SCORE!!

So, you've heard about IED's and roadside bombs. And then there's the big ones, the ones that can punch right thru any armor we have. These are called EFP's. It means, Explosively Formed Penetrators. They're basically IED's with a twist: they have a concave bottom, which is aimed towards the target, and this concave design allows it to be more powerful. I don't know all the science involved, but it's a real nasty deal. Well, the Iraqi forces that are in this city have become more and more aggressive in the last year or so, doing raids and targeting, apparently, a lot of the right people. Well, the other night, they rolled back into the compound and proceeded to layout quite a score: 30 107mm rockets, 20 60mm mortars and 35 EFP's of various sizes. I had never seen one before, only its effects on our armor. But to see the little bastards, with my own two eyes, was quite a sight. And the Iraqi forces laid them out, all pretty like, so the media could come and take photos and footage of them. Amazing. Any news like that is good news, but I shudder to think about the probability that, like the drug war in America, it's probably just a fraction of what actually exists. But like I said, any news like that is good news. So, chalk one up for the good guys! A big score, indeed!