Iraqis Turn Over Iranian Missle Supply To U.S.
MNF-I:
FORWARD OPERATING BASE DELTA — A cache of Iranian manufactured rockets was turned over to Coalition forces based at Forward Operating Base Delta, Dec. 4.
Iraqi civil defense personnel delivered 14 107 mm Iranian rockets and fuses to the Kazakhstani Soldiers, said 1st Lt. Almaz Mukashev, the Kazakhstani liaison officer. The rockets were manufactured in 2006.
The Iraqi civil defense personnel have turned over munitions to Coalition forces before, but this was the first delivery of Iranian weapons to Coalition forces, said Col. Peter Baker, the 214th Fires Brigade commander.
“This is another indication of the cooperation of Iraqi officials who in all earnestness want to have a better society,” Baker said. “They know these rockets are here illegally and that they are here to maim and kill Iraqi security forces and Coalition forces.”
Baker said this is a sign that Iraqis are taking ownership of their area to bring about better security.
“Iraqis have to be part of the security and reconstruction effort,” Baker said. “The more stable and secure the area is, the more projects we will be able to undertake and the more capacity building we will be able to accomplish, whether it is in health, education or fuel, all of which is benefiting the Iraqis.”
The Kazakhstani unit gave the munitions to Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Three for analysis.
The Kazakhstani battalion provides EOD support to FOB Delta.
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Is the standard procedure for manufacturing arms in foreign countries to label them all in English? Just asking…
December 8th, 2007 at 5:47 pm@CJWarner:
Yes, if they’re exportable. The language of trade is English, and that includes the arms market. Anything marked in local languages is almost guaranteed to be of such low quality that it’s almost as dangerous to the user as the enemy.
It was only recently that Iran’s weapons industry reached the point where it could hope to sell on the international market. Once that happened, they had to start using English markings. How could you expect someone in Columbia or the Congo to read Farsi?
I remember seeing an interview, I think by Michael Yon, with an EOD expert showing Iranian ordinance captured in Iraq. He had shown the evidence to the MSM, but they refused to believe him, in part because they saw English markings.
They could’ve hired someone from Jane’s to explain things in small words, but the media already knows everything about weapons. Namely, that weapons are bad. If there were no weapons, there’d be no violence.
Guess none of them have ever seen a boxing match, let alone Muay Thai.
December 9th, 2007 at 1:53 amTicticboom, you are absolutely correct. English is the new Latin. I just wish that China would outsource to an English speaking country the directions printed with their exports. Even though it looks like English, it sure looks like Greek to me.
December 9th, 2007 at 2:59 am