My son tells me he doesn't go anywhere without his girl "Painless". A M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW). This is the weapon he re-trained with in Fort Hood.
God bless.
Posted on 12/03/2004 11:18:53 PM PST by yonif
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) A large explosion and machine gun fire rocked Baghdad's Green Zone on Saturday, sending a black cloud of smoke into the air.
The explosion occurred at about 9:30 a.m. near the area that houses the offices of the interim Iraqi government and several foreign missions, including the U.S. Embassy.
''The explosion was a very large one, but at this stage we don't know what it was yet that caused it,'' U.S. Embassy spokesman Bob Callahan said.
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Have they reported if any Americans are among the casualties?
Stay safe!
Update from Israeli media: It was a car bomb, US embassy spokesperson says. Embassy near area. There are casualties. No Americans being reported as hit.
They missed.
Actually, I'm not in the Green Zone. I'm in the lower part of the Sunni Triangle. (Northern Baghdad.)
Doesn't that ease your mind? ;-)
In the event of a WMD attack by terrorists on the U.S. homeland or U.S. military facilities overseas, the U.S will immediately and without discussion use its immense nuclear weapons capabilities to destroy the 100 largest Islamic cities on earth, regardless of state, and destroy all of the military facilities of Islamic-dominated states. This will include all of the capitals and at least the 10 largest cities of all Islamic-dominated states and the "holy" cities of Mecca and Medina. In addition, North Korean cities and military installations will be destroyed. Now suddenly everybody from Casablanca, Cairo, Damascus, Riyadh, Tehran, Islamabad, Pyongyang and Jakarta have skin in the game. The last thing they want would be a WMD attack on the U.S. It would mean certain destruction of their societies. They might even be motivated to actually and feverishly work against Islamic terrorism instead of the tepid lip service they currently give. Those "freedom fighters" currently being cheered in the streets would be transformed to deadly threats in the very societies that spawned them.
IMOHO
CNN radio news just reported no casualties. Suicide car bomb.
"Actually, I'm not in the Green Zone. I'm in the lower part of the Sunni Triangle."
GOOD GRIEF! Do your cats know that?!
I relocated up here a few months ago and forgot to tell them. :-) (I'm going to see my kitties soon!)
If they're anything like my cats, you were afraid to tell them! ;) Glad you'll be reunited with them soon.
Fox just reported no coalition casualties.
Attack thwarted?
No. 6 Iraqi policemen killed....60 Iraqis, thought to be policemen, injured.
One report had 12 people killed.
But I wonder if they include the suicide bomber or bombers inside the car [I saw a report this was a car bomb or multiple car bombs].
Fox News has a report coming up. Bob Sellars stated that at least 7 were killed.
Fox report, David Piper, homicide car bomber. Thought to be targeting police station at perimeter of green zone. Followed a police car into checkpoint and detonated. 13 Iraqis killed in Baghdad AND Mosul. Piper went back to 6 killed in Baghdad in his report.
I getting angrier by the day that we don't pound these bastards into the sand every time they assault us. Every bombing should be met with an immediate MOAB. Let their women and children suffer with them. Then maybe the Iraqis will turn against those who are doing this and we will start to find bodies hanging from poles without their heads.
If we don't get serious with this war, it will be certainly turn into a quagmire. This has to be firmly under control by 2008. The American people are tiring of this war. Both those that wanted it and want it won, and those that didn't want it. This can't be a campaign issue again in 2008.
It is the Liberal media that are tying our hands. Anything we do they will be there to make the worst of it. If my son gets killed because of it, I'm going to take it personally.
Hang in there Search.....we're gonna get through this. Prayers for your son going up now....along with a good friend of mine doing civilian work there....inside the green zone.....
My son tells me he doesn't go anywhere without his girl "Painless". A M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW). This is the weapon he re-trained with in Fort Hood.
God bless.
That is non-trivial intelligence, but possible.
There is a heat signature given off by a car engine while it is driving.
There are certain types of Intel that needs to be invented. The moral of Heartbreak Ridge is important -- we must improvise.
Computers can do this. There may be also something that can be computer derived by the pattern of the car -- speed, turns, etc. -- mode of operation.
It might be possible to determine potential cars, and force them to stop by inadvertently blowing tires on the car.
If a car is carrying 400 pounds of C4 or something like that -- it may have a signature of some sort.
This should be a priority for the Intels.
Blowing tires at a key point might prematurely detonate the car -- by putting wine bones in the road [Intels can figure out what wine bones if they are clever.
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