The Devil’s Foyer (Clearing an Iraqi weapons cache)

michaelyon-online.com ^ | April 2006? | michael yon

[listenhillary]

(Much lead in snipped) Read the full article at the link

Not only was it real, but enormous. Anti-tank mines were hidden in couches, tons of explosives were hidden underground. There were surface-to-air missiles and pre-fabricated IEDs, like the one that nearly killed my neighbors last week. And they were just starting the search.

Most of the explosives were squirreled away in a room hidden under a filthy barnyard floor. The access point was a small square hole that opened into a room about half the size of a large semitruck. It was packed with munitions. Floor to ceiling packed. Wall to wall packed. To disassemble the room, soldiers removed bombs just to stand on other bombs, so they could dig through stacks of bombs until finally reaching the floor. Then they duplicated this sequence, to create space for two soldiers to work, and finally, there was room for three.

[freepersup]

Tremendous find of enemy munitions/weaponry, and at great risk to our troops, now neutralized. Our military is awesome!

[Fred Nerks]

surface to air missiles: out of circulation.

[nuconvert]

pong

[hatfieldmccoy]

Yon is doing Pulitzer prize winning journalism. And because he is not writing for the New York Times and Bird cage liner he won't even be a blip on the Old Media Circle Jerk society radar. Actually that's a good thing now that I think about it.....

[steel_resolve]

Michale Yon is AWESOME!!! Also, this post is the first I have heard Kurilla's name mentioned after his injury. I assume he is back in theatre and kicking terrorist ass. Man, I would love to meet him someday...

[bnelson44]

I'm pretty sure this article is from last April

[gonzo]

Yikes! Great article with pics. A very large arms cache indeed. Thanks .............. FRegards

[steel_resolve]

Yon is outstanding.

[Goldwater and Gingrich]

A good day’s work, by good men, by the good guys.



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