night sight, six orange smoke grenades, 11 hand- grenades, 17 sticks of dynamite, six sticks of C4, eight blasting caps, 110 boxes of 7.62-millimeter ammunition, 10 AK-47 assault rifle magazines, eight hand-grenade charges, 68 M6 mortar fuses, two 120-millimeter mortar charges, one box of charges, one bag of artillery propellant, one bag of 82-millimeter mortar charges, eight RPG charges, one 155-millimeter artillery round, three 57-millimeter rockets, three 82-millimeter rockets, one AK-47 assault rifle

Would they simply feed the lot to the next dwarf opening his mouth to blast the war?