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War footage: Death by chopper
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| BBJones User Info... | I'm sure some of you have already seen this... I think the links below are to both versions. Short version is just the killing sequence, long version (if it is there) shows the reasons why... http://rystudios.com/crap/224Helicopter_Kills.mpeg http://www.missouri.edu/~bam8cd/apache.mpeg Just in case you can't view the videos... This video, obtained by ABC NEWS, shows grainy images of three Iraqis on the ground handling a long cylindrical object that the helicopter pilots believe is a weapon. The pilots, from the Army's 4th Infantry Division, ask their commanders for permission to engage, then take the three men out one by one, using the Apache's devastating 30 mm cannons. Nighttime Scene The video opens with the helicopter tracking a man in a pickup truck north of Baghdad on Dec. 1, one day after the 4th Infantry Division engaged in the bloodiest battles with Iraqi insurgents since the end of major combat. The pilots watch as the man pulls over and gets out to talk to another man waiting by a larger truck. "Uh, big truck over here," one of the pilots is heard saying. "He's having a little powwow." The pickup driver looks around, then reaches into his vehicle, takes out a tube-shaped object that appears to be about 4 or 5 feet long, and runs away from the road into a field. He drops the object in the field and heads back to the trucks. "I got a guy running throwing a weapon," one of the pilots says. Retired Gen. Jack Keane, an ABCNEWS consultant who viewed the tape, said the object looked like a rocket-propelled grenade launcher, "or something larger than a rifle." The pilots check in with their operational commander, who is monitoring the situation. When they tell him they are sure the man was carrying a weapon, he tells them: "Engage. Smoke him." The pilots wait as a tractor arrives on the scene, near the spot where the pickup driver dropped the object. One of the Iraqis approaches the tractor driver. Then, within minutes, the Apache pilots open fire with the heavy 30 mm cannon, killing first the Iraqi in the field, then the tractor driver. The pilots then fire at the large truck and wait to see if they hit the last of three men. - Fri, 23 Jan 2004 7:58am | ||
| Wreaker of Havoc User Info... | Its all just a big lie. there isnt even an Iraq. Saddam Hussien lives at the north pole with the Easter Bunny for fuck sakes - Fri, 23 Jan 2004 8:36am | ||
| BBJones User Info... | Where in my post did I say this was real? I just posted that becuase that is what will happen to anyone who doesn't go to the SELF INFLICTED show tonight at LUCKY BAR... Got it! - Fri, 23 Jan 2004 8:40am | ||
| _Griphin_ User Info... | I actually posted a link to that a few days ago, but I always wondered where the source came from. It looks like both video links are the same tho' - Fri, 23 Jan 2004 8:44am | ||
| BBJones User Info... | Yeah this has been around for a while but I know a couple of people that don't know about it so I thought I'd repost it. The vids are all over the internet if someone wants to go find the long version, it's a much more complete story. - Fri, 23 Jan 2004 8:48am | ||
| Wreaker of Havoc User Info... | So the helicopter and gun is what ROSS B AY spent the $$$ from the old beat up drum kit on! Good deal - Fri, 23 Jan 2004 9:24am | ||
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