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To: kendu

Rocket or mortar? Most likely mortar because a rocket basically requires line of sight.


3 posted on 01/29/2005 9:54:22 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (God is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
FoxNews said rocket but they couldn't elaborate.
6 posted on 01/29/2005 9:56:01 AM PST by Claytay
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To: Blood of Tyrants

MSNBC saying Reuters news service is definitely reporting a rocket.


7 posted on 01/29/2005 9:57:02 AM PST by lonevoice (Vast Right Wing Pajama Party)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

regarding line of site, also heard hundreds of Iraqi uniforms missing. correlation ??


9 posted on 01/29/2005 9:58:17 AM PST by kendu
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Could be a 107/122 mm rocket. Doesn't require LOS.


18 posted on 01/29/2005 10:03:57 AM PST by xone
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To: Blood of Tyrants
Rocket or mortar? Most likely mortar because a rocket basically requires line of sight.

Not necessarily. We used to get 120mm rockets that were launched by using a simple support made of bamboo and a battery to launch them. Inaccurate, but that was 35 years ago and I am certain the Iraqis are better at that than the Viet Cong were.

33 posted on 01/29/2005 10:10:42 AM PST by SLB ("We must lay before Him what is in us, not what ought to be in us." C. S. Lewis)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Not really. After being on the recieving end of a couple dozen just this month alone I can tell you that they are shooting blindly.


230 posted on 01/29/2005 2:06:41 PM PST by Eagle Eye (3/5 Got theirs. And then some.)
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