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Mpeg from Iraq, they can't hide ...
http://www.freerepublic.com/^http://jyoung375.home.comcast.net/iraqi_justice.mpeg | April, 2004 | jyoung375

Posted on 04/22/2004 7:54:58 AM EDT by slowhandluke

I do not know where this mpeg originated, but it shows a scary level of competence in equipment & personnel.

Here's the email note on the forwarded mail I received.

HERE'S THE MPEG

This is awesome.
This is unbelievable.
Turn on your speakers and watch this Apache stop
Iraqis from placing a bomb along the roadside to kill American
troops.....the Iraqis can not hear nor see the apache because it is dark
and they are 2 miles away...they are using infrared.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; War on Terror;
KEYWORDS:
 

My guess is that they are a lot closer than 2 miles, counting time from noise to hit, but then I'm not an expert.
1 posted on 04/22/2004 7:54:58 AM EDT by slowhandluke
 

To: slowhandluke
**** 'em all but 6 ; Save the last 6 for pallbearers.

OOORAH !!

2 posted on 04/22/2004 8:07:50 AM EDT by genefromjersey (So little time - so many FLAMES to light !!)
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To: slowhandluke
Wonder why I'm getting"windows player can't find"?
3 posted on 04/22/2004 8:11:03 AM EDT by MEG33 (John Kerry's been AWOL for two decades on issues of National Security!)
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To: slowhandluke
Was the first guy carrying an explosive device? He literally exploded into a mist...
4 posted on 04/22/2004 8:12:25 AM EDT by Damocles (sword of...)
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To: slowhandluke
Tried your site---nuthin.
5 posted on 04/22/2004 8:12:48 AM EDT by SkyPilot
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To: slowhandluke
Right on!
6 posted on 04/22/2004 8:14:06 AM EDT by TheSpottedOwl (Torrance Ca....land of the flying monkeys)
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To: SkyPilot
It's not my site. Odds are it'll be
overloaded & not deliver shortly.
7 posted on 04/22/2004 8:15:09 AM EDT by slowhandluke
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To: slowhandluke
Thanks for the rush this morning. Beats coffee any old day.
8 posted on 04/22/2004 8:15:36 AM EDT by Capt_Hank (btu's...kcal's...to kJ's, but my activation energy is still high.)
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To: Damocles
Probably no explosives, those rounds just turn a human size target into vapor.
9 posted on 04/22/2004 8:16:42 AM EDT by Monty22
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To: slowhandluke
AWESOME!
10 posted on 04/22/2004 8:18:12 AM EDT by Proud Infidel
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To: slowhandluke
Excellent!
Of course, as Rush always says:
"The primary purpose of the Military is to kill people and break things."

Job well done!

11 posted on 04/22/2004 8:19:38 AM EDT by cuz_it_aint_their_money (24 years of Snarlin Arlen's Liberalism is enough! Vote Pat Toomey for U.S. Senate!)
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To: slowhandluke
This is video that was circulated a while back. The originating story with it was from ABC news and they took the slant that the Apache was engaging civilians.

Obviously the one who bought the farm by the tractor was unsheathing some type of launcher to defend himself with.

There was another mpeg circulating that had more video to it that showed for sure they were militants before the apache targeted them. I haven't seen it for sometime, but someone at FR knows where it is.

Have a nice day, and thanks for the morning boost.
12 posted on 04/22/2004 8:20:57 AM EDT by American_Centurion (Daisy cutters trump wiretaps everytime!)
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To: slowhandluke
WHO-HA, They should show this over Iraqi TV. Maybe some of those idiots would get the idea.
13 posted on 04/22/2004 8:20:58 AM EDT by wheels
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To: slowhandluke
>> placing a bomb along the roadside?

It looks like they are planting potatoes instead of mines.

Do they use tractors to plant mines?

14 posted on 04/22/2004 8:26:17 AM EDT by Steel Eye
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To: Steel Eye
Yea, I'm sure alot of Iraqi's are out planting potatoes at night along roadsides.
15 posted on 04/22/2004 8:28:00 AM EDT by 3dognight
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To: Monty22

 

Whoa!  You aren't kidding...

The above picture shows a spent round from the Apache's 30 mm cannon. (A 9mm shell in front for size comparison.)

If that is what they were using...YIKES!!!

16 posted on 04/22/2004 8:31:31 AM EDT by Damocles (sword of...)
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To: American_Centurion
I remember it on TV a couple of weeks ago with the storyline about "fairness" as we (the United States) hold the technological advantage. It being as "the other side doesn't have a chance".

Which reminds me of an old Saturday Night Live skit with Rummy.

17 posted on 04/22/2004 8:31:42 AM EDT by BunnySlippers (Must get Moose and Squirrel ... B. Badanov.)
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To: Damocles
Was the first guy carrying an explosive device? He literally exploded into a mist...

Hot chunks is what I thought.
18 posted on 04/22/2004 8:33:51 AM EDT by aruanan
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To: Steve0113
ping
19 posted on 04/22/2004 8:34:09 AM EDT by nina0113
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To: Damocles

Let's try that again...

20 posted on 04/22/2004 8:34:52 AM EDT by Damocles (sword of...)
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To: slowhandluke
Whoa! They blowed up real good!
21 posted on 04/22/2004 8:36:38 AM EDT by Brett66
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To: slowhandluke
My estimation is less than a mile at 4300fps.

Were those 50cal's you think? The guy who was under the large truck rolled out into the open before getting peppered again.

Buzzards gotta eat too....
22 posted on 04/22/2004 8:36:58 AM EDT by azhenfud ("He who is always looking up seldom finds others' lost change...")
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To: 3dognight
Yea, I'm sure alot of Iraqi's are out planting potatoes at night along roadsides.

Well, maybe the eyes on Iraqi potatoes are particularly sensitive to light.
23 posted on 04/22/2004 8:37:12 AM EDT by aruanan
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To: 3dognight
They are not planting anything. It is some sort of tillage equipment. You can see where soil has been worked. And working at night is not unusual... for farmers or militants.
24 posted on 04/22/2004 8:37:18 AM EDT by Steel Eye
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To: azhenfud
I believe the Apache has a 25mm gun, not a 50 cal. I think its 25mm, might even be 30mm.
25 posted on 04/22/2004 8:44:20 AM EDT by Mr.Clark (From the darkness....I shall come)
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To: Steel Eye
"It looks like they are planting potatoes instead of mines."

'splodin' taters?

26 posted on 04/22/2004 8:51:26 AM EDT by azhenfud ("He who is always looking up seldom finds others' lost change...")
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To: Mr.Clark
What's velocity on 25 mike? 30 mike
27 posted on 04/22/2004 8:52:50 AM EDT by azhenfud ("He who is always looking up seldom finds others' lost change...")
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