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BREAKING Explosions heard in #Iraq Green Zone (Arabiya). Mayadeen (pro Iran) reporting Roc
Posted on 1/8/20 at 3:07 pm
Posted on 1/8/20 at 3:07 pm
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@TheNationalUAE
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BREAKING: Explosions heard in #Iraq Green Zone (Arabiya). Mayadeen (pro Iran) reporting Rocket attacks at moment.
Not ONE night in 2020 has passed in Iraq without attacks
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Posted on 1/8/20 at 3:08 pm to Shane4689
Seeing reports they were katyusha rockets
Posted on 1/8/20 at 3:08 pm to Shane4689
What does it mean?
Posted on 1/8/20 at 3:11 pm to Shane4689
MSN reporting 2 rockets hit green zone on Iraq.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 3:11 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
I assume it's the 107. They've been firing them bitches pretty much non-stop for the last fifteen years.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 3:12 pm to Rebel
Based on the description, this is stuff rooted in WWII era Soviet tech.
Which probably means Iran gave it to the militias.
Which probably means Iran gave it to the militias.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 3:13 pm to Shane4689
Media is getting stiff in the pants over this, I'm sure. But they'll need to calm down.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 3:14 pm to Shane4689
There are still militia groups active in Iraq that don't just disappear after US and Iran decide to deescalate.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 3:15 pm to AbuTheMonkey
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I assume it's the 107.
Who dat?
Posted on 1/8/20 at 3:16 pm to teke184
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Based on the description, this is stuff rooted in WWII era Soviet tech.
Watch out. You gonna get called out for “defending Iran” with that kind of talk.
so I got downvoted and told I’m defending Iran the other day for laughing at the use of katyusha and saying they’ve been using them for years and now I get downvoted again Oh poly board. Never change.
This post was edited on 1/8/20 at 4:16 pm
Posted on 1/8/20 at 3:22 pm to Rammin TX
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I assume it's the 107.
Who dat?
Chinese-made 107mm rockets have been the rocket of choice of third-world insurgents for several decades now. They were ubiquitous in Iraq - it's not an exaggeration that there are (or were) tens or hundreds of thousands of those things floating around Iraq.
Almost every rocket attack that I experienced was with 107's. They usually aren't very destructive - among other reasons, our CRAM systems are good - and serve as much of a symbolic purpose as actually trying to hit and hurt Americans. I am pretty sure there have been at least a half a dozen if not more such attacks on Americans there just in the last month; it was a daily occurrence during certain periods of the war (and they shot all the damn time at the Embassy and GZ), as well.
In other words, kind of a big ol' yawn.
This post was edited on 1/8/20 at 3:23 pm
Posted on 1/8/20 at 3:22 pm to Rebel
The old Katyusha rockets are WWII-era... literally just point and shoot... no guidance systems, highly inaccurate, basically like rocket mortars. I think the range for them is about 2 to 3 miles, but not sure about that.
These are the things Hezbollah has been using for DECADES... always shooting into Israel. That's why they will shoot 100 rockets and hit one house and kill two people. Complete luck if they hit anything they're aiming at.
These are the things Hezbollah has been using for DECADES... always shooting into Israel. That's why they will shoot 100 rockets and hit one house and kill two people. Complete luck if they hit anything they're aiming at.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 3:24 pm to AbuTheMonkey
thanks for the explain
Posted on 1/8/20 at 3:26 pm to Shane4689
Holy Fook!
Explosions in Iraq?
What next... waterfalls at Niagra?
God help us.
Explosions in Iraq?
What next... waterfalls at Niagra?
God help us.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 3:29 pm to SidewalkDawg
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There are still militia groups active in Iraq that don't just disappear after US and Iran decide to deescalate
Why are they allowed to survive? Send an Apache or whatever the latest killing machine is and wipe them off the mountainside.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 3:31 pm to Shane4689
i hope someone briefs nancy stat.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 3:33 pm to Shane4689
This isn't breaking news...
Posted on 1/8/20 at 3:34 pm to Shane4689
Is a BREAKING explosion any different than a regular explosion?
This post was edited on 1/8/20 at 3:34 pm
Posted on 1/8/20 at 3:36 pm to Shane4689
Hopefully we can do without the bullshite “80 fatalities” garbage tweets that were rampant here last night
Posted on 1/8/20 at 3:40 pm to Dawgwithnoname
quote:Who? They are Iraqi and this is an urban area, not some rural area of Afghanistan.
Why are they allowed to survive? Send an Apache or whatever the latest killing machine is and wipe them off the mountainside.
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