Iraqi Man stops US Soliders..points them to Explosives

When signs are better than words!

from JoeUser Forums
 
BAGHDAD, Iraq – With the help of a local national’s tip, MND-B Soldiers located an ammunition cache Feb. 9 north of An Najaf in the An Najaf Province.
 
While conducting a combat patrol, elements of the 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division were stopped by a man holding a sign that read “Stop” in English and had a likeness of a bomb drawn on the sign.
 
The man directed the patrol to the cache, which was wrapped in plastic and buried in a field near a house.
The cache consisted of 71 100mm HE rounds, four weapons, eight 122mm rounds and five 115mm HEAT rounds.
 
“Cooperation like this is what will help the Iraqis defeat the insurgency,” said Capt. Pablo Diaz, commander, Battery B, 3-16 FA.
 
An Explosive Ordnance Disposal team was dispatched to the site of the cache and cleared the cache.
 
Now for those of you that don't know anything about explosives. A "100mm HE Round" is a fairly large artillary shell. The HE stands for "High Explosive". The 122mm is even larger. These are the types of shells being used in most of the IEDs and VBIEDs. I just love the Iraqi mans way of getting the American Soldiers attention, it would work with me too!
 

 

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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top
Excellent story!  I am glad we do get to hear them from somewhere, even if the ones who should be reporting them are failing to do so.
Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
Cooperation is the only way to beat the insurgents. Eventually, there won't be any more US people there, and the Iraqis will be all on their own. These types of stories give me hope for that future.
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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
Please don;t get me wrong, I hate Bush,
but i am really happy when I do hear positive things like this from over there.
Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top
The goal in war is to deny the enemy the ability to continue the fight. With this action this Iraqi identified who his enemy really is AND helped greatly to deny that enemy the ability to continue killing his countrymen for no other reason than the love of killing.
Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top

Please don;t get me wrong, I hate Bush,
but i am really happy when I do hear positive things like this from over there.

That is because you are Honest and a good man.

Reply #6 from JoeUser Forums Top

Reply By: JythierPosted: Monday, February 13, 2006
Cooperation is the only way to beat the insurgents. Eventually, there won't be any more US people there, and the Iraqis will be all on their own. These types of stories give me hope for that future.

Thank you for being honest and giving your honest opinion, that shows you have more honor than most of our politicians and representatives.. And its OK to dislike someone, there are many I dislke, as long as you are honest about. Thanks SushiK, by even reading my blog post on these types of items you show me you are willing at least to listen to items that should be of interest to more Americans. You move up my ladder of honest people.

Reply #7 from JoeUser Forums Top
Thanks SushiK, by even reading my blog post on these types of items you show me you are willing at least to listen to items that should be of interest to more Americans. You move up my ladder of honest people.


Hey I have always said, I am neither Red nor Blue; I just call them as I see them.
Please continue to post stories like these since they rarely make it to larger news sources. They are the only thing that DOES give me hope there is light at the end of the tunnel for our boys and girls.

And then comes Iran
Reply #8 from JoeUser Forums Top