OT - Film of Al Qaeda in stolen Hummers...

[RSY]

How, exactly, does this happen???

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/ ... 4&src=news

[stovepipe]

I think I read that they were on flatbeds in a convoy guarded by afgan "regulars".....

[deerwhacker444]

Makes me mad that Muhammad is driving around my tax dollars...!

Too bad they don't install a self destruct mechanism like the ones they put in test missiles. If it falls into the wrong hands, just push a button and problem is remedied.

[donw]

things like that happen in any war.

we supplied the british with tanks during wwII, vietnamese with all but the best of our weapons same with south korea.

the 'enemy' is bound to take/steal our equipment at every opportunity...

i have to chuckle, though...every 'grunt' i knew from 'nam 'ditched' his M16 in favor of the M-14, M-60, thompson SMG, M3SMG, swedish K's... even the AK when available. my friend and hunting partner was a sgt E5 sq ldr and opted to carry an M60 over the M16.

[jnyork]

When Vietnam fell, the North Vietnamese got over a million M-16's, 2 or 3 BILLION rounds of various ammo, to say nothing of tons and tons of other weapons along with a large amount of armor. Aircraft they captured made them the 5th largest air force in the world at that time!! Probably lots of that stuff still floating around in various mud hut third world countries.

[Ray Newman]

I wonder if these vehicles were allowed to be stolen & have an electronic tracking device attached as way to locate previously hidden or unknown high priority targets, supply caches, escape routes, etc.??

When I was in RVN, we often had snipers firing into the battery & infantry patrols found expended .30 cal. cases in some locations. The infantry later conveniently misplaced or accidentally discarded a few Garand clips w/ rounds packed w/ explosive. The inf. did the same w/ 60 & 81 mm mortar rounds rigged to explode in the tube....