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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-05 10:20 PM Original message |
NYT: Iraqi Rebels Refine Bomb Skills, Pushing Toll of G.I.'s Higher |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-05 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
1. Armored vehicles don't seem to help that much anymore: |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 11:05 AM Response to Reply #1 |
13. 3000 ponds of stuff will pretty much wreck any vehicle. |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-05 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
2. maybe our military should have secured those explosives |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-05 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
3. So be it. This is what happens when you launch an unprovoked invasion |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-05 10:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Sorry, but "so be it" seems rather flippant when it is our soldiers getting |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 12:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. At least you don't hate the troops. |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-05 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
4. Gee, a sign of awakening! |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-05 11:10 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. An oversight, a slip-up, not significant. |
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pie (782 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 11:03 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. I thought al Sadr was a radical Islamic FIREBRAND |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 12:50 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Ah, shit, I forgot. |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 05:55 AM Response to Original message |
7. no no no, this is wrong! |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 06:27 AM Response to Original message |
8. infrared lasers? they must have to wear infrared visual equipment to see |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 06:59 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Not necessarily |
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pie (782 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 11:00 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Detonation with an infrared laser? How does that work? |
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reprobate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 11:08 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Probably the simplest would be a photodetector diode with an IR filter, |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-05 01:16 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. The simplest device |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 07:21 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. We did lose track of $9 billion over there. |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-05 01:34 AM Response to Reply #10 |
22. so we're fighting insurgents fueled with US Treasury dollars? |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-05 04:02 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Yep. Great isn't it? |
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RedEarth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
15. Iraqi Rebels Refine Bomb Skills, Pushing Toll of G.I.'s Higher |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 11:11 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. How about they simply admit defeat & leave? |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 11:11 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Instead they will spend more money |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-22-05 11:11 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Dupe |
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