AP: Anon Pentagon officials claim rockets used on Green Zone have 2007 Iranian manufacture dates

[sabra]

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/27/iraq/main3971693.shtml

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Pentagon officials said Thursday that weapons used in recent Green Zone attacks included 107mm rockets made in Iran. One official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the information, said some rockets were stamped with 2007 Iranian manufacture dates.

:nuke: :crazy:

[acmavm]

1. What brand are they I wonder. And is patent pending?

[TomInTib]

5. Ayatollah II.

You know, the kind with labels that are unaffected by detonation.

Allah is the glue that keeps 'em intact.

Jeebus...

[acmavm]

8. The bombs take a licking and the labels keep on sticking? Is that what

you mean?

[thunder rising]

11. There goes the gum!!!

[MaryCeleste]

10. You are assuming they all detonated

the failure rate might surprise you.

[thunder rising]

12. The idea that they would have a return address on them is surprising.

[MaryCeleste]

17. Lot markings etc are quite common, even rifle ammuntion often has some

Even car bomb components can be traced if there is time and patience.

[malaise]

20. You don't seriously believe this rubbish do you? n/t

[MaryCeleste]

22. No way to tell at this time

lets see what is shown.

Iran is a major light arms and ammunition maker and is exporting throughout the ME

[FogerRox]

30. Originally a Chinese design

[leftofcool]

2. Of course they do

[truedelphi]

3. Just in time for another SPRING WAR!

Oh boy, it's war time.

[GOPisEvil]

4. What? "Acme" is an Iranian brand now?

:eyes:

[Viva_La_Revolution]

6. Are the dates in the right format this time?

:eyes:

[Ichingcarpenter]

13. Remember the last ones that were faked?

I do!

[Viva_La_Revolution]

15. me too, vividly! nt

[chixydix]

7. Say what you want about those Iranians...they're real good at labelling their surreptitious weapons!

:crazy:

[MaryCeleste]

19. Nothing surriptious about them

With Hezbollah recently it was quite clear who claimed making them.

There is no downside for Iran for this. They look like heroes to some in the ME, and the rest does not matter

[truth2power]

9. Iranian manufacture dates?? This is my take on that..

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Monkeyman and his Dick should burn in Hell!

[FogerRox]

31. Painted in English ?

[nadinbrzezinski]

14. Flashback

to Cambodia...

[musette_sf]

16. ... not fine munitions like those supplied to our allies!

like Beavis and Butt-Head here have bilked We The Taxpayers, via Bu$hCo, out of to the tune of $300 million:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/27/world/asia/27ammo.html?_r=1&ex=1364270400&en=c04d358a662752c5&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin

[frazzled]

18. And all we give the Iraqi defense forces are those crappy Chinese duds from the 1960s

We paid over $300,000,000 (that's a third of a trillion dollars) to that juvenile delinquent and his masseur friend in Miami to send fizzled out munitions from Mao-era China to the Iraqi forces we're suposed to be training to stand up to the insurgents.

And the insurgents get the quality Iranian stuff. I guess we really do want to be there for 100 years.

[malaise]

21. LOL

That was mind blowing. Did they send them to Iraq or Afghanistan?

[sabra]

23. I believe primarily Afghanistan and some to Iraq...

[malaise]

28. Thanks n/t

[musette_sf]

26. both Iraq and Afghanistan

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/27/world/asia/27ammo.html?_r=1&ex=1364270400&en=c04d358a662752c5&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin

i think they are in the "George W. Bush Mentor Program", helping young men to walk in the weaving, stumbling footsteps of Chucklenuts.

[malaise]

27. LOL

:rofl:

[sabra]

29. good stuff!

:thumbsup:

[truedelphi]

35. 100 yrs of war equates to 100 yrs of profit. n/t

[morgan2]

24. iranian missles cheney just dropped off?

[uppityperson]

25. So?

[HuffleClaw]

32. funny how they try to make it seem like they didn't want anyone to know

this blatant anti-iran stuff is shameful

[magellan]

33. If the information is so sensitive, why is Anonymous Official blabbing it?

I fully expect to see BushCo on tv tomorrow telling us this guy will be hunted down and court martialed/water boarded/drummed out of the military for leaking secret information.

/sarcasm

[nadinbrzezinski]

34. tsk, tsk, you know the answer

:-)

Of course things are getting so bad we may see choppers, worst case, leaving

On the plus side, I think that would stop the Iran war