Pepco Take Note

<p>The classic statement of U.S. soldier frustration with Iraq remains &quot;What kind of people loot dirt?&quot; <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0620-03.htm">(Captain Allen Vaught, 490th Civil Affairs Battalion, to Daniel Williams and Rajiv Chandrasekaran of The Washington Post.)</a> But we might have a runner-up! This isn’t about U.S. forces, but whatever. Courtesy of subscription-only IraqSlogger:</p>

<blockquote> Common household appliances were transformed into potentially deadly weapons in a workshop raided by Iraqi forces in central Baghdad, according to security sources.<br />

<p>Iraqi police received a tip last week from a resident of the al-Andalus Square central Baghdad east of the Tigris, who said that his neighbor seemed to be unloading dozens of tank-style water heaters into his residence. …</p>

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<p>Last Thursday Iraqi police arrived at the residence with a warrant. Upon searching the premises, they found three water heaters packed with explosives and a further 65 open and ready to be rigged.</p>

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