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Update: Iraqi Units Reported Moving to Challenge U.S. Troops
Washington Post ^
| 3/26/03
| Thomas W. Lippman and William Branigin
Posted on 03/26/2003 2:25:01 PM PST by jimbo123
...U.S. military officials said the convoy leaving Baghdad consisted of 1,000 vehicles that were believed to contain fighters hoping to reinforce Iraqi forces engaging U.S. troops near Najaf. The movement was detected about 4 p.m. (8 a.m. EST). "Something big and metal is moving," one radio operator reported.
About two hours later, U.S. jets began bombing the front of the convoy after receiving confirmation that the column carried militiamen. Eventually, B-52s flew over, dropping 500-pound bombs every 500 meters along the length of the convoy. The casualty total was not immediately known, but the attack appeared to add significantly to the Iraqi militia losses in recent days.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: b52s; cas; iraq; turkeyshoot
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Another big setback for the U.S. coalition according to Katie, Peter and Paula...(sarcasm)
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posted on
03/26/2003 2:25:01 PM PST
by
jimbo123
To: jimbo123
The BUFF Strikes again!!!
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posted on
03/26/2003 2:26:47 PM PST
by
jbstrick
(Behold the Power of CHEESE!)
To: jimbo123
"Eventually, B-52s flew over, dropping 500-pound bombs every 500 meters along the length of the convoy." Excellent!
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posted on
03/26/2003 2:27:18 PM PST
by
Uncle Miltie
(Wheat is Murder! (Tilling slaughters worms.....))
To: jimbo123
cant believe that these idiots dont know that there only hope for making this difficult is to bunker down in Baghdad??
heres hoping for column after column peaking out of their holes.
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posted on
03/26/2003 2:27:43 PM PST
by
dennis1x
To: jimbo123
the attack appeared to add significantly to the Iraqi militia losses in recent days. I swear, most of the time it feels like it must kill the media to have to say this.
Eventually, B-52s flew over, dropping 500-pound bombs every 500 meters along the length of the convoy
God bless the B-52.
To: jimbo123
About two hours later, U.S. jets began bombing the front of the convoy after receiving confirmation that the column carried militiamen. Eventually, B-52s flew over, dropping 500-pound bombs every 500 meters along the length of the convoy. And that's just the hor d'oeuvres
To: jimbo123
"Something big and metal is moving," LOL!
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posted on
03/26/2003 2:28:25 PM PST
by
TADSLOS
(Sua Sponte)
To: RippleFire
dont you think when our pilots hear "column", they drool?
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posted on
03/26/2003 2:28:33 PM PST
by
dennis1x
To: jimbo123
500-pound bombs every 500 meters along the length of the convoy Is that sufficient? What is the blast radius of a 500-pounder?
To: Brad Cloven
Dropp'n the hammer. Iraqi fertilizer will be good for this years crops.
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posted on
03/26/2003 2:29:55 PM PST
by
mlbford2
To: jimbo123
Yes, baby!
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posted on
03/26/2003 2:30:23 PM PST
by
jporcus
To: jimbo123
Eventually, B-52s flew over, dropping 500-pound bombs every 500 meters along the length of the convoy.A B-52 cell can ruin your whole day.
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posted on
03/26/2003 2:31:16 PM PST
by
Mark17
To: denydenydeny
Is that sufficient? What is the blast radius of a 500-pounder? I think they want to preserve as much road as possible. We'll need that road when we get there.
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posted on
03/26/2003 2:32:02 PM PST
by
vollmond
To: jimbo123
Waxed and BUFF'd!
To: denydenydeny
"Is that sufficient? What is the blast radius of a 500-pounder?"
More than 250 meters?
To: dennis1x
That's what I was thinking, move all the troops back south and just wait for the Iraqis to "Come and get some"
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posted on
03/26/2003 2:33:55 PM PST
by
tiki
To: denydenydeny
If you drop a 500-lb. bomb every 500 yards, the blasts will overlap at 250 yards. Not guaranteed lethal along the whole route, but lots of death and damage assured.
Someone posted recently that for safety, the 1 lb. of explosive per yard was the rule for friendly ground forces, so the Iraqis wouldn't have had that in ANY part of this convoy, given the stated attack.
To: jimbo123
Coming soon to a television screen near you:
Highway of Death Part II
To: denydenydeny
To: jimbo123
Katie sports bra couric.
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posted on
03/26/2003 2:38:18 PM PST
by
Kay Soze
(France - "The country where the worms live above ground")
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