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From MNF-I:
Army engineers near 4,000 complete Iraqi projects
Tribal Leaders continue reconciliation efforts across Diyala
Military, economic progress continues, officials say [I am forced to note - this bit may be true, but the collapse of the Iraqi power grid is an issue that has to be addressed - and one of the elephants in the room that stands squarely athwart that progress is ably addressed by Jim Dunnigan, here. -the Armorer)
Business Leaders meet to help Iraqi Banking System get back on track
Female combat medics in the fight daily; earn respect
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CAPT H wishes us to not miss The Chap Olympics, over at Free Market Fairy Tales.
Bob Owens is like a terrier - he just won't let go of The New Republic. Franklin Foer is probably hanging around in seedy diners and truck stops, trying to find a hit man...
In other words, the Army PAO contacted by The New Republic was told by the PAO that the claim could not be verified, and that the burn victim story was regarded as an "urban legend or myth"... and The New Republic ran their story without disclosing this apparent contradiction.Apparently, The New Republic decided for their readers and critics that they did not need to know that the military considered Beauchamp's claim an urban legend.
It makes one wonder if any of their other un-credited, unnamed people relayed a similar tale, only to have that news covered-up by the editors of The New Republic.
Update: Bob writes to complain...
I don't rate something slightly more intimidating, like a rabid sparrow?Of course, I might feel like that because my own terrier mix is such a wuss.
Snerk!
Oh, yeah - an editor pinned like a butterfly, struggling to get free of the collector's board!
Hmmm. I'm not a fan of mob justice - but the bloodletting *this bozo* unleashed might just be an exception. But, he's beyond that now.
Sharp pointy objects are still my bane - yesterday, while mowing the area where we're going to store hay and SWWBO will probably start her vegetable garden - I was viciously assaulted by a locustwood tree. Those thrice-damn'd thorn are *sharp, long, and tough* lemme tell ya. I'm going to have a "Man-Eating Tree" sign made and posted. -the Armorer
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Featured YouTube Smackdown video for August 5:
Jaish al-Mujahideen: Destruction of a Humvee (IED) - by kateebjihad
Smack it good. Thanks. - Rickbert
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Posted without comment - because it deconstructs itself.
Tibet’s living Buddhas have been banned from reincarnation without permission from China’s atheist leaders. The ban is included in new rules intended to assert Beijing’s authority over Tibet’s restive and deeply Buddhist people.“The so-called reincarnated living Buddha without government approval is illegal and invalid,” according to the order, which comes into effect on September 1.
The 14-part regulation issued by the State Administration for Religious Affairs is aimed at limiting the influence of Tibet’s exiled god-king, the Dalai Lama, and at preventing the re-incarnation of the 72-year-old monk without approval from Beijing.
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New reactive armor being tested for Homeland Security purposes... H/t, SWWBO. -the Armorer
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]]> *A term of art from the artillery. Harassment and Interdiction Fires.Back in the day, when you could just kill people and break things without a note from a lawyer, they were pre-planned, but to the enemy, random, fires at known gathering points, road junctions, Main Supply Routes, assembly areas, etc - to keep the bad guy nervous that the world around him might start exploding at any minute.
*Not really relevant to today's operating environment, right? But, it *is*
The UAVs (oops, can't call 'em UAVs anymore - they're now Unmanned Aerial Systems... some Colonel got his Legion of Merit for that change...), er, um UAS's we fly over Afghanistan and Pakistan looking for targets of opportunity are a form of H&I fires, if you really want to parse it finely. We just have better sensors and fire control now.
I call the post that because it's random things posted by me and people I've given posting privileges to. It's also an open trackback, so if someone has a post they're proud of, but it really isn't either Castle kind of stuff, or topical to a particular post, I've basically given blanket permission to use that post for that purpose. Another term of art that might be appropriate is "Free Fire Zone"
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