IRON VIKING SENDS

well it was a ruff one today. first i had a rpg go over my head followed with some pk mg fire. then had a mortar land about 50 meters from me. so all and all a normal day here at fb cobra. im using one of those supersmall laptops so the buttons are really close together thats why i am not capitalizing any of my letters.

its my opinion that the taliban spent it self on this last spring offensive and are currently trying to stock up on more cannon fodder for their warped insurgency. probably going to resume major attacks in a couple of months.

anyways dude ill let you know about anymore exciting days as they come.

My buddy Mike, the Iron Viking from Hell, sends from Firebase Cobra in Central Afghanistan - S.L.

TRAITOR

America has had traitors in every war we've been in - here is the latest to betray his country:

AMERICAN CHARGED WITH GIVING AL QAEDA NYC SUBWAY INFORMATION
- Associated Press, 23 July 2009



NEW YORK - An American man charged with giving Al Qaeda information on the New York transit system and attacking a U.S. military base in Afghanistan has been a secret witness in the fight against terror both here and overseas, authorities revealed Wednesday.

Court papers unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn identified the defendant as Bryant Neal Vinas, nicknamed "Ibrahim" or "Bashir al-Ameriki," who grew up on Long Island.

The official described Vinas as a militant convert who was captured last year in Pakistan. Prosecutors charged Vinas in a rocket attack on U.S. forces in Afghanistan in September 2008. Court papers allege he also gave "expert advice and assistance ... on the New York transit system and Long Island Railroad."

For five months last year, Vinas received "military-style training" from Al Qaeda, according to court papers.

More details here.


The only crime worse than murder is treason - S.L.

KEYWORD SURVIVAL

Keyword "SURVIVAL" is the opening chapter of U.S. Army Field Manual 21-76, Survival.
Whenever faced with a survival situation, remember the keyword "SURVIVAL." You may some day have to make it work for you.

* S - Size Up the Situation
* U - Use All Your Senses, Undue Haste Makes Waste
* R - Remember Where You Are
* V - Vanquish Fear and Panic
* I - Improvise
* V - Value Living
* A - Act Like the Natives
* L - Live by Your Wits, But for Now, Learn Basic Skills

Click on the above links to learn the meaning of each letter of the word "SURVIVAL."

Pimped out Drug Cartel Guns Siezed

Incredible, simply as works of art -









It's sad to consider the source of these magnificent pieces . . .



- from my good buddy's excellent site DOUBLETAPPER

YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN

It is important that the stories of Americans held captive overseas do not fade from the front pages.

Since I updated last week’s post about the captured American soldier depicted in the Taliban video - identified as PFC Bowe Bergdahl of Hailey, Idaho, member of 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment – I received some comments from various sites.

I usually don’t reply to comments - the template is to post, generate discussion and move on. But this issue is somewhat personal: I am a US Army soldier, retired, and half my family is Korean.

Red, White & Blue trumps politics and opinions for all of us in situations like this. Bergdahl, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, myself - and I’m assuming most of the readership - we are all Americans; politics ends at the water’s edge.

It is not correct to armchair quarterback these situations.


I don’t know how or via what misadventure Bergdahl ended up in enemy hands; I have heard some scuttlebutt directly out of Afghanistan re Bergdahl but at this time it is simply impossible for us to know the truth of his situation.

The Taliban are terrorist scum with a world view straight out of the 13th century. However Bergdahl arrived in his circumstances, it is not incorrect to hope & pray for his safe return.



As for Laura Ling & Euna Lee, yes it seems they are guilty of faulty judgment - but The North Koreans are capable of unimaginable intolerance and harsh cruelty. Whether Laura Ling & Euna Lee are in a labor camp or a “guest house” in Pyongyang, I can assure you their current circumstances make Abu Ghraib or Guantanamo look like a Sunday School picnic.


In both cases it is the height of poor taste to offer some of the opinions expressed.

They are Americans, held against their will by people who regard them as “bargaining chips”; insane savages who see fit starve & torture their own people into submission, via state-sponsored terrorism.

Regarding the suggestion of negotiating with the Taliban - the reason why our official policy is that we do not negotiate with terrorists, is because it only encourages them to kidnap more Americans. As for the thought that because we liberated their country by military force, the Taliban possess some kind of moral high ground over us; this is laughable and pathetic all at the same time.

- LINNANE SENDS

HOW DID I MISS THIS?

In the news yesterday: Missouri Car Dealer Offers Free AK-47 with New Truck - AP

It works like this: the AK-47 is an upgrade on a previous promotion; vouchers for the price of a Caltec pistol.

The retail value of an AK-47 is $450 dollars but customers can spend their voucher on the gun of their choice.

I guess I know where I'm buying my next truck - S.L.



"A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." - Second Amendment to the United States Constitution.

THIS IS AMAZING

What we're looking at here is a 1:1000 scale model that happens to be possibly the most accurate model of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem in existence - all the work of a retired property-developer named Alec Garrard, who has been working on it for nearly 30 years.

The 1,800-square foot project is located in a one-street village named Needham in eastern England. The model Temple in the English countryside town is built of thousands of tiny clay bricks and tiles, all of which Garrard fashioned, baked, and painted manually.

For historically accurate sources Garrard consulted Josephus, the Mishna, and more. Garrard began building his Holy Temple for his own pleasure, and “didn’t realize the great interest it would attract.”

Source: Arutz Sheva, Israel National News