Watching CNNI this morning at 1:20am PST there was a three minute segment on CNNI that followed an EOD team (Explosive Ordinate Disposal - the bomb squad) as the destroyed IEDs in IRAQ.
At the end of the piece, they manage to salvage ordinance they say was aimed at Americans. As the camera pans over it, the voice of the EOD Sergeant is heard saying that he knows that the ordinance comes from IRAN because of its markings. He says it is like football jerseys.
I found the clip on the web here
I am a vet and this appears to me to be United States Ordinance. The markings are in English. There is a lot number that should be traceable and the markings say it was made in 2005 (I don't think we have been selling weapons to Iran lately).
I wanted to accomplish three things with this.
- Get the word out so others can see this clip for themselves.
- Hopefully get someone with more recent military experience to review this and either enlighten me, or confirm that this is US munition.
- If these are US (or Nato arms) at least raise the question that it is being presented as Iranian arms.
I'm not trying to discredit CNN or their reporter or the Sgt they were talking to... just get a second opinion.