Posted on 06/05/2005 5:15:24 AM PDT by kellynla
LATIFIYAH, Iraq (AP) -- Hundreds of Iraqi and U.S. troops searched fields and farms Saturday for insurgents and their hideouts in an area south of Baghdad known for attacks, and the Marines said they discovered 50 weapons and ammunition caches and a huge underground bunker west of the capital fitted out with air conditioning, a kitchen and showers.
The joint U.S.-Iraqi force operating in Latifiyah to the south was backed by American air power and said it had rounded up at least 108 Iraqis, mainly Sunnis, suspected of involvement in the brutal insurgent campaign to topple the Shiite-led government.
To the west of the capital, the 2nd Marine division said its forces had discovered 50 weapons and ammunitions caches over the past four days in restive Anbar province. The military said the find included a recently used "insurgent lair" in a massive underground bunker complex that included air-conditioned living quarters and high tech military equipment, including night vision goggles.
That bunker was found cut from a rock quarry in Karmah, 50 miles west of Baghdad. The Marines said the facility was 170 yards wide and 275 yards long.
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Another article this a.m. on the bunkers.
http://www.ocregister.com/ocr/2005/06/05/sections/nation_world/nation_world/article_547565.php
Good news. Thanks for posting.
I thought everything was found in Iraq? /sarcasm
Every day they dig up more weapons. Saddam must have buried billions of dollars worth. I am still wondering what he planned to do with the jet fighters he buried.
The whole country appears to be one HUGE ammo bunker.
I further suggest,were one to set up an overlay map of the area surrounding this bunker,and plot on it the location and number of every "insurgency" attack,one would discover the recorded attacks occurred in a "protective perimeter" surrounding this bunker.
Taking this one step further,were one to do a "reverse plot",showing the locations of attacks in this and other suspect areas,one would find similar bunkers-the most intensely "defended" of which would contain WMD.
Wonder what would happen if you pack in about 500 pounds of C-4 in the bunker and detonated it?
That would be so cool to watch.
The German companies were busy over the last twenty years.
"I am still wondering what he planned to do with the jet fighters he buried."
Well if he and his forces had survived, he would have had them for another day.
Of course if he had been smart, he would have been on one of them and gotten the hell out of Dodge before he was captured.
Showers ? Next they are gonna try and tell me these camel gropers practice hygine.......
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