Zarqawi never saw it coming

[underpants]

*BAM* mind if we come in?

I can't find anything that says what kind of helicopter and armament were used.

If they used missiles then they never had idea something was up until the house fell in on them. Our guys swooped in after that. It is hard to run with a house sitting on top of you. They shift through the rubble and find their guy. Superior firepower is a great advantage to have, huh?


The video we have seen clearly shows that it wasn't a main gun:

For the Hellfire missiles as just one example the Maximum ranges go from 7,000 to 9,000 meters (4.2 to 5.6 miles) and they don't arm for the first mile.
Half way down the page - http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/hellfire.htm

We have paid for an incredible number of weapons systems available to military command-see this link
http://tri.army.mil/LC/CS/csa/aaarmsys.htm


I just thought we should be aware of all the tools and resources they available to the commanders to achieve the mission. Amazing.

[karlrschneider]

1. Have you missed the 46,584 news reports of 2 ea. 500 lb. bombs?

:eyes:

[Nimrod2005]

3. lol...WTF?

[peace frog]

7. Bwaaaa!

:evilgrin:

[Waya]

2. Not helicopters......

..they said this morning F-16 was used.....

[underpants]

4. See post #4 here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1389377

See the reuters link which is no longer available.

[rodeodance]

5. It was shock and awe all over again on the news shows --that is all that

counts!

[jdadd]

6. Now they say he was still alive

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060609/ts_nm/iraq_zarqawi_site_dc_2


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was alive and made a move to escape when U.S. troops reached the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, mortally wounded in an American bombing raid, a U.S. general said on Friday. /snip