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for people who were following the war (taken from gc board)
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| Ste |
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/mai...2/07/wirq07.xml
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The devices, which were known by Iraqi officers as "the secret weapon", were made in Iraq and designed to be launched by hand-held rocket-propelled grenades. They could also have been launched sooner than the 45-minutes claimed in the dossier.
"Forget 45 minutes," said Col al-Dabbagh "we could have fired these within half-an-hour."
Local commanders were told that they could use the weapons only on the personal orders of Saddam. "We were told that when the war came we would only have a short time to use everything we had to defend ourselves, including the secret weapon," he said.
The only reason that these weapons were not used, said Col al-Dabbagh, was because the bulk of the Iraqi army did not want to fight for Saddam. "The West should thank God that the Iraqi army decided not to fight," he said.
"If the army had fought for Saddam Hussein and used these weapons there would have been terrible consequences."
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| UglyDave |
hand-held rocket propelled grenades?
doesn't sound that deadly..
sounds in cool though :)
i want one :) |
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| Ste |
| quote: | Originally posted by UglyDave
hand-held rocket propelled grenades?
doesn't sound that deadly..
sounds in cool though :)
i want one :) |
no the weapons were WMD designed to be fired from a RPG type device |
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| UglyDave |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ste
no the weapons were WMD designed to be fired from a RPG type device |
ah rite.. kinna lost it's appeal..
"hand-held rocket propelled grenades" .. like something action man should have :) |
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| mentalbarter |
hmmm
i wonder what deal this iraqi colonel has been offered by the government to say this stuff
trying to cover themselves for that fanciful 45 min dossier claim |
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| dj_mdma |
| haha this reminds me of Starship Troopers where they have those nuclear bazooka's! They were quality!! :cool: |
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| Ste |
| quote: | Originally posted by dj_mdma
haha this reminds me of Starship Troopers where they have those nuclear bazooka's! They were quality!! :cool: |
:haha: :stongue: yeah! |
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| Cru5ad3r |
| Ud be hard pushed to throw a nuclear grenade far enough to not wipe you out as well :sadgreen: |
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| Coup |
| quote: | Originally posted by dj_mdma
haha this reminds me of Starship Troopers where they have those nuclear bazooka's! They were quality!! :cool: |
shame the rest of the film was tho :p |
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| magnasoma |
| It's lucky the yank forces didn't have Nuke RPG's (a concept that sounds well stupid btw), there'd be no allied forces or news crews left. |
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| Dumba |
| yeh and all the iraqi's wud be alive :rolleyes: |
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| DJ Mikey Mike |
Ah time to drag this pic up again ;)
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