U.S. Marines searching a Baghdad school made a chilling discovery: scores of black leather vests stuffed with explosives and ball bearings, along with empty hangers hinting that suicide attackers already might be outfitted to explode somewhere in this chaotic city.
More than 40 of the vests — on hangers and shrouded in plastic — lay on the floor of a classroom Saturday morning, two days after Marines discovered them in an elementary school in a middle-class neighborhood. Dozens of hangers were strewn on the ground outside the building.
For the past day, residents had brought the Marines dozens of rocket-propelled grenades, shoulder-launched rockets and even mortar systems found throughout the neighborhood. The neighbors said the Fedayeen had put the ammunition in their yards, on their roofs and in their parks.
Selman said she was sure here neighborhood was not unique. "All over Baghdad," she said, "there are bombs near people."
We had 17 resolutions behind us when we invaded Iraq and some said that it was a violation of International Law. Now when a real violation of International Law arises like storing weaponry in civilian areas, those same critics are silent.
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