It ain't over until it's over and it is FAR from over in Iraq. U.S. forces may have pulled back from key Iraqi cities, but all the earmarks are this is an invitation to terrorists and insurgents to launch their attacks on Iraqi citizens.
Iraqis celebrate US pullback but bombing kills 33
HAMZA HENDAWI Associated Press Writer Posted: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 2:35 pm
SOURCE: http://tinyurl.com/ldu257
BAGHDAD - Not a single American soldier was in sight. Gone, too, were the American helicopters whose buzz has for years defined Baghdad's background track.
Left alone to protect the capital Tuesday were thousands of Iraqi troops and police manning checkpoints, with army tanks deployed at potential trouble spots and convoys of pickup trucks with machine guns roaming the streets.
But it was elsewhere, 180 miles (290 kilometers) to the north, that militants delivered their first deadly challenge to Iraq's security forces on a highly symbolic day after the formal withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from cities at midnight.
A car bombing devastated a food market in the city of Kirkuk, killing at least 33 people and wounding 90. The early evening attack, which bore the hallmarks of Sunni extremist groups like al-Qaida in Iraq, was the second in the Kirkuk area since a truck bombing killed 82 people on June 20.
The latest blast was a deadly example of the violence many Iraqis fear will increase with the departure of U.S. troops from urban areas, despite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's confidence in Iraq's nascent security forces.
The bombing came hours after the U.S. military announced that four American soldiers were killed in combat Monday. It was the deadliest attack on U.S. forces since May 21, when three soldiers were killed and nine wounded in a roadside bombing in Baghdad.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
IRAQIS CELEBRATE U.S. PULLBACK, BUT 33 KILLED BY CAR BOMBING
FOUR U.S. SOLDIERS KILLED AS IRAQ TRANSITION GETS OFF TO ROCKY START
The much heralded transition from U.S. troops occupying Iraqi cities to Iraqi forces in charge of their own cities and towns got off to a rocky start when four U.S. soldiers were killed in Baghdad on Monday.
There have also been reported incidents of violence in many of the provinces across Iraq and many experts expect matters to get much worse now that U.S. troops have pulled back to garrisons outside of the Iraqi cities and towns.
War News for Tuesday, June 30, 2009
SOURCE: http://warnewstoday.blogspot.com/
MNF-Iraq is reporting the deaths of four Multi-National Division - Baghdad soldier from combat related injuries in an undisclosed neighborhood of Baghdad on Monday, June 29th. No other details were released.
MNF-Iraq is reporting the death of a Multi-National Division - Baghdad soldier from combat related injuries in an undisclosed neighborhood of Baghdad on Sunday, June 28th.
The DoD is reporting a new death previously unreported by the military. Pfc. Peter K. Cross died in a vehicle accident Combat Outpost Carlyle, Afghanistan on Friday, June 26th.
The DoD is reporting another new death. Pvt. Steven T. Drees died at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany on Sunday, June 28th. He was origionally injured by small arms fire/shot in the head in an undisclosed location in Konar Province, Afghanistan on Wednesday, June 24th.
Reported Security incidents:
Baghdad:#1: Iraq’s Electricity Grid Protection Force on Tuesday dismantled a rocket launch base in the capital Baghdad, foiling an attempt to target an electricity station, according to an official spokesperson for the Ministry of Electricity. The rockets were directed at the natural gas-powered electricity station of al-Quds in northeastern Baghdad, Spokesperson Aziz al-Shamri told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
Diyala Prv:Khalis:#1: Police forces on Monday arrested a gunman while attempting to attach a sticky bomb to a civilian vehicle north of Baaquba city, Diala’s police commander said Monday. “The arrest took place in al-Khaliss suburb, 15 km north of Baaquba,” General Abdilhussein al-Shemmary told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. “Experts were able to defuse the charge,” he said.
Amarra:#1: Bomb squad experts on Tuesday defused a car bomb in Missan province, according to a local security source. “The car with rigged with a large amount of explosives and parked near al-Hasnawi gas station (5 km south of Amara city),” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
Shurqat:#1: Two persons, including a serviceman, on Tuesday were killed when a group of gunmen attacked their vehicle in Salah al-Din province, according to a local police source. “This morning, unknown gunmen attacked a civilian vehicle carrying two persons, including a military serviceman, in downtown al-Shurqat district, killing them on the spot,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
Kirkuk:#1: A roadside improvised explosive device (IED) on Tuesday was defused in southwestern Kirkuk, according to a source from the joint coordination center. “During an early hour this morning, a Multi-National Force (MNF) patrol vehicle found an explosive device on al-Matar St. near Tikrit square,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. Iraqi police forces have managed to defuse the device, the source noted, adding that no damage was reported.
Mosul:#1: An Iraqi army force killed a gunman on Tuesday in western Mosul, a source from Ninewa’s operations command said. “Iraqi army forces on Tuesday killed a gunman on Tuesday (June 30) while attempting to open fire on a soldier at a checkpoint in al-Islah al-Zeraai neighborhood in western Mosul,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. “The gunman was in possession of a gun of a former policeman who had been killed by gunmen,” he noted.
Afghanistan: "The Forgotten War"#1: A suicide bomber dressed as a woman killed at least one person, identified as a child, and wounded eight in an attack on an Afghanistan-Pakistan border checkpoint on Tuesday, government officials and police said. Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, a spokesman for the governor of eastern Nangarhar province, said the suicide bomber had crossed into Afghanistan from the Pakistan side of the border. Abdulzai put the death toll at two and said 10 were wounded. Afghanistan's Interior Ministry said one person, a child, was killed, and at least eight wounded. Three police officers, including a female officer who worked at the border checkpoint searching women, were among the wounded, it said in a statement.
MORTAR UNIT POURS IT ON TALIBAN IN CHOWKAY VALLEY, AFGHANISTAN (WARNING: ROUGH LANGUAGE)
This video shows a U.S. Mortar unit pouring it on the Taliban in the Chowkay Valley, Afghanistan. Man, I would hate to be on the receiving end of these mortar shells.
WARNING: Very strong language.
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FABULOUS COMBAT VIDEO: U.S. FORCES FIGHT IT OUT WITH TALIBAN IN KORNEGAL VALLEY, AFGHANISTAN
This video is non-stop combat action showing B Co 1-26 Infantry, 3-1 BCT Kornegal Valley, Afghanistan (Search & Destroy Mission) A soldier took this footage. God Bless them all they are doing a good job in the war on terrorism.
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Monday, June 29, 2009
THIS IS HOW AN M1A1 ABRAMS TANK CREW DESTROYS A TERRORIST'S CAR (SEE VIDEO)
This video shows how an M1A1 Abrams tank crew destroys a car belonging to terrorists.
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EXTREMELY BRUTAL VIDEO FOLLOWING IED ATTACK ON M1A1 ABRAMS TANK IN AFGHANISTAN
In this extremely graphic video you see crew members of an M1A1 Abrams tank scrambling to try and get out of the vehicle after it has been disabled by an IED in Afghanistan. The video is very explicit and should be viewed with extreme caution.
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Sunday, June 28, 2009
FOUR U.S. SOLDIERS KILLED BY IED ATTACK IN AFGHANISTAN (PENTAGON VIDEO)
This video comes from the Pentagon and announces four U.S. soldiers have been killed by an IED in Afghanistan.
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YOU WANTED A BRUTAL FIREFIGHT. WATCH THIS. 10TH MTN. DIV. BATTLE TALIBAN (SUPERB ACTION VIDEO)
If you've been looking for an intense firefight, this is the video for you. Watch as members of the 10th Mountain Division battle the Taliban deep in the mountains of Afghanistan. The fighting is non-stop and brutal.
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THE SOUND INSURGENTS FEAR THE MOST: THE APACHE A-64 HELICOPTER (MUSIC BY DISCIIPLE_
There is one sound that sends chills up and down the backs of the insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan and that is the sound of the awesome Apache A-64 helicopter as it makes its run on enemy positions. Watch as the choppers do their thing with music by Disciple.
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THIS IS THE WAR IN IRAQ THE MEDIA SAYS IS NOT WORTH COVERING
Whenever we post a video about the wars in either Iraq or Afghanistan, we find people who think we are glamorizing the wars. Nothing could be further from the truth. The videos we post are taken during the heat of battle and they are what our troops face on a daily basis in both Iraq and now Afghanistan. The mainstream media has convinced the American public that 24/7 coverage of Michael Jackson's death is far more important than even one 30-second clip from Iraq or Afghanistan. The reason is easily explained. Very few if any of the people who work in the media---print, TV or radio---have ever served a day of their lives in the military so they have no idea what war is really like. It is much easier for them to repeat endlessly the same boring nonsense about Michael Jackson than it is to report on a war. The truth of the matter is members of the media are like members of Congress. You could count on both hands and probably have several fingers left over how many of them know what it is like to be in the military.
This video is a true portrayal of what war is like and anyone who says this is propaganda should get off their ass and join the military and hopefully they will be assigned to a line company somewhere in the mountains of Afghanistan.
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Saturday, June 27, 2009
KICK ASS VIDEO: THIS IS WHAT WAR IN AFGHANISTAN LOOKS LIKE
This is what war in Afghanistan looks like. This is the war the mainstream media has collectively decided is not worth covering anymore. There are over 20,000 U.S. troops deployed to Afghanistan and President Obama is planning on sending upwards of 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan. Even as the war escalates in intensity, the mainstream media in the United States continues to turn a blind eye to what is happening in Afghanistan. There has NEVER been a war in the history of the United States which has received less press coverage than the Afghanistan war. Shame on the media.
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VIOLENT VIDEO: ONE U.S. SOLDIER KILLED AND EIGHT WOUNDED AFTER AMBUSH IN IRAQ
This dramatic video takes you right along inside of a Humvee that is ambushed by insurgents in Iraq. One U.S. soldier is killed and eight others are wounded. The language is very explicit as you might expect during the heat of battle.
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FAB VIDEO: SOLDIERS EXPLAIN HOW THEY RESPOND TO BUDDIES BACK IN THE STATES ABOUT REAL WAR (RAW LANGUAGE)
This video is a compilation of various soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan talking about how they respond to buddies back home in the USA who ask them stupid questions about the war and make outrageous comments about how they would act if they were in the military in a firefight.
WARNING: The language is raw.
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82nd AIRBORNE MEDICS RACE TO SAVE LIFE OF PREGNANT AFGHANISTAN WOMAN AND HER BABY (MUST SEE VIDEO)
A Medi-vac team from the 82nd Airborne act quickly to save the life of an Afghanistan woman who is pregnant and was shot through the stomach. The Medics save the child and the mother in this dramatic video showing humanitarian aid in the desolate area of Afghanistan near the Pakistan border.
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WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO IRAQ WHEN U.S. FORCES PULLBACK FROM TOWNS AND CITIES NEXT TUESDAY? (WATCH VIDEO)
This video is a discussion of what is going to take place next Tuesday when over half of the 130,000 U.S. troops deployed to Iraq begin to pullback from towns and cities to bases inside fortified areas of Iraq. As the U.S. troops prepare to withdraw, the violence in Iraq has seen a dramatic uptick in the past two weeks with more than 200 Iraqis killed by suicide bombers.
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VIDEO OF MARINES BLOWING UP THEIR OWN HUMVEE IN IRAQ
This is dramatic video of U.S. Marines blowing up their own Humvee in Iraq. Listen to Marines communicate with each other as charges are set. Extremely graphic video.
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Friday, June 26, 2009
U.S. ARMY SOLDIERS IN FIREFIGHT WITH TALIBAN IN AFGHANISTAN (LIVE ACTION VIDEO)
While the world seemingly focuses on the death of Michael Jackson, there are young men and women over in Afghanistan who are putting their lives on the line everyday as they fight the Taliban in the barren regions of Afghanistan. This video is a brief look at real heroes who are not pop rock star icons.
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OREGON NATIONAL GUARD FIRING .50 CAL MACHINE GUN IN AFGHANISTAN (ACTION VIDEO)
Video show a unit of the Oregon National Guard firing a .50 Cal. machine gun outside a FOB in Afghanistan.
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NEWS ALERT: SITUATION WORSES IN BAGHDAD: MOTORCYLE BOMB KILLS 19
The situation in Baghdad worsened on Friday when a motorcyle bomb went off in a crowded bazaar in Baghadad killing 19 people. There have been numerous attacks in Baghdad in the past week killing over 200 people as the violence escalats in Iraqi capital city.
BAGHDAD (AP) -- A booby-trapped motorcycle exploded in a crowded bazaar Friday in Baghdad, killing at least 19 people, Iraqi officials said, part of an apparent trend toward increased use of motorcycles to thwart stepped up security measures.
SOURCE: DALLAS MORNING NEWS: http://tinyurl.com/npf5u4
The attack was the latest in a week of violence that has killed more than 200 people, with just four days to go before the deadline for U.S. combat troops to withdraw from cities.
The spike has raised fresh doubts about the ability of Iraqi forces to provide security and fight a stubborn insurgency as their American partners become less visible.
U.S. and Iraqi officials have warned they expect more violence in the days surrounding the deadline as militants stage a show of force to try to stoke sectarian bloodshed and undermine confidence in the government.
But American commanders and Iraqi leaders have insisted the withdrawal will go ahead as scheduled. Under a security pact, the Americans must pull back from cities by June 30 and from the entire country by the end of 2011.
The Baghdad explosion occurred just after 9 a.m. when the market was packed with young people buying or selling motorcycles in central Baghdad, according to police and hospital officials.
Ghaith Abdul-Allah, 35, was unloading motorcycles he planned to sell from his truck when the blast occurred.
BREAKING NEWS: BAGHADAD SHATTERED AGAIN BY BOMB BLAST: 13 KILLED, 45 WOUNDED
The situation in Baghdad as well as the rest of Iraq is rapidly going downhill as more and suicide bombs are going off in Baghdad as well as the rest of Iraq. The bombings have put a crimp in the plans of the Obama administration to pull U.S. troops out of Iraq.
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Bomb kills 13, wounds 45 in Baghdad
By Abdul Rahman DaherReutersFriday, June 26, 2009 4:50 AM
SOURCE: WASHINGTON POST: http://tinyurl.com/mn2esd
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A bomb killed at least 13 people and wounded 45 when it exploded in an industrial area of Baghdad on Friday, just four days before U.S. combat troops are due to withdraw from Iraqi cities and towns.
Police said the bomb was planted on a motorbike in a market specializing in motorcycles in Bab al-Sheikh, a largely Shi'ite Muslim part of central Baghdad.
Shredded shoes and bits of bloody clothing were scattered around the twisted frames of motorbikes.
A spate of bombings in Baghdad and other parts of Iraq has raised doubts about whether the Iraqi security forces can take over the fight against a stubborn insurgency when U.S. troops withdraw to their bases at the end of this month.
Iraqi police and army have had to be completely rebuilt since U.S. administrators disbanded the Iraqi forces after the U.S. invasion in 2003, a fatal decision that left thousands of trained fighters unemployed and angry, fuelling an insurgency
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Despite proud assertions from the government that the U.S. pullback represents a victory for Iraq as it regains its sovereignty, many Iraqis lack faith in their own forces.
On Wednesday, 78 people were killed in a bomb attack in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood, just days after a truck bomb killed 73 people in the northern city of Kirkuk.
FIERCE FIREFIGHT:U.S. FORCES BATTLE TALIBAN IN TORA BORA (GREAT VIDEO)
There is plenty of action in this video as U.S. forces take on the Taliban in the mountains of Afghanistan in a place called Tora Bora which was suspected to be where Usama bin Laden had been hiding out.
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U.S. SOLDIERS FROM 3RD BN. 3RD SPECIAL FORCES ARE HIT BY TALIBAN FIRE IN AFGHANISTAN (WATCH VIDEO)
Video shows a platoon from the 3rd Bn., 3rd Special Forces after they are hit by Taliban fire in the mountains of Afghanistan. Sound starts out low, but builds up.
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Monday, June 22, 2009
NEWS ALERT: WAVE OF BOMBINGS TARGET BAGHDAD
Three blasts have shaken the Iraqi capital leaving at least six people dead, including a child.
SOURCE: http://tinyurl.com/nh48w6
Nearly 30 other people were injured in Monday's series of attacks, security and hospital officials said.
The blasts appeared to mark a rise in violence in the run up to the planned pullout of US troops from Iraqi towns and cities by the end of June.
In the first attack, a roadside bomb hit a minibus in the Shia neighbourhood of Sadr City, killing three university students.
GRIM REMINDER OF AKGHANISTAN WAR: CIVILIAN VICTIMS OF U.S AND TALIBAN ATTACKS (GRUESOME VIDEO)
This video shows the aftermath of U.S. and Taliban attacks on Afghanistan civilians who are being treated in Kandahar Hospital. Most of the victims are young children and women caught in the crossfire of a war that has no end in sight. Listen to their stories and then you decide whether President Obama is right in sending more U.S. troops to Afghanistan.
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BRUTAL FIREFIGHT IN PECH RIVER VALLEY AGHANISTAN (SEE VIDEO)
The most impressive part of this video about a firefight in the Pech River Valley of Afghanistan is the desolate terrain our troops are fighting in over in Afghanistan. What you see here are U.S. forces attacking Taliban positions across the river. WARNING: Some of the language is explicit.
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Sunday, June 21, 2009
GREAT VIDEO: 173RD AIRBORNE PERFORM A "HOLLYWOOD JUMP"
The grandfather of one of the men in this 173rd Airborne detachment sent me this video of his grandson, David, doing a "Hollywood Jump" in Italy. A "Hollywood Jump" is when you parachute without all your combat equipment. Take a look. This is interesting.
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ROCKIN' VIDEO: 2 IED ATTACKS ON U.S. CONVOY
Watch and listen to what happens when one of the U.S. vehicles is struck by an IED in Iraq.
Some of the language is very raw.
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KICK-ASS VIDEO: SNIPER FIRES AT U.S. CONVOY AND HITS GLASS ON WINDSHIELD
The bullet-proof glass on this Army Humvee saved the lives of the U.S. troops inside when a sniper opened up on the convoy in Afghanistan. Watch and listen to our troops talk about the incident right after it happened.
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CAPTURED ENEMY VIDEO: U.S. MEDIC SURVIVES SNIPER ATTACK
Listen to the insurgents talking to each other as the prepare to attack a U.S. Army combat medic in this extremely dramatic video. This is captured enemy footage.
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DRAMATIC VIDEO OF COMBAT MEDICS FROM 1ST CAV SAVING WOUNDED COMRADES IN AFGAHANISTAN
Video shows combat medics from the 1st Cavalry attending to wounded comrades after a firefight in Afghanistan.
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EXCLUSIVE VIDEO OF TRUCK BOMB THAT KILLED 70 AND WOUNDED 200 IN IRAQ SATURDAY (WATCH HERE)
No sooner had Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki announced that Iraq was now stable and ready for U.S. troops to leave the country, but a truck bomb went off near the city of Kirkuk killing 70 and wounding 200.
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FIERCE COMBAT IN AFGHANISTAN: U.S. TROOPS RIP TALBIAN (WATCH VIDEO)
The sound is sporadic, but hang in there and you will see and hear U.S. forces engaging the Taliban in the mountains of Afghanistan.
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Saturday, June 20, 2009
VIDEO OF A MASSIVE FIREFIGHT. NOT THE WAY TO SPEND FATHER'S DAY
This is not exactly how most fathers spend Father's Day, but these soldiers are caught in the middle of a massive firefight in Iraq. Listen to the communication between troops.
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BREAKING NEWS: TRUCK BOMB KILLS 70 AND WOUNDS 200 IN NORTHERN IRAQ
A truck bomb exploded as worshippers left a Shiite mosque in northern Iraq on Saturday, killing more than 70 people and wounding nearly 200 in the deadliest bombing this year.
SOURCE: http://tinyurl.com/nkrwjy
The blast near Kirkuk — a city rife with ethnic tensions — came hours after the prime minister warned Iraqis to expect more violence as U.S. troops withdraw from Iraqi cities by the end of this month, but he insisted the deadline will be met “no matter what happens.”
The Americans already have begun pulling back combat troops from inner-city outposts in Baghdad, Mosul and other urban areas ahead of the June 30 deadline set in a security pact that calls for a full U.S. withdrawal from Iraq by 2012.
But continued assassinations and high-profile explosions have heightened concerns that Iraqi forces are not ready to take over their own security.
"WINNING HEARTS AND MINDS"--AFGHANISTAN: THE WAR THE MEDIA HAS FORGOT (WATCH VIDEO)
The 321st Civil Affairs unit has a special job in Afghanistan and that is to "win the hearts and minds" of the Afghan population by providing them with all kinds of services they have not had before. In this video, you see and hear members of the 321st Civil Affairs unit describe what they do in Afghanistan. They also feel the media in the United States has let them down and we couldn't agree more.
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VIDEO OF INTENSE SKIRMISH BETWEEN U.S. TROOPS AND TALIBAN
In this video you see U.S. forces use AT-4 rockets and .50 cal guns as they take on the Taliban in Afghanistan. Lots of communication between our troops and some of the language is explicit.
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HELO THUNDER: AWESOME VIDEO U.S. HELICOPTERS IN ACTION IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN
Fantastic video footage of U.S. helicopters in action over Iraq and Afghanistan. There is nothing more the enemy fears more than the sound of the "choppers" approaching. They know it is instant death from the sky.
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Friday, June 19, 2009
ANGELINA JOLIE EATS WITH OUR TROOPS IN IRAQ (SEE VIDEO)
When actress Angelina Jolie recently visited Iraq, she took time to visit an Army mess hall and eat with the troops. In this video you see Angelina going through the chow line and then dining and talking to the troops. These GIs are never going to forget this experience.
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HOOAH!! ST.LOUIS BROWNS CHEERLEADERS GIVE A LIFT TO OUR TROOPS (VIDEO SPECIAL)
Every GI overseas dreams of seeing his wife or girlfriend, but when that is impossible a contingent of St. Louis Browns Cheerleaders make a visit to an overseas base to put on a show for the soldiers to give them a little touch of home.
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AERIAL ATTACKS IN IRAQ BY U.S. AIR FORCE: MUSIC: DROWNING POOL (SUPERB VIDEO)
Video is a compilation of aerial attacks by various units from the U.S. Air Force on enemy positions in Iraq. Music by Drowning Pool.
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GRAPHIC FOOTAGE OF U.S. MARINES ON THE ATTACK IN IRAQ (SENSATIONAL VIDEO)
This video shows U.S. Marines on the attack in Iraq in extremely graphic footage. Sound is by 009 Sound System.
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DANGEROUS PATROL: U.S. AND IRAQI TROOPS COME UNDER HEAVY FIRE (GREAT VIDEO)
This video shows U.S. and Iraqi troops on patrol in Iraq. They fall under enemy fire and return the fire in this excellent video. You will get to hear the troops communicating with each other as the patrol continues the sweep looking for insurgents. All hell breaks loose near the conclusion of this video.
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NFL CHEERLEADER JANA WHITE SERVES WITH U.S. AIR FORCE IN IRAQ (SEE VIDEO)
Senior Airman Jana White is an Oakland Raiders "Raiderette" cheerleader who took time off from her job on the sidelines at the Oakland Raiders football games to join the U.S. Air Force and is currently assigned to the Bagram Air Base in Iraq. Watch video as Jana explains what she does while on active duty in Iraq.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/jrZ7HNlwQYU&hl=en&fs=1
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RELENTLESS TALIBAN ATTACK ON U.S. TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN (WATCH VIDEO)
Video shows how GIs react to a relentless attack on their position by the Taliban in Afghanistan.
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Thursday, June 18, 2009
DRAMATIC VIDEO FROM FOB OPERATING BASE IN AFGHANISTAN
The American public are being deprived of ever seeing what our troops are going through in Afghanistan because the mainstream media no longer covers the war in Afghanistan. This video shows what our troops are doing at a small FOB (Forward Operating Base) not far from Kabul in the Afghanistan mountains. It's just a damn shame the mainstream press in U.S. has collectively decided these young men and women in our military are not worth even a snippet of reporting.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/KhhfVkFnbJ8&hl=en&fs=1
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VIOLENT ATTACK IN THE MOUNTAINS OF AFGHANISTAN (SUPERB VIDEO)
This video follows a Company of U.S. soldiers as they deploy to Afghanistan and are immediately involved in a violent firefight with the Taliban deep in the mountains of Afghanistan.
Just a little video i made in Afghanistan. Most of those with us shooting or being attacked, was up in COP Lybert. It's in the Nuristan province about 2,000 meters from the Pakistan border.
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BALL-BUSTIN' VIDEO: U.S.SOLDIERS ON AFGHAN MOUNTAIN ENGAGE TALIBAN WITH MACHINE GUNS (WARNING: STRONG LANGUAGE)
Video shows a U.S. Army platoon engaging the Taliban with machine guns from a mountain top in Afghanistan. WARNING: STRONG LANGUAGE
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RAW COMBAT FOOTAGE AFGHANISTAN (GREAT VIDEO)
This short video shows a U.S. military unit involved in tense combat in Afghanistan.
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STRONG LANGUAGE AS SOLDIERS REACT TO TALIBAN AMBUSH IN THIS VIDEO
There is lots of strong language in this video showing the "Knuckles" unit of the U.S. Army reacting to an ambush by the Taliban in Afghanistan.
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AMAZING GRACE: PLEASE DON'T FORGET THESE WAR HEROES.
The mainstream media and much of the American people have completely turned their back on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but we still have a combined 200,000 young men and women deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq. In this video, you will see a salute to the fallen heroes of these wars with a rendition of "Amazing Grace" playing over the solemn occasion.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/4WzL2Lu6ecE&hl=en&fs=1
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009
"OPERATION PHANTOM FURY"-U.S. MARINES IN COMBAT IN IRAQ (GRAPHIC VIDEO)
A look at what the war in Iraq is really like. U.S. Marines carryout "Operation Phantom Fury."
The song is "Holy Ghost." WARNING: Graphic images.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/enm9Dhp79Vk&hl=en&fs=1
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HEART-BREAKING VIDEO HONORING THE "THIRD HERD" FROM THE 173RD AIRBORNE (MUST SEE)
This is a very touching video honoring fallen members of the 173rd Airborne who lost their lives in the Afghanistan war. Everyone should really watch this.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/5WZFRVqHJKw&hl=en&fs=1
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U.S. SPECIAL FORCES ATTACK ENEMY FROM A MH-6 NIGHT STALKER HELICOPTER (
Video shows U.S. Special Forces jumping off an MH-6 Night Stalker helicopter as they engage the enemy in firefights in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/enHmkFiMNbs&hl=en&fs=1
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U.S. SPECIAL FORCES ENGAGE ENEMY IN COMBAT (WATCH VIDEO)
The song is "Last Man Standing" and it's appropriate for this video about U.S. Special Forces engaged in combat against the enemy in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/cE1FNIlNsuk&hl=en&fs=1
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TWO SOLDIERS KILLED BY LOB BOMBS IN IRAQ (CASEY J. PORTER VIDEO)
This is another in a series of great videos by Casey J. Porter who was a Sgt who had been deployed to Iraq twice. In this video, Porter reports on lob bombs used by insurgents against U.S. forces. Two American GIs were killed by lob bombs, but their deaths were reported as the result of small arms fire by the DOD (Department of Defense).
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VIOLENT FIREFIGHT INVOLVING U.S. SOLDIERS AND THE TALIBAN IN AFGHANISTAN (FANTASTIC VIDEO)
Video shows a unit from the U.S. Army in a violent firefight with the Taliban after they are ambushed in the mountains of Afghanistan. Some of language is raw.
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SPLASH! F-16 GUN TAPE FOOTAGE STRIKE TALIBAN
Video gives you a F-16 gun tape view of a strike on Taliban positions in Afghanistan.
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009
ANOTHER UNBELIEVABLE VIDEO OF IED EXPLOSIONS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN
This video was made just a week ago and is a graphic depiction of the devastating destruction IEDs can cause on mostly vehicles but also buildings. The song is "Another Day" by Still.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/Uyumt7vgY1I&hl=en&fs=1
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UNREAL VIDEO OF MASSIVE IED EXPLOSIONS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN (MUST SEE)
This is a new video showing a number of massive IED explosions in Iraq and Afghanistan. You are never going to believe what happens to these vehicles.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/_QK3Qvg0bsQ&hl=en&fs=1
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THE FIRST DAYS IN IRAQ FROM A SOLDIER'S POINT OF VIEW (CASEY J. PORTER VIDEO)
This is a fantastic video which captures how our GIs feel on deployment to Iraq. Some of them are experiencing their second and third tours of Iraq and they explain what it is like to the "newbies." This video doesn't dance around the topic of deployment to Iraq and producer Casey J. Porter does a super job of capturing it all on film.
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Monday, June 15, 2009
WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTS BLACKWATER OVERPAID MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR WORK IN IRAQ
Audit Finds That U.S. Overpaid Blackwater
By YOCHI J. DREAZEN
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
http://tinyurl.com/n2taqo
WASHINGTON -- A government audit found that the State Department overpaid the contract-security firm once known as Blackwater Worldwide by tens of millions of dollars because the company failed to properly staff its teams in Iraq.
The report didn't identify any specific security breaches, but it said the State Department should have withheld at least $55 million in payments to the company because of the shortfalls.
The audit by the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction and the State Department's Inspector General said the firm didn't employ enough guards, medics, marksmen and dog handlers to fully man the teams, which were responsible for protecting the U.S. ambassador to Iraq and other high-level officials.
The failure to consistently field the right numbers of guards endangered the U.S. officials whom the company was being paid to protect, the report concluded.
"We believe the full manning of protective details is important to the safety of the principal being protected, as well as to the members of the protective details," the audit noted. "Insufficient manning exposed the department to unnecessary risk."
The audit also found that Blackwater, which this year changed its name to Xe, sometimes overcharged for airfare to and from Iraq and failed to properly account for some equipment received from the U.S. government.
Read complete story here: http://tinyurl.com/n2taqo
AFGHANISTAN: THE UNWINNABLE WAR (SEE FOR YOURSELF)
US Dead: 610 UK Dead: 158 Canadian Dead: 118 Germany Dead: 32 Other NATO: 154 ASF Dead: 4576 Civilian Dead: 10,960 to 30, 557 (unknown)
And these numbers are rising every single day.
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