New Deadly Weapon used against U.S. Troops in Iraq

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"U.S. fighting forces have been ducking “RPGs,” or Rocket Propelled Grenades, for years in Iraq, now they face an even deadlier weapon -- “IRAMs,” or Improvised Rocket Assisted Munitions, fired by remote control from the backs of hit-and-run trucks. The low-tech devices now favored by suspected Shiite militiamen use powerful 6.7-inch rockets to lob propane tanks jammed with hundreds of pounds of high explosives at Coalition targets, according to the Washington Post. The Post report concludes that the IRAMs are potentially more dangerous and deadly than roadside bombs or conventional mortars and rockets -- a theory backed by the fact that the big aerial weapons have killed at least 21 people this year, including three U.S. troopers." http://www.newsmax.com/headlines/New_Deadly_Weapon_iraq_/2008/07/10/111681.html?s=al&promo_code=65BF-1 That is really scary. Just something new for our guys to worry about! I'm typing on the computer and our guys are ducking weapons fire. We tend to forget that, don't we.