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I understand from reading AAR material on the Centcom site that an RPG launcher was located among the KIAs by the ground troops that responded.

There were at least two AK series weapons and an RPG...

This is probably veering off topic a little, but I've spent the past 12 months interviewing and compiling oral histories of WWII Services Reconnaissance Department ("Z Force" :rolleyes: ) operatives....

And that is exactly how historians such as myself will be viewing incidents such as these in 20 or 30 years time. I'm just getting a head start.

MSM interviews a panel of experts including the founder of Wikileaks

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-FvRngn81Y 10min

Wikileaks founder states that this is only one of several tapes to...

Obviously, I wasn't there. But I think this incident boils down to this:

The helos were operating in an area of Baghdad which was at the time, a hotspot of AIF activity - an insurgent safe haven...

The (reasonably) complete video is available here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is9sxRfU-ik&aia=true

It cuts to the "triangular building" towards the end.

I know that various Coalition SOF use multicam, but I'm starting to see photos of US line grunts using it as well...

http://cryptome.org/afpak-fun-06t-23.jpg
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Great,

That's just what this little nation needs... Rebel leader Reinado was posturing a little while ago about taking out Aussie peacekeepers. Now this. I know it was a delicate situation when...

I guess I have a half-formed theory floating around amongst the muddled contents of my skull that overall, human experience is a perishable commodity. Sure, things are put to paper and in a military...

One more vintage FM that I just finished reading is FM 31-15 Operations Against Irregular Forces (1961)..

Having read both the UK Field Manual and the new Aussie Pams on COIN, which I regard as...

I am a strong believer in the concept of things moving in cycles. As an historical researcher, I delve into the past and often see parallels with modern goings-on, particularly when it comes to...

Department of the Army Pamphlet 550-104, 1966

I have been reading this little tome at work as part of a project to understand NLF/VC auxiliary and intelligence infrastructure during the Viet Nam...

I've been reading a bit about some of the newer trends in Jihadi organisational theories and I've been wondering how we would fight the new, improved Hydra with multiple heads but no body.

Before...

Sorry for the late reply...

The Texas Tech University Virtual Vietnam Library (http://www.star.vietnam.ttu.edu/starweb/vva/servlet.starweb#?) has FM 31-73 as a multi-part digital download. I'll...