Thursday, April 30, 2009

VIOLENT FIREFIGHT IN KONAR PROVINCE AFGHANISTAN BETWEEN U.S. MILITARY AND TALIBAN (MUST SEE VIDEO)


Video shows a violent firefight between U.S. troops and Taliban in the volatile Konar Province in Afghanistan.

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http://www.youtube.com/v/DnVanFErbmE&hl=en&fs=1

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DON'T MISS THIS VIDEO: RPG ATTACK ON U.S. TROOPS (RAW LANGUAGE)


Video captures the moment U.S. troops are caught in an RPG attack. One GI is wounded. The language can be rough for some.

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http://www.youtube.com/v/WLwIw4Stids&hl=en&fs=1

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UNREAL VIDEO: IED ATTACK ON U.S. HUMVEE. (RAW LANGUAGE)


One of the members of this U.S. Humvee crew pulls out his camera just in time to get a shot of an IED going off that just misses their vehicle. WARNING: ROUGH LANGUAGE.

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BRUTAL COMBAT VIDEO: U.S. TROOP CONVOY AMBUSHED IN IRAQ. 7 GIS WOUNDED, 1 KILLED


This video shows a U.S. convoy patrol in Iraq coming under heavy fire from insurgents. Seven U.S. soldiers are wounded and one killed. The is a brutal video. WARNING: Rough language.

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Wednesday, April 29, 2009

BRILLIANT VIDEO OF OUR TROOPS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN SET TO "HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE RAIN"


Video is a compilation of pictures from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars showing our troops in combat and weeping over the loss of their buddies. The music, "Have You Ever Seen The Rain," is the perfect blend to this video.

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KEEP SHOOTING UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITE FLAG: FANTASTIC VIDEO OF ATTACK ON THE TALIBAN IN AFGHANISTAN


This video shows an attack on the Taliban in Afghanistan. The order is "to keep shooting until you see the white flag." Great action combat video with gritty language.

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KICK ASS VIDEO OF A REAL LIFE FIREFIGHT IN AFGHANISTAN (WARNING: EXTREMELY RAW LANGUAGE)


Video is one of the best combat videos we have posted on this blog. The language is very rough, but this is the real war in Afghanistan and not a video game.

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BREAKING NEWS: 17 KILLED IN TWO SUICIDE BOMB ATTACKS IN BAGHDAD


At least 17 killed in Baghdad bomb attacks
By DPAApr 29, 2009, 14:56 GMT
http://tinyurl.com/d36a7k

Baghdad - At least 17 people were killed in two car bomb attacks in the predominantly Shiite Baghdad neighbourhood of Sadr City, the satellite news network al-Arabiya reported Wednesday.

It was the latest in a series of deadly attacks targeting Shiite Muslims in Iraq. Suicide bombers killed more than 120 people over the space of two days last week.

In Mosul, some 400 kilometres north of Baghdad, police found the body of a beheaded girl in the city's eastern district of al-Karama, police there told the German Press Agency dpa on Wednesday.

In the eastern Mosul neighbourhood of al-Mathna, 'unknown gunmen' fatally shot a police officer in his house, police said.

The recent in rise in violence across across the country prompted the head of Iraq's tribal council, an influential body gathering the Sunni Arab tribes of Iraq, to call for the dismissal of Iraq's interior minister.


Baghdad's Buratha news agency on Wednesday reported that Ali Hatem, the leader of the Sunni, Arab al-Dulim tribe and the head of the council of Iraqi tribes, called on the government to fire Iraqi Interior Minister Jawad al-Bulani 'following a deterioration in the security' of Iraq's Sunni heartland in al-Anbar province and the rest of the country.

Hatem accused al-Bulani, who once belonged to Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's movement, of being more interested in politics than in the security of the country, Buratha reported. Al-Bulani founded the Iraqi Constitutional Party in 2005, but resigned as its leader after becoming Minister of Interior a year later.

CASEY J. PORTER, IRAQ WAR VET AND VIDEO PRODUCER, HAS A BEEF WITH IVAW


Casey J. Porter was a MSgt in the Army and served several tours in Iraq. His films and videos of his experiences as a GI in Iraq have been posted on this blog in the past. You can see them here: http://www.youtube.com/caseyjporter

This is a letter Casey has written about his experience with the IVAW (http://ivaw.org/)


After serious and long-term consideration, I have decided to end my association with Iraq Veterans Against the War. This was not a choice I made overnight or lightly, but one I must make for many reasons. I would also like to make clear that I very much appreciate the help, support and friendship of many individuals within the membership of IVAW. My reasons for leaving IVAW are in regards to the organization as a whole. IVAW lacks the professionalism necessary to be taken seriously as a legitimate anti-war organization. Whether we like to think so or not, appearance is important in how society views an organization and it's membership. There is a time and place for t-shirts such as rallies, marches, and things like that. IVAW should be requiring it's membership to dress appropriately for TV interviews, whether it's a shirt and tie, or a uniform worn correctly. By doing so, IVAW would be taken seriously as an organization to contend with, rather than another radical activist movement. IVAW is losing its focus on the message/goal of ending the war in Iraq. The national organization for IVAW is highly ineffective and unwilling to take steps to protect the entire organization and their membership. There is a long string of people within the Anti-War Movement and IVAW who will get behind anyone willing to put their face in front of a camera without consideration as to whether that person or their story is in the best interest of the organization. I believe that the organization has too many members willing to push a different agenda, and is causing IVAW to lose focus on that goal. So much so, that people who question the policies and direction being taken over by a “socialist” agenda are attacked. When I first started speaking out, the local Austin Socialist activists were very supportive, and continue to be. They put some of there other causes to the side when helping us. Then if other IVAW members want to work with them, they do. The IVAW board can not seem to understand this very basic principle. Just to be clear, it's not about the “socialist” agenda, anymore than it would be about any other agenda, whether it was “republican” or “capitalist”. It's about having an organization with too many of one group of people at the helm who could steer IVAW towards their agenda, which covers many topics, rather than keeping the focus where it should be. That is, ending the war in Iraq. IVAW has shown a serious dereliction of duty in their lack of support for active duty military members. Many people have asked me what we can do to get soldiers to speak up within the military who are against the dual wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. First and foremost, they need someone to turn to, and that organization should be IVAW. However, I can tell you from my personal experience that IVAW, as an organization, does very little, if anything, to support those who stand up within the military. The most support I received from the organization was to have my films on the front page of the website for a short time. I was not looking for monetary donations, but support in the form of promotion via media contacts and also to have my videos used by IVAW to further our goal of ending the war in Iraq. I was willing to fall on my sword, Vlad the Impaler style, in order to bring proof of why the war needs to be ended on film as it happened. Instead, all of the media contacts I have, I had to develop from Iraq via a phone connection with a four second delay and night after night of sending out emails, making phone calls, and editing the films. I know people say I have a big ego and that I love attention, but the message is and has always been my top priority. The fact that IVAW did not promote my films does not hurt my ego, it hurts that they didn't see it fit to devote anytime to what I was doing other than keeping my films on their main page for no longer than a month. Another prime example of no support is Selena Coppa. She has been under immense pressure from her chain of command yet continues to fight hard and loud. When she decided to take on the Socialist element within IVAW she was crucified. The ISO has many Anti-War organizations it uses as fronts, and IVAW just might be one of them. It may not have started out that way, but it is now. These members are not concerned with ending the war in Iraq as they are much more concerned with pushing an overall Socialist agenda. Now Selena is under pressure from the very last group that should be on her case. To those on the board of IVAW that would silence Sgt. Coppa, your actions are disgraceful and you are the worst kind of people: cowards. There are other active duty soldiers that have spoken out and continue to do so. However, to the best of my knowledge, IVAW has done nothing to support them. I fear what will happen to these members, who are putting themselves out there as part of an organization, if the Army ever clamped down on them. I fear IVAW will be nowhere to be seen. I see no support from the organization, and therefore I cannot in good faith recommend joining IVAW to other active duty soldiers I know. I'm sure the Army will be happy to read that. IVAW has put itself, and its membership, into a dangerous legal position by retaining some “problem children” as members. For example, Carl Webb places IVAW in a very serious position through his advocacy of radical action from the safety of his keyboard. Advocating of sabotage and other such actions puts other people's lives at risk and IVAW by not condemning such rhetoric and disassociating itself from persons who advocate sabotage places all members in a compromised position. It now becomes dangerous to any active duty soldier who wants to speak out by giving the Army the ammunition it needs to paint IVAW as a radical and dangerous organization. If it went to trial, all a prosecutor would have to do is point out these posts and that alone could sway a Military Jury into believing the organization is radical and advocates sabotage. And yet, IVAW is silent on Carl Webb and his methods that place other soldiers in harm's way. There is a time for forgiveness and tolerance, but I cannot be part of an organization that will not take action when a member willfully advocates putting others in harm's way. By allowing people like Carl Webb to remain a part of IVAW, not only does IVAW have a serious legal issue, it also keeps other potential members from joining. Why doesn’t the board try to remove Carl? He lashes out at other members, like me for example, and pushes for dangerous and illegal action. But guess what side he is on in IVAW? The Socialist side. IVAW treats its members with inequity and lacks credibility. While an admitted rapist, and being a party to rape on more than one occasion, Matthis Chiroux, is accorded accolades for making a big deal out of something that required no action on his part to begin with. There are also allegations that he used donated money from IVAW members and activists to pay his rent and buy drugs. But the board does not seem to be concerned with investigating or kicking him out. They even posted his “confession” on the main page of the IVAW site! Where he only brings up the rapes not out of a moral awakening but because he got called out on it. Furthermore, he blames the Army for it. The Army mindset and training made him a rapist. That is just a load of garbage and any who believes that is a fool. I also talked to the Executive Director, Alex Bacon, about this. I brought up how this is public relations nightmare and that Matthis must be dealt with. But he believes that this will not be big issue. IVAW has tried that in the past with disastrous results. I am very disappointed to see the new Director being so soft on such a volatile issue. That IVAW threw so much support behind someone like Matthis, who only had to not show up to something and would have been fine, and left active duty soldiers with little to no support, is a travesty against the many fine people involved in this organization. I read time and time again "We are made up of many different people with many different ideas and we need to be respectful of those ideas." That translates into "We don't want to hurt anyone's feelings." No matter how badly some members conduct themselves, IVAW and the "movement" seems to handle everyone with kid gloves, when they should be acting to protect the organization and it's members. It also angers me to no end how people still support Matthis. Killing someone in the heat of battle, or reflecting on past actions and coming to terms with them and speaking out is one thing. But he only came out about these crimes because he had too. Rape is nowhere near the same as taking a life in combat. I am also surprised how many women still support him. Do you ladies have any self-respect? Let’s go find the women he knew were being raped, and raped himself, and let them read his letter and see if they buy his new found “wisdom”. Here is the real kicker: neither Matthis Chiroux or Carl Webb have violated IVAW’s ultr-loose fitting rules. That’s disturbing to me and there must be some sort of accountability. To those who would marginalize the board, IVAW national, or issues dealing with Matthis and Carl you are not seeing this for what it is. Saying that we should just focus on the local level is like saying “Don’t pay attention to what your elected leaders in D.C. do, just focus on your local city government.” IVAW national represents us all, and people must understand that. As of now, all the films I have made with “IVAW Ft. Hood Presents” and credits for “www.IVAW.org” will stay in place since they are reaching a large audience and I believe it is information that needs to be out there. I want my profile removed from the IVAW site. There will be more films and interviews to come regarding the war in Iraq, however they will be done as Casey J Porter the filmmaker, not as an IVAW member. The Deployment Game: Livin' FOBulous will at some point be taken down and re-edited to remove the dedication title from the beginning to remove any reference to Matthis Chiroux. I will also be contacting the producer of Winter Soldier: Austin and see what happens from there with that film. My next film, Return of the Camaro, will be out on May 4th. Fire Mission, the next film dealing with Iraq, will be out on July 20th. Considering the legal liabilities, lack of support, possible financial mismanagement, and a rapist amongst the membership, I am removing myself from this organization effective immediately. To those among you who have been and continue to be supportive of me, I thank you for all that you have done. There are many good people involved with IVAW and I wish you luck. I ask all media contacts to no longer refer to me as an IVAW member. Casey J Porter

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

GREAT VIDEO OF MARINES IN A BUNKER DURING A MORTAR ATTACK


Video shows a squad of U.S. Marines in a bunker during a mortar attack in Iraq. Watch and listen as the Marines talk about the incoming mortars.

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http://www.youtube.com/v/M2K587lOcXk&hl=en&fs=1

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U.S. TANK KILLS TALIBAN SNIPER HIDING ON A ROOFTOP (GREAT FOOTAGE)


A U.S. tank draws into position and with one shot takes out a Taliban sniper hiding on a rooftop in Afghanistan. WARNING: RAW LANGUAGE

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U.S. ARMY SOLDIERS TAKE OUT A TALIBAN SNIPER (GREAT VIDEO)


Turn up your speakers and listen to our GIs cheer as they take out a Taliban sniper in Afghanistan. There is also some night fighting footage.

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http://www.youtube.com/v/hoizefXi4ZA&hl=en&fs=1

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FANTASTIC VIDEO OF U.S. SOLDIERS ENGAGED IN FIREFIGHT IN KONAR AFHANISTAN (WATCH VIDEO)


Able Maim Company are seen in this video during a brutal firefight in Konar Province in Afghanistan.

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http://www.youtube.com/v/K8zSNrEsnMc&hl=en&fs=1

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IS DEADLY SUICIDE ATTACK IN IRAQ SIGN OF RISING VIOLENCE? (WATCH VIDEO)


In just two weeks there have been seven suicide attacks in Baghdad and elsewhere in Iraq that have left 170 killed and hundreds more wounded. The U.S. military fears the attacks could be a sign of rising violence in Iraq as they approach the June elections. This video shows the aftermath of a suicide attack by a young girl that left 5 U.S. soldiers killed.

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http://www.youtube.com/v/srLMavr_eJE&hl=en&fs=1

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GREAT VIDEO: APACHE HELICOPTERS HUNTING TALIBAN IN AFGHANISTAN


Video shows Apache helicopters hunting Taliban forces in Afghanistan. The pilots are given orders to search and destroy any Taliban strongholds.

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http://www.youtube.com/v/02PnaHAxtTU&hl=en&fs=1

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Monday, April 27, 2009

"DO YOU REMEMBER ME?" BY LIZZIE PALMER. (VIDEO FOR EVERYONE WITH A FAMILY MEMBER IN THE MILITARY)


Lizzie Palmer is the young girl who made this video that is such a sensation with families of military personnel serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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"IF I DIE TOMORROW " OUR TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN (GREAT VIDEO WITH MUSIC)


This is a really great video salute to our brave soldiers fighting in Afghanistan. The music sets the perfect tone for this video.

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http://www.youtube.com/v/YDh5eoiRJlk&hl=en&fs=1

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FANTASTIC VIDEO OF 10TH MOUNTAIN DIVISION IN HEATED BATTLE IN AFGHANISTAN (MUST SEE VIDEO)


Turn up your speakers and listen and watch as the members of the 10th Mountain Division take on the Taliban in a violent firefight in Afghanistan.

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http://www.youtube.com/v/xKdrue1vcso&hl=en&fs=1

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Sunday, April 26, 2009

FEMALE SOLDIERS SERVING IN IRAQ (EXCELLENT VIDEO)


In light of what we have been posting about the suicide of Allysa Peterson, a 27-year old member of the U.S. Army assigned to TORTURE Iraqi prisoners, we thought we would post a video showing how women perform their tasks as members of the United States military on duty in Iraq.

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http://www.youtube.com/v/pQcAxhggCRY&hl=en&fs=1

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FURTHER UPDATE ON FEMALE SOLDIER WHO COMMITTED SUICIDE FOR NOT PARTICIPATING IN TORTURE OF IRAQI PRISONERS


Allysa Peterson was a beautiful 27-year old soldier assigned to an Iraqi prison where torture techniques were being used on Iraqi prisoners. Allysa had already seen what the Bush/Cheney "regime" wanted done to Iraqi prisoners and it had sickened her. She refused to be a part of the barbaric practice of torturing Iraqi prisoners and committed suicide. For years the Bush/Cheney "regime" and the U.S. military covered up the cause of her death, but now the full story has come out. Allysa's untimely death is just another nail in the coffin that hopefully will bring former President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney before a judge and jury where they along with others from the Bush administration will be charged with WAR CRIMES.

You can read more about Allysa Peterson here:

U.S. Soldier Killed Herself -- After Refusing to Take Part in Torture

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/greg-mitchell/us-soldier-killed-herself_b_190517.html

FEMALE SOLDIER COMMITS SUICIDE AFTER WITNESSING TORTURE METHODS IN IRAQ



Torture methods claimed life of US soldier

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 07:22:30 GMT
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=92588&sectionid=3510203

A US soldier who worked as an interpreter in Iraq's prisons has shot herself dead after witnessing harsh interrogation methods by the US military.

Alyssa Peterson from Arizona shot herself with her service rifle at Tal-Afar air base in northern Iraq on September 15, 2003, the Independent reported on Sunday

Peterson had protested to her superiors about the torture tactics that were very different from the ones she had known in training and had asked to be reassigned before the incident.

The cause of her death was kept secret for two years, and the mystery of what Peterson witnessed, and the content of the notes she made, still goes on.

An Arab-speaker, Peterson was assigned to work as an interpreter at interrogation sessions in a unit known as "The Cage." After only two nights, she refused to take further part in the sessions and was reassigned, according to the Independent.

Her family was told she had died from a "non-hostile weapons discharge." The army revealed Peterson had killed herself after Arizona reporter Kevin Elston investigated the case.

The army refused to say what interrogation she objected to, and maintain that all documents relating to methods used at Tal-Afar have been destroyed.

BILL O'REILLY ARGUES WITH CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS OVER TORTURE AND "WATERBOARDING" (WATCH VIDEO)


As the blog post below shows, Christopher Hitchens of Vanity Fair magazine volunteered to go through a waterboarding process and in this video you see Hitchens arguing with FOX NEWS' Bill O'Reilly over torture and waterboarding. I counted at least two times where O'Reilly, as usual, had his facts wrong.

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http://www.youtube.com/v/8pAB0l9yYJ8&hl=en&fs=1

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WATCH AS CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS OF VANITY FAIR IS "WATERBOARDED" (VIDEO)


Christopher Hitchens, the author of many books and a contributor to Vanity Fair magazine, agreed to be waterboarded. In this video you see what happens to Hitchens during the waterboarding and he explains after the demonstration what it felt like. Amazing video.

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http://www.youtube.com/v/4LPubUCJv58&hl=en&fs=1

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Saturday, April 25, 2009

VIDEO OF SOMEONE BEING WATERBOARDED


Some journalists call "waterboarding" simulated drowning. Those journalist are "simulated journalists." Waterboarding is not "enhanced interrogation techniques." Waterboarding is TORTURE as you will see in this video.

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http://www.youtube.com/v/jtD9Jeapbdk&hl=en&fs=1

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OBAMA TO RELEASE 2OOO PICTURES OF TORTURE BY CIA AND MILITARY (SEE VIDEO)


This is the guy in the famous iraqi Abu Ghraib prison torture pictures and he talks about the CIA torture techniques used on him, including electrocution. VERY GRAPHIC VIDEO

President Obama is planning on releasing 2,000 pictures of torture of Iraqi prisoners by the CIA and the U.S. military in May.

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http://www.youtube.com/v/ThyCwhjRXhg&hl=en&fs=1

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TALIBAN PLACING IEDS ARE TAKEN OUT BY APACHE HELICOPTER (NEW VIDEO)


A group of Taliban members can be seen placing IEDs by the side of a road as an Apache helicopter zeroes in on them and takes them out.

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http://www.youtube.com/v/Og_qqzuj6xY&hl=en&fs=1

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FANTASTIC VIDEO OF APACHE HELICOPTER WIPING OUT TALIBAN IN AFGHANISTAN


This video shows an on board camera from an Apache helicopter as it wipes out the Taliban in Afghanistan.

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http://www.youtube.com/v/beuTCOWzhaw&hl=en&fs=1

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VIOLENT VIDEO: 173rd AIRBORNE UNDER ATTACK BY TALIBAN IN AFGHANISTAN (LIVE VIDEO)


This is a violent video showing the 173rd Airborne under attack by Taliban in Afghanistan. Turn up your speakers. WARNING: Some raw language.

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http://www.youtube.com/v/AZadPlsb3vU&hl=en&fs=1

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BALL BUSTING VIDEO OF AIR ASSAULTS IN AFGHANISTAN (FANTASTIC VIDEO)


Video is a compilation of U.S. air assaults on the Taliban in Afghanistan. This is great stuff.

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http://www.youtube.com/v/PFqF0b0rmHE&hl=en&fs=1

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FACES OF SOLDIERS FROM 1ST BN., 508TH PARACHUTE INF. REG. PREPARE FOR ATTACK IN KANDAHAR AFGHANISTAN (MUST SEE VIDEO)


Faces of soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment prepare for an air assault in Kandahar, Afghanistan

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http://www.youtube.com/v/ssc3jbFDx-o&hl=en&fs=1

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PARATROOPERS FROM 82ND AIRBORNE ON A PATROL DEEP INSIDE AFGHANISTAN (GREAT VIDEO)


Video shows members of the 82nd Airborne on a patrol deep inside of the mountains of Afghanistan.

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http://www.youtube.com/v/D4z5JHiwPiw&hl=en&fs=1

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Friday, April 24, 2009

NAVY PERSONNEL GO THROUGH SERE (SURVIVAL, EVASION, RESISTANCE, ESCAPE) TRAINING (GREAT VIDEO)


Liz Cheney, former Vice President Dick Cheney's daughter, recently told MSNBC's Norah O'Donnell that Navy Seals go through the same water boarding that detainees go through at GITMO. Not according to this official SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape) training video recently released. Watch the video and see if you can see any of the SERE training program that includes water boarding.

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http://www.youtube.com/v/Tr20SWXXgAI&hl=en&fs=1

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FANTASTIC VIDEO: TALIBAN RESURGENCE FORCES U.S. TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN TO CHANGE TACTICS.


Al Jazeera produced this video of how the Taliban resurgence has forced U.S. forces in Afghanistan to change their tactics in fighting them in this desolate country.

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http://www.youtube.com/v/KhhfVkFnbJ8&hl=en&fs=1

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AIR REACTION FORCE OF 3RD SPECIAL FORCES HIT BY ENEMY FIRE DURING ATTACK ON TALIBAN IN AFGHANISTAN (DON'T MISS THIS VIDEO)


This video shows you what happens when an Air Reaction Unit of the 3rd Special Forces get hit by enemy fire during an attack on Taliban fighters in Afghanistan. Notice: Video starts out slow, but then all hell breaks loose.

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http://www.youtube.com/v/_BRk6MPtVa4&hl=en&fs=1

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BEST COMBAT FOOTAGE EVER: ARMY AND MARINES IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN (DON'T MISS THIS VIDEO)


This is one of the best combat videos we have ever posted on this blog. You'll see units of the Army and Marines in fierce firefights in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Great music too.

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http://www.youtube.com/v/GyekO4EGRJ0&hl=en&fs=1

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IRAQ IS GOING DOWN THE DRAIN. COUNT THE NUMBER OF ATTACKS SINCE JANUARY 1


There is such an increase in attacks in Iraq that no longer is it safe for Iraqi civilians to walk the streets of Baghdad and other Iraqi cities.

The much heralded "surge" was a Bush administration myth to begin with and now with the increased attacks it is apparent nothing was really gained by the "surge."

The following is a list of attacks in Iraq since January 1, 2009:

Major attacks in Iraq since Jan. 1, when a new U.S.-Iraqi security pact took effect:

http://www.kansascity.com/451/story/1159893.html

- April 24 - Back-to-back suicide bombers strike near Shiite shrine in Baghdad, killing 60.
- April 23 - Baghdad suicide bomber hits Iraqis collecting humanitarian aid, killing 31.
- April 23 - Suicide bomber strikes restaurant north of Baghdad in Muqdadiyah, killing 57.
- April 6 - Series of bombings within four hours in Baghdad kill 37 people.
- March 26 - Car bomb tears through market in Shiite area in east Baghdad, killing 20.
- March 23 - Suicide bomber strikes Kurdish funeral north of Baghdad in Jalula, killing 27.
- March 10 - Suicide bomber targets tribal leaders at market in Abu Ghraib, killing 33.
- March 8 - Suicide bomber strikes police academy in Baghdad, killing at least 30.
- March 5 - Car bomb tears through livestock market in Hillah, killing 13.
- Feb. 13 - Female suicide bomber targets Shiite pilgrims in Musayyib, killing 40.
- Feb. 11 - Twin car bombs explode at a bus terminal and market area in Baghdad, killing 16.
- Jan. 4 - Female suicide bomber strikes Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad, killing 38.
- Jan. 2 - Suicide bomber hits luncheon at a tribal leader's home in Youssifiyah, killing 23.

SHEPARD SMITH DROPS F-BOMB ON FOX NEWS (WATCH NEW VIDEO)


The discussion about torture is heating up to a point where some anchors and reporters are totally losing their professionalism. Such was the case when FOX NEWS' Shepard Smith appeared on the FOX NEWS morning show and blew his top about torture and banged the table and shouted: "We do not F-word torture in America."

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LIZ CHENEY TELLS NORAH O'DONNELL THAT NAVY SEALS TRAINING IS SAME TORTURE METHODS USED ON DETAINEES AT GITMO (MSNBC VIDEO)



Liz Cheney,daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, told Norah O'Donnell of MSNBC that U.S. Navy Seals go through the same kind of tourture training that was been done to the detainees at GITMO who were subjected to torture.

Cheney is totally wrong. Nobody in the U.S. Navy Seals goes through training that is equal to torture described in the recent Senate Intelligence Committee report.

In fact, nobody in the military goes through any kind of training that is the equivalent of the torture used on detainees.

I went through eight weeks of infantry training and eight weeks of combat engineer training in the U.S. Army and we never were subjected to ANYTHING that would come close to torture.

You can see the whole interview here:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/30374059#30374059

Thursday, April 23, 2009

THIS IS WHAT AN IED ATTACK LOOKS LIKE FROM ENEMY POV (GRAPHIC VIDEO)


This is a very graphic video and shows what an IED attack on a U.S. military vehicle looks like from the enemy point-of-view. Very, very graphic video.

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http://www.youtube.com/v/2iz1J4WioVM&hl=en&fs=1

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SUICIDE BLASTS KILL 75 IN IRAQ (WATCH VIDEO)


The latest update on the suicide attacks in Iraq sets the figure of 75 killed and scores injured.

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http://www.youtube.com/v/j11jJiEEBFs&hl=en&fs=1

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2000 POUND BOMB DROPPED ON TALIBAN STRONGHOLD IN AFGHANISTAN (GREAT VIDEO)


Watch as the U.S. Air Forces drops a 2,000 pound bomb on a Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan blowing up everything in its path. WARNING: Strong language.

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http://www.youtube.com/v/qpPrXGWbZHU&hl=en&fs=1

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1st FORCE RECON CO. AMBUSHED BY TALIBAN IN AFGHANISTAN MOUNTAINS (FABULOUS VIDEO)


This video show a unit of the 1st Force Recon Company ambushed by the Taliban in the mountains of Afghanistan.

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http://www.youtube.com/v/dUyn3cVXBx0&hl=en&fs=1

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ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE FOR SOLDIERS IN A MASSIVE FIREFIGHT IN AFGHANISTAN (GREAT VIDEO)


This platoon of U.S. soldiers are caught in the middle a massive firefight with the Taliban in Afghanistan.
WARNING: The language is raw at times.

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http://www.youtube.com/v/Emr1tFK5wBc&hl=en&fs=1

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BEST FOOTAGE AROUND OF IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN WARS (MUST SEE)


This is a newly revised video of our troops in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. The music is perfect for this video.

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http://www.youtube.com/v/KTB3YR8v4JI&hl=en&fs=1

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MIND-BLOWING VIDEO OF 2-2 INFANTRY IN FIERCE COMBAT IN IRAQ


This is a newly released video showing the 2-2 Infantry in a fierce firefight in Fallujah, Iraq.

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http://www.youtube.com/v/TiltRj7Il3s&hl=en&fs=1

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CONDI RICE WAS THE FIRST TO APPROVE WATERBOARDING (READ ARTICLE)



As national security adviser to former President George W. Bush, Condoleezza Rice verbally approved the CIA's request to subject alleged al-Qaida terrorist Abu Zubaydah to waterboarding in July 2002, the earliest known decision by a Bush administration official to OK use of the simulated drowning technique: http://tinyurl.com/c88l3f

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

TALIBAN TAKEOVER PAKISTAN'S VOLATILE SWAT VALLEY (NEW VIDEO)


Al Jazeera sent a reporter into the dangerous Swat Valley on the border of Pakistan to determine what is taking place in the volatile region. Watch video to see what he learned.

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http://www.youtube.com/v/idQxFYlEjIc&hl=en&fs=1

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USAMA BIN LADEN IS ALIVE! (WATCH THIS VIDEO)


A top Taliban commander told Al Jazeera News that Usama Bin Laden is "alive and well."
U.S. and Nato troops have been searching for Bin Laden for over seven years.

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http://www.youtube.com/v/9d7-e4PvF9A&hl=en&fs=1

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U.S. MARINES GET AMBUSHED ON A ROOFTOP IN IRAQ (GRAPHIC VIDEO)


Video shows a squad of U.S. Marines ambushed on a rooftop in Iraq. Turn up your speakers.

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http://www.youtube.com/v/CNlnIXu0ww8&hl=en&fs=1

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BREAKING NEWS: CHILDREN TRAINED AS SUICIDE BOMBERS IN IRAQ



Children trained as suicide bombers in Iraq

James Hider, Baghdad April 22, 2009

Article from: The Australian

IRAQI security forces have arrested four children who were allegedly part of a group of youngsters groomed by al-Qa'ida to become suicide bombers, an Iraqi army general said.
The children, who were detained in a village near the northern city of Kirkuk, were part of a cell known as the "Birds of Paradise" and were trained to avoid detection as they carried out attacks, security officials said yesterday.
"Special forces units have arrested an organisation of children consisting of four individuals under the age of 14 who call themselves the Birds of Paradise," said General Abdelamir al-Zaidi, commander of the Iraqi army division in Kirkuk.
"The group relies on children and is connected to al-Qa'ida. It works to recruit children and young people to carry out suicide attacks and to aid the terrorist groups in detonating roadside bombs."
Al-Qa'ida groups have previously used Iraqi children to carry out attacks on US and Iraqi security forces, even deploying them as a cover to sneak a car bomb past a Baghdad checkpoint before detonating the device with the youngsters still inside.

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

DAHR JAMAIL REPORTS: IRAQI MILITIAS BEGIN ATTACKS ON U.S. FORCES



Dahr Jamail reports on how Iraqi militia groups are growing more and more frustrated with the U.S. occupation of Iraq and how they are not getting paid and have started to attack U.S. forces in Iraq as well as the Iraqi government.

Read the full report here:

http://dahrjamailiraq.com/attacks-commence#more-1479

U.S. TROOPS IN IRAQ PLUNDER RECONSTRUCTION FUNDS



Veteran war correspondent Dahr Jamail reports on how U.S. troops in Iraq have plundered funds that were assigned for the reconstruction of Iraq.

Read the whole story here:

http://dahrjamailiraq.com/human-body-parts#more-1476

KICK ASS VIDEO OF 158TH INFANTRY FIGHTING IN AFGHANISTAN (TERRIFIC VIDEO)


The song is "Imagine" and the video shows the 158th Infantry in battle with the Taliban in Afghanistan. Great footage.

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http://www.youtube.com/v/wJ4ntzgmEWk&hl=en&fs=1

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173rd AIRBORNE FACE THE RUGGED WAYGAL VALLEY IN AFGHANISTAN (MUST SEE VIDEO)


The 173rd Airborne has their work cutout for them in the rugged Waygal Valley of Afghanistan as they take on the Taliban in this foreboding and mountainous terrain.

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http://www.youtube.com/v/-X-jcUNQ6XY&hl=en&fs=1

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319th AIRBORNE FIELD ARTILLERY USING THEIR BIG GUNS ON THE TALIBAN IN AFGHANISTAN (GREAT VIDEO)


Soldiers of B Battery, 4th Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment at Camp Blessing in the Pech River Valley in Kunar, Afghanistan. Interviewed are: Gun Team Chief SGT Daniel Branstrato.

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http://www.youtube.com/v/1dc6QJcFTMQ&hl=en&fs=1

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CAPTURED TALIBAN VIDEO OF ATTACK ON 10TH MOUNTAIN CONVOY IN AFGHANISTAN (MUST SEE)


Video was captured from the Taliban and shows an attempt by the enemy to blowup trucks from the 10th Mountain Division in Afghanistan. Listen to Taliban talk to each other about the attack that was foiled by IED jammer.

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http://www.youtube.com/v/Hjn9xAUFCRI&hl=en&fs=1

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Monday, April 20, 2009

EIGHT U.S. SOLDIERS INJURED AFTER SUICIDE ATTACK IN IRAQ



Suicide bomber in military uniform strikes US soldiers at Iraqi meeting

By BRIAN MURPHY , Associated Press
Last update: April 20, 2009 - 11:38 AM

BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber wearing an Iraqi army uniform struck a U.S. military delegation visiting the mayor of violence-wracked Baqouba on Monday, injuring at least eight American soldiers and killing three Iraqi civilians.

UNIT OF THE 1OTH MOUNTAIN DIVISION ON RECON MISSION IN AFGHANISTAN (NEW VIDEO)


This is a new video showing the 10th Mountain Division on a recon mission near the Pakistan border in Afghanistan.

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http://www.youtube.com/v/fYLpnOT0EZs&hl=en&fs=1

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10TH MOUNTAIN DIVISION ENGAGE THE TALIBAN IN AFGHANISTAN (GREAT VIDEO)


This video is a compilation of scenes showing the famous 10th Mountain Division engaging the Taliban in Afghanistan. The song "Over There" is a wonderful accompaniment to this video.

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http://www.youtube.com/v/7hZ2xIo5B64&hl=en&fs=1

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14 KILED, 28 WOUNDED IN BAGHDAD ATTACKS

Iraq: 14 killed, 28 wounded

Source: AntiWar.Com Posted on 04.20.09 by Thomas L. Knapp

“At least 14 Iraqis were killed and 28 others were wounded in the latest attacks. Among them was a daring series of jewelry store robberies in Baghdad. Those attacks came just a day after a similar attack in Basra. No Coalition deaths were reported.” (04/19/09)

HEART-BREAKING VIDEO: WHAT DID THESE AFGHAN CHILDREN DO TO DESERVE THIS? (VERY SAD VIDEO)


The children of Afghanistan are the people who feel the real impact of the U.S. invasion of their country. This video is a compilation of Afghan children caught in the middle of a war that is completely senseless. The music that goes along with this video is beautiful and the images will tear your heart out.

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http://www.youtube.com/v/KfzuQNejSC4&hl=en&fs=1

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AWESOME FIRE POWER OF THE AC-130 GUNSHIP DURING AIR STRIKES ON TALIBAN (DON'T MISS THIS VIDEO)


If you've ever wanted to know what the awesome fire power of an AC-130 Gunship looks like this video gives you a view of the gunship as it attacks Taliban targets in Afghanistan.

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http://www.youtube.com/v/zbP89YAVblg&hl=en&fs=1

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DEPLOYMENT TO IRAQ: SOLDIERS FROM FORT STEWART, GA. HEAD FOR IRAQ (EXCELLENT VIDEO)


This video shows you members of the U.S. military as they say good-bye to loved ones as they prepare for deployment to Iraq from Fort Stewart.

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http://www.youtube.com/v/XJuZhx-BA7k&hl=en&fs=1

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Sunday, April 19, 2009

GO GET 'EM! 101ST AIRBORNE ON FOOT PATROL IN AFGHANISTAN (FANTASTIC VIDEO)


This video shows members of the 101st Airborne preparing and going on an air assault and foot patrol in the dangerous area of Afghanistan.

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http://www.youtube.com/v/8oHeN60EFnc&hl=en&fs=1

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101st AIRBORNE CONDUCTS AIR ASSAULT IN AFGHANISTAN (GREAT VIDEO_


Video of the 101st Airborne on an air assault into Afghanistan. Be sure to turn up your speakers to hear the troops talking with each other.

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http://www.youtube.com/v/JE5vohS0mGU&hl=en&fs=1

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CHILDREN: THE INNOCENT VICTIMS OF WAR: THIS IS WHY IRAQI PEOPLE WANT U.S. TROOPS OUT OF THEIR COUNTRY (GRAPHIC VIDEO)


The military calls it "collateral damage," but no matter what the military calls it the innocent victims of the Iraq and Afghanistan war are the children of these two countries caught in the middle of two conflicts that appear to have no end. Is it any wonder why the people of Iraq and Afghanistan want U.S. troops to leave their country? "The Surge" was a myth cooked up by the Bush White House and the Pentagon to make it appear like U.S. troops brought peace to Iraq. Ask yourself this. If "The Surge" was so successful how come we never read or saw video of how many Al Queda or insurgents U.S. troops killed or captured? The answer is there was nothing to report because U.S. troops were used like guards after the Sunni Awakening did all the dirty work of ridding the various Iraq provinces of the enemy. This is a very graphic video and watch with caution.

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http://www.youtube.com/v/jaqMf_PINPM&hl=en&fs=1

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Saturday, April 18, 2009

HOOAH! THIS IS THE A-TEAM. THE 82ND AIRBORNE IN BATTLE IN AFGHANISTAN (MUST SEE VIDEO)


They are known as the "A-Team." They are also known as the 82nd Airborne and in this video you see the 82nd in various battle missions in Afghanistan.

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http://www.youtube.com/v/wxq6l-4zEVs&hl=en&fs=1

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82nd AIRBORNE FIGHT TALIBAN IN AFGHANISTAN: GREAT MUSIC VIDEO


Video shows various units of the 82nd Airborne engaged in fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan. The music is perfect for this video.

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http://www.youtube.com/v/UB6EnuXUiiE&hl=en&fs=1

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