Destroying a Baath Party House

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Hoglune, left, and Sgt. Erickson, both of the 141st Engineering Battalion tape C-4 plastic explosive to the columns of the Ramadan 14 building near Ad Dujayl, Iraq, May 6, 2004. The Ramadan 14 building is a former Baath party house being demolished by the 748th Explosive Ordinance Detachment and the 141st Engineers Battalion. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Elizabeth Erste

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U.S. Army Sgt. Andy Erickson of the 141st Engineering Battalion places blocks of C-4 plastic explosive into holes in the columns of the Ramadan 14 building near Ad Dujayl, Iraq, May 6, 2004. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Elizabeth Erste

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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jessen, right, with the 748th Explosive Ordinance Detachment, inspects a 2,000-pound rocket to determine the size of hole needed to maneuver it into the basement of the Ramadan 14 building near Ad Dujayl, Iraq, May 6, 2004. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Elizabeth Erste

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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jessen with the 748th Explosive Ordnance Detachment, supervises the insertion of a 2,000-pound rocket into the basement of the Ramadan 14 building, a former Ba'ath party house located outside of Ad Dujayl, Iraq, May 6, 2004. The missile is being used to help demolish the building. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Elizabeth Erste

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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Dobitz with the 141st Engineering Battalion uses a bulldozer to push a 2,000-pound rocket into the basement of the Ramadan 14 building in the building near Ad Dujayl, Iraq, May 6, 2004. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Elizabeth Erste

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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jessen with the 748th Explosive Ordinance Detachment, supervises the insertion of a 2,000-pound rocket into the basement of the Ramadan 14 building near Ad Dujayl, Iraq, May 6, 2004. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Elizabeth Erste

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Smoke billows from the Ramadan 14 building near Ad Dujayl, Iraq, May 6, 2004. The Ramadan 14 building is a former Baath party house demolished by the 748th Explosive Ordinance Detachment and the 141st Engineers Battalion. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Elizabeth Erste

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1 posted on 05/21/2004 7:52:30 PM PDT by Ragtime Cowgirl

To: Alamo-Girl; blackie; SandRat; SAMWolf; prairiebreeze; MEG33; McGavin999; Maigrey; ...

Saturday (in Iraq), men at work, bless our troops, home improvement, ping! (^:

2 posted on 05/21/2004 7:53:44 PM PDT by Ragtime Cowgirl ( Please Freepmail me if you want on the ping list. Starting anew. Thank you.)

To: Cannoneer No. 4

Hey, ping the gang!
Pics of our boys playing with things that go BOOOM!
..and a nice cloud of smoke at the end.!

3 posted on 05/21/2004 7:56:57 PM PDT by cavtrooper21 (Response times: My 12 gauge - 30 seconds / my .45 - 4 seconds/ Local police - ?)

To: Ragtime Cowgirl

Its fun to blow things up.

5 posted on 05/21/2004 7:59:26 PM PDT by Khurkris (Ranger On...revenge, grudge, payback...call it what you will. The knives are comin' out.)

To: Ragtime Cowgirl

The good guys now need to turn their attentions to the mosques that are used as weapons depots, staging areas, and command & control centers.

The time for playing patty-cake with the bad guys is over!

6 posted on 05/21/2004 8:00:36 PM PDT by Howie66 ("America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our people.")

Especially a "party house".

7 posted on 05/21/2004 8:01:59 PM PDT by Last Dakotan

To: Ragtime Cowgirl

8 posted on 05/21/2004 8:04:26 PM PDT by Diva Betsy Ross (It's not Bush's fault... it's the media's fault!)

To: Howie66; Ragtime Cowgirl; EODGUY; maxwell; Cyber Liberty

Oh sure, and I'll bet Holiday Inn paid them to blow up the local RamadaInn. 8<)

9 posted on 05/21/2004 8:09:36 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly ... But Kerry's ABBCNNBCBS press corpse lies every day.)

To: Ragtime Cowgirl

Looks like it blowed up Reeeal Goooood!

10 posted on 05/21/2004 8:09:41 PM PDT by teletech (Friends don't let friends vote DemocRAT!)

To: Ragtime Cowgirl

Thanks Ragtime Cowgirl.

I am sending links to the source to all the names in my address book.

I think it is a good idea to send info like this to as many folks we know, so they can get more POSITIVE info about the war in Iraq, not just what the MEDIA keeps smearing on TV about the prisoner abise crapola!

11 posted on 05/21/2004 8:18:36 PM PDT by Chieftain (To all who serve and support those who serve - thank you!)

To: Ragtime Cowgirl

Thanks, that last picture brought a smile to my face.

12 posted on 05/21/2004 8:18:41 PM PDT by NJJ

To: Ragtime Cowgirl

Oh! Wait! Thought you said 'Beach Party.'

Great pics, thanks!

13 posted on 05/21/2004 8:48:00 PM PDT by JennysCool

To: Ragtime Cowgirl

She blowed up! She blowed up real good.

14 posted on 05/21/2004 10:03:44 PM PDT by Valin (Hating people is like burning down your house to kill a rat)

To: cavtrooper21; blaster88; U S Army EOD; archy; Gringo1; Matthew James; Fred Mertz; Squantos; ...

15 posted on 05/21/2004 10:05:36 PM PDT by Cannoneer No. 4 (I've lost turret power; I have my nods and my .50. Hooah. I will stay until relieved. White 2 out.)

To: Ragtime Cowgirl

Fallujah and Najaf need that treatment.

16 posted on 05/21/2004 10:09:06 PM PDT by SAMWolf (I'm as confused as a baby in a topless bar.)

To: Ragtime Cowgirl

Ya' think ya used enough dynamite there, Butch? :-)

17 posted on 05/21/2004 10:13:16 PM PDT by Ramius (Fix! Bayonets!!!)

To: Ragtime Cowgirl

thanks for posting - we often forget about those non-destructable rockets laying around all over Iraq (and I say they're non-destructable because, of course, otherwise they would have been declared to the UN and previously destroyed lest we have liberated Iraq for false reasons ROFLMAO)

18 posted on 05/21/2004 10:19:38 PM PDT by Steven W.

To: Ragtime Cowgirl

Join the military and blow things up! :)I just love our guys!

19 posted on 05/21/2004 10:22:38 PM PDT by Libertina (This Tagline contains adult content and has been relocated to the Smokey Back Room.)

To: Cannoneer No. 4

...................:o)

20 posted on 05/21/2004 10:26:10 PM PDT by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)

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