GOTTA SEE THIS-WarEndur.Freedom 4/2/03-Rescues,Najaf,Nasiriyah,Arbil,Umm Qasr

DOD, IraqiTV, Yahoo, AP, Reuters, and the usual suspects | 4/3/03 | The Armies of Good against the Axis of Evil

[FreeAtlanta]

Any of you notice the "crop signs" at the top of this image?

[11B3]

Excellent post! Thanks for the ping - of course these masks are Russian type - who else other than our "friends"? Ruck Fussia.

What I want to see is what (or who) the Russians have in their embassy in Baghdad. That is the only safe place to hide valuable things there. Too many signals that they are hiding someone important - like Saddam or his sons.

[happygrl]

Never miss a post of yours Dio.
I see frames here that I see nowhere else. Your work is appreciated.

Best to our soldiers. May they prevail.

[Eaker]

Thanks for the ping Dio!!!!

GREAT STUFF!!!

[Minty]

Now Russia is saying that USA plans to plant WOMD. I say we are close to hit the jackpot.

[Redcloak]

"The Force is strong in this one..."

[Lady Heron]

LOL! That is what I keep thinking when ever I see that picture. That and the "Spaceballs??" movie.

[AngryJawa]

Notice the lightsaber lug on the business end of his AK?

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Brilliant collection, as usual. Can anyone get an up close picture at what is on the wall of these weapons rooms? And the WMD proof. Can anyone list what has been found so far? Gas masks, atropine, anything else? We know they have TONS - and that most of it is likely underground - or shipped OUT of the country. We MUST turn these up. We MUST. Where oh where are these tons?

[Redcloak]

Don't tell Diane Feinstein!

[justlurking]

re: the pic of the British tracked vehicle firing a "Sidewinder" missile. That doesn't look like like the slender Sidewinder missile carried by U.S. aircraft (often on the wingtips of F-16 and F-18 aircraft). Do the Brits have another weapon system with the same name, or is this just a news wire goof?

I noticed the same error. The Sidewinder is an air-to-air missile, although I think it is used as surface-to-air in some configurations.

That's most likely a TOW missile (surface-to-surface) -- wire guided by the launcher.

[Cobra Scott]

I would love to have one of those funky helmets!

Speaking as a novice milsurp gear collector, the web gear in the photo where you pose the question of origination looks like some czech gear I've seen. Could be russian too, but the color is wrong (I think).

And yes, I did notice the crop circle. Maybe those reports of Saddam having Alien WMDs is not just imagination? There is that helmet, after all....=)

[houstonian]

Thanks for all the good work.

Many of Diogenesis' pics are also collected at
Iraqis Celebrate Their Liberation: Resource Thread for Pictures & Links

[MattinNJ]

Thank you BTTT

[janee]

I say call for Hans Blix to be on the front line and show him what he was looking for. Possibly the skeptics will believe Blix when he shows and tells!

[Illbay]

Just a nit-pick:

British heroes fire sidewinder missile at an Iraqi bunker.

Unless there's something I don't know about--quite possible--a "sidewinder" missile is an air-to-air weapon, not ground-to-ground.

[Illbay]

See Reply No. 8 for the FRIGHTENED Iraqis.

[SLB]

Diogenesis - As alwasy great photos.

JL - The Sidewinder configuration for surface to air was the Chapparral. It was phased out of the US Army about 10 years ago. The Brit system shown is not a TOW, but some other system. I am not familiar with British missile systems so will not guess.

[BraveMan]

Kudos to FreeRepublic's very own correspondent, Diogenesis . . .

[Kryptonite]

Jessica Lynch looks pretty good in this picture, considering the circumstances.

What a tremendous rescue effort!