The Severed Finger Of Sauron?
At least that is how Iraqi the Model describes an "ugly object (that) flew two hundred meters from an IED site", in

Why in my garden? I'm not Frodo!

On one cold morning in December I was drinking my coffee in the garden when this ugly object flew two hundred meters from an IED site and landed just next to my feet.
It was still hot when I picked it up from the grass…from the serrations on the broad end and the way it was bent I knew it was part of the base of some artillery shell that was part of the freshly detonated bomb I just heard.

Among the countless various bullets and fragments I've seen and collected over years from three wars this one is, well, my favorite that I still keep it on my desk. Actually it's more like a mixed feeling of despise and amazement that I can't describe well.
As a huge fan of the Lord of The Rings, both the movie and the game-and I'd suspect many would agree with me-I think this is the best accidental representation of the severed finger of Sauron?


It's creepy how an act of evil managed to produce what qualifies for a piece of artwork, only to summon an evil character; one that belongs to a movie though.

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Action follows calm...


Street Justice.

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Imposing Law enters week III

One thing is certain you will not find statements like this:

Operation ?Imposing Law? continues in Baghdad. In contrast with previous operations to secure the city, this one is managing to not only keep the initial momentum, but the operation?s effects seem to be growing as well.

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The results of Operation ?Imposing Law? are not magical. We didn?t expect them to be magical. The commanders didn?t claim they?d be when the Operation began. Still these latest developments are certainly promising. And let?s not forget that what has been achieved so far was achieved while many thousands of the new troops assigned to Baghdad are yet to arrive.

In the New York Times.
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