Is Al-Reuters even on board?

Posted By Deebow

I was avoiding the usual TV shows that my wife watches on the DVR by surfing the web for some in depth and penetrating analysis on how badly my Dallas Cowboys are going to beat up in the Minnesota Vikings this Sunday and looky what I found (h/t Drudge):

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. forces in Iraq discovered nearly 19 tons of explosives in a weapons cache north of Baghdad this week, one of the biggest finds of its kind, the U.S. military said on Saturday.

The cache was discovered west of Tarmiya, some 30 km (19 miles) northwest of the capital Baghdad, in Salahuddin province where Sunni Arab militants have a strong presence.

The find was made up of 41,000 lbs of ammonium nitrate and 35 mortar bombs. U.S. forces destroyed the cache.

"It's a crippling blow against the enemy, it's really huge," said Peggy Kageleiry, a spokeswoman for U.S. forces in northern Iraq.

Car and truck bombs are used on almost a daily basis by militants in Iraqis targeting U.S. and Iraqi security forces and civilians.

There was nothing up about this on the DoD website, but I am certain that more information will be forthcoming. 

Maybe that WaPo article from last week saying that AQI was on the run and the surge is working is starting a trend among the sunshine patriot press (not holding my breath).  Al-Reuters could have gotten away with just the 5 W's on this one, but they could not resist throwing in a really juicy nugget of bad news to finish out the article, just to remind us of how badly the war is going.

In the deadliest attack this year, 520 people were killed in August when two suicide bombers drove two garbage trucks packed with explosives into two villages in northwestern Iraq.

Seems to me that if we are getting the intel to catch 19 tons of explosives, then the AQI boys are truly in a hurt locker, with a chair leaned up against the latch.  That amount of go-power will definitely take someone out a whole new door.  Having that off the street helps the Iraqi people.

I guess that means it won't headline today on CNN.....

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Comments

[Uncle Jimbo]

DB you and me are going to get along just fine. I have a piece ready about our impending victory that dovetails nicely with this.

But even better, you are wishing badness on the evil purple, Queens. I prefer an extra-crispy ass-whippin' and put as many hits on Adrian Petersen as possible we still have to play them at Lambeau this year.

Cordially,

Uncle J

[antimedia]

It was in a Centcom press release earlier that I read earlier today.

[BillL]

That was a good catch but it was really not explosive, it was fertilizer. You would still need diesel fuel and, I guess, the explosive material in the mortars.

I hope they gave it to some Iraqi farmers that we knew to be the good guys instead of destroying it.

Semper Fi
Bill

[Ken]

I noticed that line as well when I read it. Apparently, I am so used to seeing those defeatist jabs in media reports that I didn't even flinch.

P.S. Go Cowboys!

[Don Miguel]

I'm sorry, what was this post about? I just couldn't stay focused after reading "... how badly my Dallas Cowboys are going to beat up on the Minnesota Vikings this Sunday."

Go Cowboys!

[referman]

Ive got a subscription to mil.com and they send me e-mail on Iraq news and this was all over the news this morn.A real good find,but why don't they give the farmers the caca?It was probably stolen from them anyway.Speaking of CACA dallas booo hisss..GO COLTS!!

[john Ryan]

Cash value of amonium nitrate is about 400 dollars per ton.
Total value of cache about 8000 dollars. I am not sure if I would call it a crippling blow.

[Ealgian]

Actually, I think you've misunderstood the article. The reason they put in the stat about the 250 dead people is to put into perspective how important capturing explosives is. The article is like is: a) US found explosives b) US got rid of explosives c) lookie how many people the US saved.
To me, it just appears that you are too eager to rip off Reuters. I don't like their reporting, personally, but I also don't like it when people go looking for so-called "bad moves" when none exist. Seriously, Reuters was not making the US look bad. They were making the US look /good/. Hallelujah.