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Poiuyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 10:29 AM Original message |
So how did suicide bombers get inside a military mess hall? |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
1. That's the million dollar question, ain't it? |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
2. I haven't been where I can get news, was it a Halliburton mess hall? |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 10:33 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. They were supposed to build it/fortify the position |
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tk2kewl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 10:38 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. how would a concrete building be better? |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 10:45 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Yes. but they still didn't do what they were paid for. |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 11:17 AM Response to Reply #4 |
37. A fortified concrete mess hall is being built |
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tk2kewl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
3. Unbelievable. A disgrace. |
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nostamj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
5. this morning on CNN |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
6. slim to none |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
7. Because |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
8. They were disguised as plastic turkeys, of course. |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
9. Haliburton Security Guards |
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Oversea Visitor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 10:43 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. He dress as a bush and ask a chimp to carry him in.... |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 10:53 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Heh! Welcome to DU! |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
11. My guess is that the bomber was somebody who worked on the base |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
14. Simple my friend |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
15. Here's what I don't understand |
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Oversea Visitor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 10:54 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Friendly Fire???? |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 11:06 AM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Most likely not |
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jayfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 12:47 PM Response to Reply #26 |
43. The Inside Actor May Also Have... |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 10:55 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. You're right about that... |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 11:08 AM Response to Reply #20 |
27. The lack of holes elsewhere tells me it was a rocket |
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quaoar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 11:05 AM Response to Reply #15 |
24. But |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 11:10 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Then... how come the inside of the tent doesn't look like a disco ball? |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 11:14 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. And why were only personnel close to the blast injured? |
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uncle ray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 01:11 PM Response to Reply #34 |
46. why do you so want it to be a rocket? |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 10:35 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. Because speculation is fun! |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 11:11 AM Response to Reply #24 |
31. I haven't heard of fragmental suicide bombers in Iraq |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 11:18 AM Response to Reply #15 |
38. Not necessarily burns... |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 12:05 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Pressure wave would have gone out, not up |
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jayfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 11:21 AM Response to Reply #15 |
39. Sounds Like ShrubCo. Decided... |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 12:08 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. My thought exactly |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
16. I Think The Military & Pentagon Has Underestimated. . . |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 10:57 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Yes. How would they know? Polls? |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 11:01 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Well, Here's What I Would Do |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 11:06 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Yes, the actual figures are DEFINITELY worse than they will ever admit. |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 11:15 AM Response to Reply #21 |
35. The last "poll" taken by Bremer in late spring |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 11:16 AM Response to Reply #21 |
36. Pentagon estimated 5,000 insurgents |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 11:23 AM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Then It's Probably 50,000 |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 12:50 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Try two million or more active and 20 million sympathizers |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 01:47 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. You May Very Well Be Right! |
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tk2kewl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 11:02 AM Response to Reply #16 |
23. I'll go you one further and say they mis-underestimated |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 11:11 AM Response to Reply #23 |
32. But Of Course! |
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bush_is_wacko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 11:13 AM Response to Reply #16 |
33. Very likely scenario! n/t |
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bullimiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
17. so you were wondering that one too? |
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pstans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
28. Secutrity? |
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bush_is_wacko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
30. Sounds to me like the Iraqi gaurds we are "training" were in that |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
45. What if troop morale is low? In that condition, somebody who was SUPPOSED |
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idiosyncratic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
48. In previous wars, troops didn't eat in mess halls where this could |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
49. We're looking at North Vietnamese/VC sapper tactics in action |
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democracyindanger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-04 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
51. This is why we should fight against |
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