Insurgents develop deadly new bombs

[ckramer]

Insurgents in Iraq have reached a new level of military sophistication by developing a bomb which penetrates heavily armoured vehicles, US commanders have admitted.

Recent roadside bombs have used a "shaped" charge which concentrates the blast, devastating some of the most heavily protected Humvees.

Insurgents have also developed a way to detonate bombs with infrared lasers rather than mobile phones, which can be jammed.

The refinements have fuelled a surge in US casualties, with roadside bombs alone responsible for at least 68 deaths since May, the highest toll over a two-month period since the guerrilla war began two years ago.

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[Parche]

1. new bombs

We have heavily armoured vehicles in Iraq?

[TheWraith]

8. Think armored hummers, and possibly tanks.

Previous bombs were mostly effective against the unarmored hummers and transport trucks that formed the bulk of the vehicle contingent over there.

[Javaman]

12. I have heard that the shaped charges

have been very effective against tanks.

I also heard that the gov't intentionally under report tank attacks. Not good for moral, don't you know.

[tk2kewl]

2. Boy, I wonder where they're getting all of these explosives from?

:eyes:

[bahrbearian]

5. From Sadams ammo bunkers we failed to secure.

[tk2kewl]

6. Ya think?

;)

[Igel]

3. So I wonder who taught them.

The Cole was blasted by a shaped charge.

[AllegroRondo]

4. This is not new

according to friends of mine in the Army, they have been using shaped charges for a long time - over a year at least.

[Ganja Ninja]

7. Shaped charges are nothing new.

We used them back in the 70's when I was in the Navy. They probably go back further, most likely to WWI or WWII.

[GregW]

9. Shaped charges were first used in war in 1940

But of course, to the MSM this is 'new'.

Heck, it's not even new to terrorists! Ref: the assasination of Herrhauseen (Deutsch Bank chairman) in 1989. The "new explosive" consisted of TNT, a sheet of copper, and a bicycle.

[formercia]

10. We and the Brits trained them

During the soviet-Afghan conflict, insurgents were trained to make improvised self-forging anti-tank mines that were very effective against Soviet MBT's, so a humvee is a creampuff in comparison.
It's like Pandora's Box, once you teach them how, everyone finds out how to do it.

[Javaman]

13. Give a man a grenade, he kills for a day...

Teach him how to make a grenade, he kills for a life time.
-Gospel according to rumspuke.

[Oversea Visitor]

11. Oops

More soldiers going to die for CHIMP LIE
Cant drag feet Bring Troops Home Now
Not Right for Soldier to die for lie

War against Iraq illegal
Iraq people wont give up
Iraq people will fight on
War cant be won
Not right for American boys and girls to keep dying
Republican Party will lose all seat in 2006
Republican Party must bring troops home

Or American people will spank you
Bush lie
Soldiers die
Soldiers should not die
For lie

You want to answer why you would not help to get Bush to answer
You got 3 choice
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Chimp dont want answered DSM

Now we wait
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You cant hide
You cant run
But you will lose
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Must be moron still in boat with you