Marines in Falluja Find Rebel Leader's Arsenal, in a Mosque [massive supply dwarves 100s others]

New York Times ^ | Nov 24, 2004 | ROBERT F. WORTH

[FrankRepublican]

The U.S. Military working hard at a thankless job while being attacked by terrorists and the Liberal news media.

They should bulldoze this terrorist leaders house like the Israelis do.

[fso301]

On the top floor of the mosque were nine artillery shells, mixed in with boxes of tile. In the back of the compound was an ice cream truck, its sides colorfully decorated with orange, red and blue popsicles. Inside it was packed with rocket-propelled grenades and bomb-making materials.

"This was probably a traveling I.E.D. factory," General Natonski said, using the military term for improvised explosive devices, or homemade bombs.

Why am I thinking it was no travelling IED factory but rather a truck bomb indended to lure a large crowd of children up to it before going off?

[1rudeboy]

Particularly the fact that Mr. Lehman's "500 Ship Navy" had given such short shrift to such unglamorous vessels as minesweepers.

Remember the footage of those sailors standing at the bow with a M-14?

[Ben Hecks]

Thanks for the link to the pix.

[JustDoItAlways]

Anyone notice how the number of daily car bombings have fallen off?

Continue the sweep, drive them into a new killing zone and let our boys go.

Trials. We don't need no trials. We don't need no stinkin' trials.

[xone]

'used as a transitive verb: to cause to appear small by comparison.'

I'm going to the mattresses..dictionary. How about just using "'dwarfs'100s others". You may be right, that clause needs a verb, so they used a pluralnounverbform.

[Mike Fieschko]

How about just using "'dwarfs'100s others".

Thanks. We're both right, and yours is shorter, so better for the [...].

[Happy2BMe]

BEYOND THE WILDEST EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT YOU CAN FIND IN A MOSQUE THESE DAYS - FALLUJAH PING.

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"We knew there would be ordnance," said Lt. General Richard Natonski, the Marine commander who planned the American strike here, "but what we found exceeded our wildest expectations."

General Natonski took a tour of the Janabi mosque several hours after it was discovered this morning by a company of marines from the Third Battalion, Fifth Regiment. The mosque, in a residential area just north of the main east-west artery known as Highway 10, included at least a dozen brick outbuildings packed with bombs, guns, rocket-propelled grenades, and ammunition.

The diversity of the weapons surprised the officers here: in the street outside, a ship mine stood in a puddle.

Just inside the mosque compound was an aluminum shed full of mortars and TNT. Like many weapons depots in Falluja, it had been wired to explode, and had to be carefully dismantled by an American explosives team.

Inside the compound was a document explaining how to destroy tanks using rocket-propelled grenades. General Natonski picked up a white pilot's helmet among the mortars and gazed wonderingly at it.

[Happy2BMe]

I like the way this Marine thinks . .

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"If you were a glass merchant in this city - ," he said. The men laughed, and there was a pause. General Natonski looked up and smiled. "Who would have thought three or four weeks ago we'd be sitting in Janabi's living room?" he said.

[SunkenCiv]

And even "Pop Goes The Weasel" gets tiresome after a couple of miles.

[Squantos]

Those folks are kickin butt in a right proper manner and for that I am grateful and will set a place at my dinner table tomorrow for those in harms way who could'nt be home with their family and friends. We do that every year as my parents did it for me and my brother while we were active duty so we continue the tradition.

BTW........

In 90/91 during Desert Shiled & Desert Storm a Butcher Shop in Washington state had sent a bunch of care packages to the any Soldier , Sailor ,Airman ,Marine program. They continue to do so today. Some of the very best jerky one can get anywhere. I finally tracked down the guy and his wife today and would like all to at least call him and thank him as his family owned business is still doing it for GI's deployed today !

Owens Meats
502 E 1st Street, Cle Elum, WA 98922
(509) 674-2530

Ask for Don Owens ! Send some to your troops !!

Stay safe !!

[kalee]

How long before TROP sympathizers protest our soldiers being in this mosque with their boots on? I say any mosque found with weapons inside is a military site and should be leveled.

[tarator]

The Iraqi government needs to get it out - loud and clear - that the insurgents are routinely using mosques as weapons sites and sniper areas. If the Iraqi people know who it is that's really desecrating the mosques, maybe it will help turn public opinion against the insurgents.

Huh? A mosque is not desecrated if weapons and ammo are stored in it. Where did you get that idea? In fact serving as an ammo dump is an essential function of a mosque.

[Only1choice____Freedom]

I hope it was "Turkey in the straw" for Bush's benefit.

[Waco]

Don't worry the MSM will say NOTHING of these "Holy Places" being used a arsenals.

[onyx]

I like your family's tradition.
I know I've already told you I
am also going to set a place at
my dinner table for those in harm's
way tomorrow too.

[SunkenCiv]

Haw haw haw.

[Ben Chad]

Sweet

[Squantos]

Kool ! If ya have a second and a spare dime try to send a little business to Mr Owens as he helped me and my guys in Desert Storm. We could just take so many MRE's and at the 6th month of em we got two big packages from the states. One was the beef jerky made by Mr Owens and the other was 2 dozen fruit cakes from Corsicana Texas !

Girl were we sick !..........:o)

We had real food to snack on and I thank these people for what they did for us.

If ya can ....:o)

Stay safe !

[Rightwing Conspiratr1]

Their manic episode subsided with Kerry's defeat. They're now in a depressive cycle. Heck they probably don't view this article as good news.

Interesting observation. I've always thought the MSM was as a collective organism, hopelessly bipolar.