19 tons of explosives found in Iraq

[babylonsister]

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL2026497320071020

19 tons of explosives found in Iraq
Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:55am EDT


BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. forces in Iraq discovered nearly 19 tons of explosives in a weapons cache north of Baghdad this week, one of the biggest finds of its kind, the U.S. military said on Saturday.

The cache was discovered west of Tarmiya, some 30 km (19 miles) northwest of the capital Baghdad, in Salahuddin province where Sunni Arab militants have a strong presence.

The find was made up of 41,000 lbs of ammonium nitrate and 35 mortar bombs. U.S. forces destroyed the cache.

"It's a crippling blow against the enemy, it's really huge," said Peggy Kageleiry, a spokeswoman for U.S. forces in northern Iraq.

Car and truck bombs are used on almost a daily basis by militants in Iraqis targeting U.S. and Iraqi security forces and civilians.

In the deadliest attack this year, 520 people were killed in August when two suicide bombers drove two garbage trucks packed with explosives into two villages in northwestern Iraq.

[annabanana]

1. Perhaps it's some fraction of the stuff they lost at Al Qaqua. . .

Or any one of the dozens of weapons dumps that were found and not guarded....

[uppityperson]

8. great minds think alike. eom

[tabasco]

13. A small fraction, unfortunately.

Tommy Franks handed hundreds of tons of this stuff to the insurgents.

Totally inexcusable because Franks knew about the ammo dumps BEFORE the invasion but failed to give orders to secure them.

[Strelnikov_]

15. The good stuff, too

Kinda like raiding Tommy Chong's stash after the cops have hauled him off for selling bongs.

On a serious note, after nearly five years, I wonder how much of what was looted at Al Qaqua is still undetonated.

[B Calm]

20. .

[BobRossi]

2. Only 100,000 tons to go!

Hurray for shrub! Rah Rah!

[Cha]

3. "The enemy"? That would

be Iraqis?

[gateley]

14. I was wondering the same thing. nt

[TwilightGardener]

4. Good for them--someone was planning a whole lot of death and destruction, apparently.

[jaysunb]

5. Let me guess....

they were labeled : MADE IN IRAN :evilfrown:

[karlrschneider]

7. And "Application to crops may result in increased growth"

:eyes:

[jaysunb]

9. Sounds like "bullshit" to me.

:rofl:

[karlrschneider]

10. And that's even BETTER fertilizer!

:D

[karlrschneider]

6. 41000 lb. of NH4NO3 is 20.5 tons of fertilizer - where did 19 come from????

But Peggy is impressed, "it's HUGE"....she can't even fucking spell "hugh" :evilgrin:

[dipsydoodle]

11. Metric tonnes I guess

rounded up from about 18.6 ? :shrug:

[madrchsod]

12. that`s four medium straight trucks

i wonder why they had 41,000 lbs in one place? poor planning i guess

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

16. Oh, Bravo!!! Another gloriious victory showing we won in Iraq!!!

:party: :sarcasm:

[eppur_se_muova]

17. So ... unf*cking a small part of your own f*ckup now counts as a "crippling blow"?

Something's getting blown, that's for sure.

[B Calm]

19. Careful there, some here in DU might call you a conspiracy theorist!

[KoKo]

18. They've been looking for parts of those WMD for so long...glad they found some...

:eyes: :sarcasm: More shit propaganda from the Bush OSP.

[shadowknows69]

21. Another crippling blow to the enemy

The enemy must have a stronger spine than superman and more legs than a squid.