Disunreconnected

Connected or Not????

Tuesday, December 20, 2005

Then there's this.....

U.S. Army Digs Up Weapons Cache in Iraq
By RYAN LENZ, Associated Press Writer
ZUWAD KHALAF, Iraq - U.S. soldiers in the northern Iraqi desert dug up more than 1,000 aging rockets and missiles wrapped in plastic, some of which were buried as recently as two weeks ago, Army officials said Tuesday.
Commanders in the 101st Airborne Division said an Iraqi tipped them off to the buried weapons, perhaps an indication that residents in this largely Sunni Arab region about 150 miles north of Baghdad are beginning to warm up to coalition forces.
"The tide is turning," said 2nd Lt. Patrick Vardaro, 23, of Norwood, Mass., a platoon leader in the division's 187th Infantry Regiment. "It's better to work with Americans than against us."

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Vardaro would not comment on whether there were signs the caches had been used recently to make bombs. But service records accompanying the missiles dated to 1984, suggesting they were buried by the Iraqi military under Saddam Hussein.

Still, the plastic around some of the rockets — of Soviet, German and French origins — appeared to be fresh and had not deteriorated as it had on some of the older munitions.

Test question:
What three countries bitched the loudest about wanting to continue the UN resolution process with Iraq instead of just ridding the world of the problem, along with the problem's sons?
Hint in bold above.
Why those three? Obviously because they were selling plastic sheeting (and maybe other things?) to Sadam. Those bastards.