Thursday, May 31, 2007
islamic State of Iraq claims to have thermal bombs
Insurgency
(RFE/RL) - The Al-Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq said in a video posted to the Internet that it now has Russian-made thermal bombs, Al-Jazeera television reported on May 30. The group said it has established a new unit called the Thermal Brigade to attack coalition vehicles with its thermal grenades. The Islamic State of Iraq claims the grenades can penetrate armored vehicles. The video shows insurgents lobbing the grenades at the vehicles, the news channel reported.
Labels: Islamic State of Iraq, thermal bombs, Thermal Brigade
