Iran 'supplies infra-red bombs' that kill British troops in Iraq

[emad]

Iran 'supplies infra-red bombs' that kill British troops in Iraq
By Toby Harnden, Chief Foreign Correspondent
(Filed: 21/08/2005)

British soldiers in Iraq are being killed by advanced "infra-red" bombs supplied by Iran that defeat jamming equipment, according to military intelligence officials.

The "passive infra-red" devices, whose use in Iraq is revealed for the first time by The Sunday Telegraph, are detonated when the beam is broken, as when an intruder triggers a burglar alarm. They were used by the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group against Israel in Lebanon from 1995.

A radio signal is used to arm the bomb as a target vehicle approaches. The next object to break the infra-red beam - the target vehicle - detonates the device.

Coalition officials see the disturbing development as a key part of an aggressive new campaign by Teheran to drive coalition forces out of Iraq so that an Islamic theocracy can be established.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/08/21/wiran21.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/08/21/ixnewstop.html

[wakeme2008]

1. ZZZZZZZ the Rove and Cheney noise machine at

work.

In the last 3 months only 6 Brit have been killed.

[Newsjock]

2. Another fake story planted in the foreign media

Then Drudge picks it up, then O'Reilly, and then the Washington Times. Then it becomes a story on Faux News, and then some stooge reporter asks Scott McClellan about it. And 12 days later, a story saying "no evidence of infrared bombs found" appears on Page A27 of the Washington Post.

They really must go home and laugh themselves silly after pulling crap like this.

[madeline_con]

3. Beam breaking is new technology????

Garage doors have it to prevent squishing toddlers and lawn equipment.

How "sophisticated" a "mastermind" does one have to be to use it to detonate a bomb?

Iraqis didn't have garage door openers before the invasion? They had to get the technology from Iran. Right....

[okieinpain]

16. that's what I was thinking. what so advanced about that.

[Robeson]

22. State sponsored garage door technology....

...What will they come up with next? Let me guess, "some bombs have metal in them. Clearly the Iranians have introduced metal to the Iraqis"....

[maddezmom]

4. the Iraqi's are on their way to an Islamic theocracy will US help

this story makes no sense.

[bribri16]

5. They don't need to drive US out for a theocracy. They can get it without

having the US leave. The US will back a theocracy because that's what they want here and we will sell our children to be able to claim victory in Iraq...it's the new Bush "mission accomplished" mentality.

[Swamp Rat]

6. More posts from Lord Black's Telegraph? n/t

:eyes:

[Canuckistanian]

7. Iranis are making "mom-and-apple-pie" seeking missiles

Very effective. Also able to target a Coors Light from 150kM.

[Skink]

8. Let the bombing begin...

:nuke:

[BillZBubb]

9. Are the sheeple simple enough to buy this crap again??????

Anyone can buy "passive infra-red" devices at Home Depot. Geez. Maybe the Iraqis aren't total morans and are figuring out how to make better weapons?

C'mon sheeple get a friggin clue for once.

[Strelnikov_]

10. "This Story Has Been Temporarily Suspended"

Link result at 11:20 AM CDT

Guess they are reconsidering. Or maybe it was not to be rolled out until after a Brit vehicle was hit by an IED.

[emad]

11. Just noticed that. Maybe it was a counter-intelligence

bait to lure something out of the murky......

[AlCzervik]

12. The author seems to enjoy war, this one

here is an article he wrote some time ago.
http://www.worldsecuritynetwork.com/showArticle3.cfm?article_id=11155

[bahrbearian]

13. Breaking News.. U.S Supplied Stinger Missiles that killed Russians.

On other News U.S supplied Biological and Chemical agents that Killed Iranians.

[Robeson]

24. Yes, but those were Freedom Weapons. That means when they killed....

...they killed for Liberty! See the difference? See it? See it? Huh?

[TexasLawyer]

29. good point

[soulcore]

14. "This story has been temporarily suspended"

hmmm ... i wonder why?

[jim3775]

15. Let me guess, Kurt Weldon is the source n/t

[hnsez]

17. Its a garage door sensor made by Sears in the US & "smuggled" through Iran

[soda]

18. invisable to the human eye?

But looking thru night vision goggles it would shout out

[AlCzervik]

20. "invisable to the human eye?" Just like Saddam's WMD's

but the rightwing swears to God they're there somewhere.

[Fovea]

19. The Iraqi resistance

has now reached a level of sophistication hitherto only seen at the Sears home appliances dept.

[soda]

21. dumb testing

OK so were dumb but not that dumb

[daleo]

23. The good old reliable Telegraph

Always dependable when it comes to ramping up war fever - even without Conrad Black.

[struggle4progress]

25. The paper is crapwrap. eom

[wli]

26. Who is Toby Harnden? Who owns the Telegraph?

This story is pure bullcrap. Time to follow the money to find the Vast Right Wing Conspirators involved.

[Barrett808]

33. Isn't the Telegraph part of Hollinger / Conrad Black? n/t

[Barrett808]

34. 'This story has been temporarily suspended' -- currently posted

Iran 'supplies infra-red bombs' that kill British troops in Iraq
By Toby Harnden, Chief Foreign Correspondent
(Filed: 21/08/2005)

This story has been temporarily suspended

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/08/21/wiran21.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/08/21/ixnewstop.html

Hmm.

[sphincter]

27. Strange....

So it is completely unthinkable that there might be the equivalent of Radio Shack in Iraq?
Well, I guess a country that doesn't have "Democracy(tm)" and "Freedom(tm)" can't possibly have any advanced technology.

It does sound like they are gearing up to gain support for an invation of Iran.

[PatriotGames]

28. New for a country like Iran.

[PsychoDad]

30. It would be in the best interests of Iran

To supply the resistance to keep the US Crusaders bogged down in Iraq, thus forcing them to abandon any invasion plans for Iran.

Just practicing Bush's "fight them thar so's we don't have ta fight them here" policy.

Sweet Irony?

[NYC]

31. This sentence makes no sense

considering Bush & Co. have said a theocracy is okay with them. Anything to meet Bush's deadline.

...Coalition officials see the disturbing development as a key part of an aggressive new campaign by Teheran to drive coalition forces out of Iraq so that an Islamic theocracy can be established...

[jsamuel]

32. and they say it is coming from Iran? That is not a complicated thing and

could come from anywhere! making stuff up again?