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2017-07-05 Iraq

Iraqi commander says some 300 ISIS fighters holed up in just 5,000 square feet of Mosul

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Posted by gorb 2017-07-05 15:04|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top
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#1 Level it

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2017-07-05 16:34|| 2017-07-05 16:34|| Front Page Top

#2 confined to a 500 square meter (600 square yard or about 5,300 square feet) area.

What we've got here is failure to communicate.

Posted by Gluting Spusotle3681 2017-07-05 16:35|| 2017-07-05 16:35|| Front Page Top

#3 That is a 73 ft square. Smart bomb it in the morning and you are done before lunch.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2017-07-05 16:52|| 2017-07-05 16:52|| Front Page Top

#4 Napalm the crap out of it and call it Miller time.

Posted by DarthVader 2017-07-05 17:06|| 2017-07-05 17:06|| Front Page Top

#5 I'm guessing he doesn't mean 5000 contiguous square feet.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2017-07-05 17:16|| 2017-07-05 17:16|| Front Page Top

#6 Another customer of the Von Paulus Travel Agency is about meet the fine print

Posted by Rex Mundi 2017-07-05 17:17|| 2017-07-05 17:17|| Front Page Top

#7 Looks like everyone ran outta ammo just then.

Posted by Bhoot 2017-07-05 17:22|| 2017-07-05 17:22|| Front Page Top

#8 Totally agree with Darth here. This is why napalm exists.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2017-07-05 18:12|| 2017-07-05 18:12|| Front Page Top

#9 What's the lethal zone for a MOAB?

Or a fuel-air explosive bomb?

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2017-07-05 18:18|| 2017-07-05 18:18|| Front Page Top

#10 Ask the citizens of St.Lo.

Posted by Procopius2k 2017-07-05 18:32|| 2017-07-05 18:32|| Front Page Top

#11 Four feet square each. Roughly shoulder to shoulder. Obama would let them go. Trump's not Obama.

Posted by KBK 2017-07-05 20:27|| 2017-07-05 20:27|| Front Page Top

#12 Pay? Boiling lard drop twenty minutes before the napalm.

Posted by KBK 2017-07-05 20:29|| 2017-07-05 20:29|| Front Page Top

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