soldier brings missile launcher home from Iraq – lucky kids find new toy

[pruner]

Missile Launcher From Iraq Handed Over To Brooklyn Police

NOVEMBER 10TH, 2003

A shoulder-fired missile from Iraq was turned over to police in Brooklyn Monday morning.

A concerned passer-by saw some children playing with the launcher – which did not contain a missile – and took it to the 62nd Precinct station house in Gravesend. The NYPD Bomb Squad was called, and determined the launcher was inoperable and did not present a danger, because once it is used, it cannot be reloaded and used again.

Police say an American soldier brought the weapon back from the war in Iraq and gave it to a friend, who ended up throwing it away. The children found it in the trash, police say.

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[TexasMexican]

1. Pretty ungrateful friend...

if he just threw it away.