Car bomb outside Coalition headquarters kills 18 Iraqis, 2 Americans
Iraq insurgents becoming more skilled at attacking helicopters
(includes confirmation that on one occasion at least an Igla-1 MANPADS was used, which either came from existing Iraqi stocks, or from outside the country)
Car bomb attack outside Coalition HQ
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Car bomb attack outside Coalition HQ
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Sea Skimmer
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I?d bet the Igla?s came in with some Chechens, they looted plenty of them from the Russians, and far more recently then those which Iraq bought, by this point there batteries and rocket motors would not be in good shape.
"This cult of special forces is as sensible as to form a Royal Corps of Tree Climbers and say that no soldier who does not wear its green hat with a bunch of oak leaves stuck in it should be expected to climb a tree"
— Field Marshal William Slim 1956
— Field Marshal William Slim 1956
