Army Finds Huge Weapons Cache
12.20.05Yahoo News
ZUWAD KHALAF, Iraq
Tue Dec 20, 7:14 PM ETU.S. soldiers in the northern Iraqi desert dug up more than 1,000 aging rockets and missiles wrapped in plastic, some of which were buried as recently as two weeks ago, Army officials said Tuesday.
Commanders in the 101st Airborne Division said an Iraqi tipped them off to the buried weapons, perhaps an indication that residents in this largely Sunni Arab region about 150 miles north of Baghdad are beginning to warm up to coalition forces.
“The tide is turning,” said 2nd Lt. Patrick Vardaro, 23, of Norwood, Mass., a platoon leader in the division’s 187th Infantry Regiment. “It’s better to work with Americans than against us.”
And I say ‘hell yea’ to that. For every single bomb we find, it’s one less to be used against our soldiers, and Iraqi citizens. Good work soldiers.
Arms flow is terrible to the insurgents.
# December 21st, 2005 at 4:03 amMan, that’s great. I bet there are still many bombs to be found
# December 21st, 2005 at 12:17 pmHeh, it’s always been better to work with americans than against them!
# December 21st, 2005 at 7:32 pmToo bad the ammo is “aging,” else we could use the damn stuff against the bastards. Oh well, it’s still welcome news.
# December 25th, 2005 at 9:47 pm