Posted on 01/02/2006 6:55:28 AM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity
January 02, 2006
Release A060102b
Operation Green Trident turns up 72 caches
CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, AR RAMADI, Iraq – U.S. Marines discovered more than ten metric tons of munitions hidden at 72 cache sites 39 km south of Fallujah during the week-long Operation Green Trident.
First Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 8 began the operation last week near the village of Al Latifiyah to search suspected locations for hidden weapon caches. More than 1,000 artillery and mortar rounds were unearthed along with scores of rocket propelled grenades and hand grenades. Most of the caches were shallowly buried along the banks of the Euphrates River and surrounding area.
The weight of the explosives contained within these munitions is approximately one metric ton (2,200 lbs). The artillery and mortar rounds are commonly used by insurgents to make improvised explosive devices.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT THE 2D MARINE DIVISION PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER AT POOLJS@GCEMNF-WIRAQ.USMC.MIL.
Darn... There are small countries I could overthrow with that kind of firepower.
(Very small countries. ;-)
or 15 cities like Boston
Boston would surrender to a black, gay man wearing a dress wielding a salami. They'd be afraid of a lawsuit if they happened to offend him during his arrest.
Why doesn't anyone make this connection - once and for all.
They bury everything - they have done so for thousands of years.
They buried kings with treasure - we're still digging them up.
Today:
They buried money - i.e. treasure.
They buried Mig Jets
Saddam buried himself for God sake.
They bury weapons!!! no !!!
WMD - I'll bet they're out there.....
That's all I need to know about wmd.
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