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Anyway, the bottom line is that the Abrams is pretty easy to take out by someone either lucky or skilled. I will not get any more specific.

I have been quiet about this stuff, since the enemy most certainly reads the Free Republic, but the cat is now out of the bag, the horse has run off, and the milk is spilled.

Correct. Any tanker who's maintained his vehicle under the desert conditions at the NTC or in Iraq knows one weakness the enemy could have exploited. And there was that turncoat arrested at Ft Lewis who had been attempting to sell details of Abrams vulnerability to Al-Quieda or Iraqi intelligence...who may not have been the only one.

RPG-7VR. Brand new RPG. Side hit. The traitor in Ft Lewis, and others in sensitive areas of gov't (the party of People who drive off bridges when drunk....) leaked info like this a while back. The Federation of American Scientists (www.fas.org) also has details on the M1 and other vehicles.

This particular RPG is brand new, but is appearing in Iraq more frequently. There is a video of a 'milita' man carrying one. They are pretty easy to pick out. The launcher is brand new looking (rare for an RPG) and has a telescopic sight (even more rare). The missile is elongated and not the stubby cone we are used to seeing. These weapons are most likely comming from Syria and Iran. Russia and China make them. I would not be surprised to see a French flagged commercial transport ship importing them to the Mid-east.

The big question is: "why don't these countries realize that if we lose here, they will fall to islamofascism shortly???". Russia is fighting them in Chechneya, and losing. China aslo has problems. France is so scared they dodn't know what to do. And Spain...we all know what happened in Spain: Got bombed and chickened out. Guess what Spain, you will be bombed weekly from now on until you either surrender or stand up against these terrorists.

I heard someone say that we are in WWIII and it is just like WWII except that the US and the UK have switched places. The UK is the reluctant ally and the US is the one screaming at the world to stand up against dictators....The rest of the world is just the same as it was. It either is passive with it's head in the sand, or trying to profit from the carnage, or aiding the fascists in hopes of haveing a seat in the "new world order' of Bin Laden, Kim Jung Ill and others like them.