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Soleimani’s legacy: The gruesome, advanced IEDs that haunted U.S. troops in Iraq


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:news:   Its entirely possible this was a very bad dude.  

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2020/01/03/soleimanis-legacy-gruesome-high-tech-ieds-that-haunted-us-troops-iraq/

But it also refocused attention on Soleimani’s legacy in Iraq, where sophisticated weapons and tactics he oversaw menaced U.S. troops for years, leaving a trail of dead and wounded service members.

The vehicle that Castner inspected was eviscerated by an explosively formed penetrator (EFP), a weapon of Iranian engineering that was salted across battlefields wherever Iranian-backed Shiite militias and fighters gathered, such as Kirkuk and Baghdad’s Sadr City, he told The Washington Post on Friday.

https://www.militarytimes.com/2015/09/16/dod-discloses-data-on-iraq-war-deaths-linked-to-iran/

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Just now, Highmark said:

:news:   Its entirely possible this was a very bad dude.  

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2020/01/03/soleimanis-legacy-gruesome-high-tech-ieds-that-haunted-us-troops-iraq/

But it also refocused attention on Soleimani’s legacy in Iraq, where sophisticated weapons and tactics he oversaw menaced U.S. troops for years, leaving a trail of dead and wounded service members.

The vehicle that Castner inspected was eviscerated by an explosively formed penetrator (EFP), a weapon of Iranian engineering that was salted across battlefields wherever Iranian-backed Shiite militias and fighters gathered, such as Kirkuk and Baghdad’s Sadr City, he told The Washington Post on Friday.

https://www.militarytimes.com/2015/09/16/dod-discloses-data-on-iraq-war-deaths-linked-to-iran/

I thought these guys fought with sticks and rocks? How can they be so menacing? 

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1 minute ago, Anler said:

I thought these guys fought with sticks and rocks? How can they be so menacing? 

Who said that?

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Just now, Anler said:

Zambroski

Just because their air force and navy are not a huge threat to our capabilities doesn't mean they haven't killed our soldiers by other means.   

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1 minute ago, Highmark said:

Just because their air force and navy are not a huge threat to our capabilities doesn't mean they haven't killed our soldiers by other means.   

So... Our troops occupy Iraq based on false and manufactured evidence and get blown up by coffee cans and this is all Iran's doing? Mother fucker! 

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Just now, Anler said:

So... Our troops occupy Iraq based on false and manufactured evidence and get blown up by coffee cans and this is all Iran's doing? Mother fucker! 

Did we attack Iran?   I think if you looked into it Iran was glad we removed Saddam. 

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3 minutes ago, Highmark said:

Just because their air force and navy are not a huge threat to our capabilities doesn't mean they haven't killed our soldiers by other means.   

Iran is most certainly the home base of training and financing for “other means”.  

1 minute ago, Anler said:

So... Our troops occupy Iraq based on false and manufactured evidence and get blown up by coffee cans and this is all Iran's doing? Mother fucker! 

More edge.  You should wear a warning sign.

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1 minute ago, Anler said:

He was so dangerous he traveled commercially and without security. :lol: 

No that was his arrogance and stupidity.  

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Just now, Jimmy Snacks said:

Yeah who do these fuckers think they are fighting back....just lay there and take it!!!!! :groin:

Again....can you show where we were attacking Iran?

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So, every single occupation we have conducted in the ME was based on false evidence and is pretty much widely accepted as so. But NOW you have the goods on Iran citing fake news reports? Thanks for that! 

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Just now, Jimmy Snacks said:

Can you show me a picture of Soulemani building an IED? 

Should be simple enough to find a link.  Go.  

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4 minutes ago, Highmark said:

No that was his arrogance and stupidity.  

He was so smart that he could stage hundreds of attacks on our troops and abroad yet felt safe enough to expose himself to the greatest threat in the world. So was he a mastermind criminal or an arrogant fool? 

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2 minutes ago, Anler said:

So if our troops are in danger over there why are we there? Iraq has officially told us to leave. So why dont we? 

Half our nation would have an absolute fit....the ones wanting us out now.

Plus, do you really expect our elected servants to survive on just their salaries?  Don’t be so naive.  Have a heart!

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Should be simple enough to find a link.  Go.  

He’s trying to be clever.  I’ve chosen to find it adorable.

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12 minutes ago, Zambroski said:

Do you cut others around you with all that edge?

Have you not said that? If we attack Iran today what are we going to do Thursday? Something along those lines? Yet this arrogant fool has been killing our troops for over a decade. Oh man you guys are quite the intel community here. :lol: 

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3 minutes ago, Highmark said:

Should be simple enough to find a link.  Go.  

You have provided zero evidence that this guy did any of what you or that article claim. Why dont you just say, Iran has nukes and they are getting ready to use them! Just as credible. 

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3 minutes ago, Anler said:

He was so smart that he could stage hundreds of attacks on our troops and abroad yet felt safe enough to expose himself to the greatest threat in the world. So was he a mastermind criminal or an arrogant fool? 

Arrogant fool.   He never thought the US would kill him at this point.

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