Troops swim against sea of Iraqi munitions

[bemildred]

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Inspectors had little luck finding weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, but when it comes to the ordinary kind — mortars, rockets, guns and bullets — U.S. forces can barely deal with all they recover.

In the past three weeks alone, at least 20 major weapons caches have been discovered around the country, including one containing 60 rockets, 88 mortar rounds, two dozen rocket- propelled grenades (RPGs) and a French guided missile.

That came two days after an underground bunker the size of six football fields was uncovered near Baghdad, stuffed with artillery rounds, mortars, machineguns and AK-47s.

The finds are touted as a success by U.S. forces, although at the same time there is little sign that insurgents opposed to the U.S. presence in Iraq, and bent on overthrowing the government, are running out of weapons. Attacks continue daily.

Reuters

[saigon68]

1. THE SAUDIS WILL SUPPLY THEM WITH ALL THEY WANT

[rocktivity]

2. And don't forget the 350 TONS of ammunition

that DISAPPEARED from under the U.S. forces' noses!

:headbang:
rocknation

[pie]

3. As the US gets weaker, our enemies will grow bolder

There may be more than a few countries
mulling the possibility of hitting back at the
US through supplying Iraq. NK, Syria, Russia, Iran,
perhaps even China.
(And I certainly would not put it past Sharon
to supply Iraq with weapons - what better way to keep
the battle raging?)

[Oversea Visitor]

4. Sorry Arm embargo in force

Only Carlye allow to sell

[BrotherBuzz]

5. Many Ho Chi Minh trails will emerge in the near future

It appears all roads lead to Iraq, the Cradle of Civilization. Need I remind Bushco of Iran, Syria, Russia, China....the list is long.

[bushisanidiot]

8. Yes, the weapons they bought from the AWOL Bush admin.

they're killing our troops with our own weapons..

well.. at least Cha-ching-Cheney's Halliburton stock keeps going up.

craziness..

[leftchick]

6. brilliant assessment here...

~snip~

"Iraq sometimes seems like just one big weapons dump," said Lt. Ronald Flesvig, a U.S. naval officer in Baghdad who deals with weapons cache issues.

"I don't know when we'll get closer to the end of it all, there's just so much. It's almost impossible to say."


... I notice there is NO mention in the article of the hundreds of tons of explosives that went UNSECURED for months and were looted.

[political_aware]

7. In 1/04

An American general said there were 695,000 TONS of munitions unacounted for. That's 7 aircraft carriers. So much for "shock and awe".

[Igel]

9. Qaaqaa had some nasty stuff.

But the sea of arms caches that were hidden all over Iraq was something else entirely. Would have taken a couple of divisions just to secure them all, even *if* we knew where they were all located.

Not WMD, but MWD: mass weapons of destruction. (In an attempt to be witty

[underpants]

10. *** BOOM! ***

U.S. soldiers watch from a safe distance as they detonate a controlled explosion to destroy captured weapons near the Iraqi city of Tikrit in this November 2003 file photo. Inspectors had little luck finding weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, but when it comes to the ordinary kind -- mortars, rockets, guns and bullets -- U.S. forces can barely deal with all they recover. Photo by Staff/Reuters

"People need to be very careful about what they say, just as they need to be careful about what they do." -D.Rumsfeld

[saigon68]

11. WOW that's one hell of an explosion

[ngGale]

12. Sure nuff - and probably with our own ammo ...

n't