Video captures a unit of the 101st Airborne, Able Company, on an air assault into the dangerous mountains of Afghanistan. Keep your speakers turned up so you can hear the GIs communicating with each other.
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009
MIND BLOWING VIDEO OF 101ST AIRBORNE ON AIR ASSAULT IN AFGHANISTAN (ACTION VIDEO)
FANTASTIC VIDEO OF VIPER COMPANY IN BRUTAL FIREFIGHT IN KORENGAL VALLEY AFGHANISTAN (WARNING: RAW LANGUAGE)
This footage captures Viper Company in a brutal firefight with the Taliban in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan. WARNING: Raw language.
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RICHARD ENGLE, NBC NEWS, TRAVELS WITH VIPER COMPANY INTO THE DEADLY KORENGAL VALLEY AFGHANISTAN (ACTION VIDEO)
Richard Engle is the NBC News Chief War Correspondent who manages to always be in the thick of a battle in Afghanistan or Iraq. In this video, Engle goes with Viper Company of Memorial Day into the dangerous Korengal Valley of Afghanistan in search of Taliban.
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IRAQIS CELEBRATE U.S. PULLBACK, BUT 33 KILLED BY CAR BOMBING
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.
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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Monday, June 29, 2009
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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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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Sunday, June 28, 2009
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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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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Saturday, June 27, 2009
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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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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Friday, June 26, 2009
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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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.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
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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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.
WATCH VIDEO HERE:
http://www.youtube.com/v/0yW75jy9DWs&hl=en&fs=1
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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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http://www.youtube.com/v/xgecJUiFUmE&hl=en&fs=1
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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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http://www.youtube.com/v/C_LTvGSHHh4&hl=en&fs=1
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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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http://www.youtube.com/v/tfqg0jiiL08&hl=en&fs=1
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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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Thursday, June 18, 2009
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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http://www.youtube.com/v/yzR81aDuED4&hl=en&fs=1
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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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http://www.youtube.com/v/fdNTqkiKwsw&hl=en&fs=1
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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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http://www.youtube.com/v/EI1_hdkZ-uo&hl=en&fs=1
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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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http://www.youtube.com/v/jhnPx-0lrU0&hl=en&fs=1
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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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http://www.youtube.com/v/zQ0vbg2uE3Q&hl=en&fs=1
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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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http://www.youtube.com/v/AeFs4R64ktE&hl=en&fs=1
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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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http://www.youtube.com/v/XfwtYzGwqRc&hl=en&fs=1
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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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http://www.youtube.com/v/RG7OItmEAec&hl=en&fs=1
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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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Monday, June 15, 2009
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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http://www.youtube.com/v/wuQm-P1VglE&hl=en&fs=1
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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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http://www.youtube.com/v/5gg37DvM4nk&hl=en&fs=1
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Sunday, June 14, 2009
DOWNRANGE: THE DEPLOYMENT FILMS OF CASEY J. PORTER (SUPERB PRODUCTION)
This is the first video in what will be a series of videos in the coming weeks from our good friend, Casey J. Porter, who served two tours in Iraq as a Sgt. in the United States Army. Casey in an activist who fought the "system" while serving on active duty, and now he has capsulated his experiences in Iraq into a series of video productions. Take a look. You won't be disappointed.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/JedoAs_QNd8&hl=en&fs=1
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VIDEO OF CHARLIE COMPANY, 391ST COMBAT ENGINEER BATTALION IN ACTION IN AFGHANISTAN
Video shows Charlie Company of 391st Combat Engineer Battalion in action in Afghanistan.
Great music and real life action as the 391st takes on Taliban.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/g71b_yJMO-U&hl=en&fs=1
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ARMY MOS 21B COMBAT ENGINEER (WATCH VIDEO)
The Army Combat Engineer, MOS 21B, is a unit used to clear mine fields, build bridges, roads and air fields, as well as working with explosives that clear the way for the Infantry as well as mechanized units of the Army and Marines. This blogger was a Combat Engineer during the Korean War. Watch this video and learn what a member of a Combat Engineer does in a war zone.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/IKNsBX-hSOg&hl=en&fs=1
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82nd AIRBORNE "SAPPERS" BLOWIN' THINGS UP IN AFGHANISTAN (GREAT VIDEO)
This video is of the 82nd Airborne Combat Engineers blowing things up in Afghanistan. No job is too big for a "sapper."
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http://www.youtube.com/v/egHwgwjfSno&hl=en&fs=1
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Saturday, June 13, 2009
FIRE IN THE HOLE! U.S. MARINE "SAPPERS" TAKE OUT TALIBAN LAND MINES AND IEDS (GREAT ACTION VIDEO)
What is a "Sapper?" I was a "Sapper" in the United States Army Combat Engineers during the Korean War and we are the soldiers who many times move out in front of the infantry to take out enemy land mines, booby traps, and anything that could blow up causing injury or death to our troops. The "Sappers" have a motto: "Let Us Try." In this video you see a team of "Sappers" from the United States Marine Corps Combat Engineers doing what they are trained to do in Afghanistan. It is dangerous work, but somebody has to do it.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/jmbX8bePzBE&hl=en&fs=1
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WILD ASS VIDEO U.S. MORTAR UNIT FIRING INTO TALIBAN POSITIONS IN AFGHANISTAN
Turn up your sound and listen to this U.S. mortar unit as they fire their mortars into Taliban positions in the mountains of Afghanistan.
http://www.youtube.com/v/X5vCUQ6bZBQ&hl=en&fs=1
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CHECKOUT THE TOP OF A MOUNTAIN IN AFGHANISTAN AFTER ARTILLERY TEAM UNLOADS ON TALIBAN (GREAT ACTION VIDEO)
This video shows a U.S. artillery team firing rounds into a mountain in Afghanistan where Taliban fighters are embedded. You get to hear the GIs talking back and forth to each other as they load the big guns for another blast at the mountain. Warning: Some raw language.
http://www.youtube.com/v/UTRl4N1wTKs&hl=en&fs=1
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VIOLENT FIREFIGHT WITH TALIBAN. ONE U.S. GI IS HIT BY ENEMY FIRE (RED HOT VIDEO)
There is a lot of cursing going on in this video of U.S. troops caught in a Taliban ambush in Afghanistan. One U.S. soldier is shot before they troops are able to battle their way out.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/U7NHNuOnYYI&hl=en&fs=1
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"COLLATERAL DAMAGE"---100 AFGHAN CIVILIANS KILLED BY U.S. AIR STRIKES (GRUESOME VIDEO)
The U.S. military calls it "collateral damage," but to the Afghanistan women, children and men on the ground it is a savage atrocity. More than 100 Afghan civilians were killed recently in an U.S. air strike on a small village in Afghanistan. The U.S. commanders say the Taliban hideout in homes occupied by civilians, but the Afghanistan people disagree with that determination. In any event, the United States military is NOT winning the "hearts and minds" of the Afghanistan people.
http://www.youtube.com/v/ThT3u4TWuY8&hl=en&fs=1
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U.S. MILITARY COMMANDER ADMITS "MISTAKES HAVE BEEN MADE" IN BOMBING AFGHAN CIVILIANS (VIDEO)
The U.S. military has come under increased criticism for allegedly bombing civilians in Afghanistan. In this video, you will see one U.S. military commander admit mistakes have been made and the result has been many Afghan civilian casualties.
http://www.youtube.com/v/f4bK3fSCn6Y&hl=en&fs=1
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U.S. FORCES COMMIT GENOCIDE ON AFGHAN CIVILIANS (BRUTAL VIDEO)
The Afghan civilians claim they "hate" the Americans more than they "hated" the Russians when they invaded their country. In this video you see Afghan women and children casualties of U.S. air strikes on Afghan villages and cities. And what is the U.S. answer to all of these atrocities? We are going to send in more than 20,000 more U.S. troops into Afghanistan.
Why?
http://www.youtube.com/v/abmfJHYDJPw&hl=en&fs=1
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AFGHAN CIVILIANS ARE FURIOUS OVER U.S. ATTACKS ON THEIR VILLAGES (DRAMATIC VIDEO)
The civilians in many of the Afghan villages at the United States for air strikes that have killed their women and children. You can see why when you view this video.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/lnuBvO3NDqg&hl=en&fs=1
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THE UGLY OTHER WAR: 173RD AIRBORNE SEARCH FOR USAMA BIN LADEN IN AFGHANISTAN (GREAT VIDEO)
This is the untold story of the 173rd Airborne deep in the heart of Afghanistan engaged in fierce firefights with the Taliban as the 173rd searches for Usama bin Laden in the mountains of Afghanistan. Brian Ross of ABC provides this video report.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/Ch-35aWHG4U&hl=en&fs=1
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THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN: MUSIC: DROWNING POOL "CAST ME ASIDE" (GREAT VIDEO)
Video is a series of shots of U.S. and coalition troops in combat action in Afghanistan. The song is "Cast Me Aside" by Drowning Pool.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/EJQMPwF38s0&hl=en&fs=1
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Friday, June 12, 2009
THE STAGING GAME: CASEY J. PORTER VIDEO OF KUWAIT
Casey J. Porter, who was a Sgt in the Army deployed to Iraq two times, made this film which shows how American run corporations are set up to bilk the troops in Iraq out of their money and indirectly force them to "re-up" because they have heard there are zero jobs for them if they decide to leave the military after their tour and join the ranks of unemployed civilians back in the United States.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/HEDHXD-bgTc&hl=en&fs=1
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Thursday, June 11, 2009
SPECIAL FORCES IN COMBAT (VIDEO)
This video is a compilation of our Special Forces in various combat actions in wars the United States has engaged in over the past 50 years. The song is "Hit and Run" by Dragon Fly.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/f_oAys7uz98&hl=en&fs=1
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DRAMATIC VIDEO: WATCH AS OUR TROOPS TRY TO RESCUE A WOUNDED SOLDIER WHILE UNDER RPG FIRE
This video is very dramatic and shows how our troops go about trying to rescue a wounded buddy in the heart of Iraq. Very intense footage. Warning: Some raw language.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/CO_lYXfVOE0&hl=en&fs=1
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ACTION-PACKED VIDEO OF MARINE CORPS 1ST RECON BATTALION IN FIERCE ACTION IN AFGHANISTAN
This is a great action-packed video showing the United States Marine Corps 1st Recon Battalion in violent and fierce action in Afghanistan.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/GUbCI2M7w40&hl=en&fs=1
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VIOLENT VIDEO OF THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN (MUST SEE)
Video is of both U.S. and NATO forces in brutal firefights in Afghanistan. This video is the type of video that should be shown on our American media, but because the media in the U.S. doesn't give a damn about our troops in Afghanistan it will never be seen but on a blog like mine.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/C0LDHAzyMSI&hl=en&fs=1
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GREAT VIDEO: GREEN BERETS FACE AMBUSH AND IEDS IN AFGHANISTAN
This is a National Geographic video tracing the Green Berets in Afghanistan as they face an ambush and IEDs. There is plenty of action in this video.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/L8VjH4iF3Q0&hl=en&fs=1
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HELLUVA VIDEO: 1ST FORCE RECON CO. CAUGHT IN AFGHANISTAN AMBUSH
The 1st Force Recon Company is seen here caught in an ambush by the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Plenty of fast-paced action.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/dUyn3cVXBx0&hl=en&fs=1
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009
PART 5 AND THE END OF THIS VIDEO SERIES ON HOW FORMER NFL STAR AND ARMY RANGER PAT TILMAN WAS KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN
This is the final video in a series of five videos which tells the true story of what really happened to former NFL star and Army Ranger Pat Tilman in Afghanistan.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/m1fj0dTtUXc&hl=en&fs=1
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PART 4 OF THE TRUE DEATH OF FORMER NFL STAR PAT TILMAN IN AFGHANISTAN
This is Part 4 of what really happened to former NFL star and Army Ranger, Pat Tilman, in Afghansitan.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/oxkYPcHety4&hl=en&fs=1
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PART 3 OF THE TRUE STORY OF THE DEATH OF FORMER NFL STAR PAT TILMAN IN AFGHANISTAN (PT. 3)
This is Part 3 of the true story of what really happened to former NFL star and Army Ranger PAT TILMAN deep in the mountains of Afghanistan.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/M0b4fSdUWeY&hl=en&fs=1
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PART 2 OF DEATH OF ARMY RANGER AND FORMER NFL STAR PAT TILMAN.
This is part 2 of a video about the death of former NFL football star PAT TILMAN, an Army Ranger, deep in the heart of Afghanistan.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/X21zyynVrys&hl=en&fs=1
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THE DEATH OF ARMY RANGER PAT TILMAN BY FRIENDLY FIRE IN AFGHANISTAN (PART 1 VIDEO)
This video shows what really happened to former NFL football star PAT TILMAN, an Army ranger, when he was caught in the middle of friendly fire in Afghanistan. This is Part 1 of a FIVE part video.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/g3pINmGVIK0&hl=en&fs=1
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VIOLENT FIREFIGHT: 2ND PLATOON, A-CO. 10TH MTN. DIV IN FIERCE FIREFIGHT WITH TALIBAN
This video is fantastic and it is total non-stop action as GIs from 2nd Platoon, A-Company, 10th Mountain Division engage the Taliban in a fierce fight in the rugged terrain of Afghanistan.
There are moments of explicit language and plenty of heated action so be sure to turn up your sound.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/wmJI6wOvh-o&hl=en&fs=1
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HOT VIDEO OF BRADLEY TAKING ON INSURGENTS IN AFGHANISTAN
Great video a Bradley MIAI tank taking on insurgent in Afghanistan.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/xqt5rPk0teg&hl=en&fs=1
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HOOAH! WATCH AS APACHE CHOPPERS CLEAN UP REMAINING TALIBAN IN THE MOUNTAINS OF AFGHANISTAN
Video shows Apache choppers cleaning up the remaining elements of the Taliban in the mountains of Afghanistan. Some gritty language.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/wNProIt_XoM&hl=en&fs=1
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BALL-BUSTIN' VIDEO OF 2/7 GOLF COMPANY IN FIREFIGHT WITH TALIBAN IN AFGHANISTAN
U.S. Marines from 2/7 Golf Company describe in vivid language how they are taking fire from the Taliban in the mountains of Afghanistan. This is a fantastic video. Listen to our guys talk back and forth to each other during the heated firefight.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/VDoaGRQn_8U&hl=en&fs=1
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MARINE FROM SMALL CRAFT COMPANY IN FIREFIGHT WITH INSURGENTS (FANTASTIC COMBAT VIDEO)
Just wait until you see these Marines from a Small Craft Company pour it on insurgents. The language is salty as you might expect in a real combat and not a video.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/3b9XdM1L7uE&hl=en&fs=1
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009
FABULOUS VIDEO 82ND ON A DEADLY MISSION IN AFGHANISTAN. (MUST SEE VIDEO)
The famous 82nd Airborne LRSD (Long Range Surveillance Detachment) are seen in violent action in Afghanistan. Be sure to turn up your sound.
WARNING: SOME EXPLICIT LANGUAGE
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http://www.youtube.com/v/UH10cbwSTI8&hl=en&fs=1
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PLEASE BRING 'EM HOME: THE TRAGEDY OF WAR (GRIPPING VIDEO)
This video should be seen by everyone even if they haven't got a loved one serving in the military in Iraq or Afghanistan. It sickens this blogger how few people give a damn about our troops overseas. The media is much to blame. The media in the United States is a total disgrace with the way they are avoiding coverage of the two wars. Hell, there was more coverage of the War of 1812 in the press than there is now of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
TURN UP YOUR SOUND
WATCH VIDEO HERE
http://www.youtube.com/v/SZI_JfwdOsQ&hl=en&fs=1
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U.S. SOLDIERS IN VIOLENT FIREFIGHT WITH TALIBAN (GREAT VIDEO)
These U.S. soldiers are involved in a violent firefight with the Taliban deep in the mountains of Afghanistan.
TURN UP YOUR SOUND
WATCH VIDEO HERE:
http://www.youtube.com/v/fUhNu0UFkGI&hl=en&fs=1
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TWO U.S. SOLDIERS KILLED, 7 WOUNDED AFTER BEING AMBUSHED BY TALIBAN (INTENSE VIDEO)
This video shows what happens when a small unit from the U.S. Army are trapped in an ambush by the Taliban outside of a small village in the Afghanistan mountains. Two U.S. soldiers are killed and seven are wounded.
TURN UP YOUR SOUND
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http://www.youtube.com/v/u8L8dqyRe24&hl=en&fs=1
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INTENSE VIDEO: ROYAL MARINES ARE AMBUSHED BY THE TALIBAN
This video shows what happens when Royal Marines are ambushed by the Taliban in Afghanistan.
WATCH VIDEO HERE:
http://www.youtube.com/v/h9aUrMCMKDo&hl=en&fs=1
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Monday, June 8, 2009
IF YOU THINK YOU'VE GOT IT BAD TAKE A LOOK AT OUR GIS IN AFGHANISTAN (GREAT VIDEO)
Take a good hard look at the rugged terrain our military vehicles in Afghanistan have to travel over. This is what our troops in Afghanistan face on a daily basis. In this video, a U.S. convoy is ambushed by the Taliban.
TURN UP YOUR SPEAKERS.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/tsJ0O69q5vE&hl=en&fs=1
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FANTASTIC VIDEO: Suicide Squad, 2nd Squad, C 2-14 Infantry, Fort Drum, NY, 10th Mountain Division
This video is a collection of footage showing the 2nd Company of the 10th Mountain Division in both Iraq and Afghanistan. The footage is a spectacular.
WATCH VIDEO HERE:
http://www.youtube.com/v/vS9wmvCQnpk&hl=en&fs=1
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INSIDE THE WIRE IN IRAQ (VIDEO)
This is a different look at our GIs in Iraq from inside the wire where a little humor is needed to break the drudgery of day-to-day operations. Song: "Folsom Prison" by Johnny Cash.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/KkJQ76GActQ&hl=en&fs=1
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10TH MOUNTAIN DIVISION, 277 QRF ON DANGEROUS PATROL IN AFGHANISTAN (VIDEO FOR EMP)
A blog reader called EMP wrote to ask if I could dig up a video on the 277th of the 10th Mountain Division. This is the video of the 277th QRF on a dangerous patrol in Afghanistan.
TURN UP YOUR SOUND
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http://www.youtube.com/v/6D5nuBQlN8Q&hl=en&fs=1
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TWO U.S. FEMALE JOURNALISTS SENTENCED TO 12 YEARS OF HARD LABOR IN NORTH KOREA
CNN) -- Two U.S. journalists who were detained in North Korea while covering the plight of defectors living along the China-North Korea border have been sentenced to 12 years in labor camps, the country's state-run media said Monday.
SOURCE: http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/08/nkorea.journalists/index.html
The Central Court of North Korea sentenced Laura Ling and Euna Lee for the "grave crime they committed against the Korean nation and their illegal border crossing," the Korean Central News Agency said.
As a result, the court sentenced the women to "12 years of reform through labor," meaning they will serve out their sentence in a labor camp.
The U.S. State Department said it had seen the reports of the convictions and was trying to confirm it with Korean authorities.
"We are deeply concerned by the reported sentencing of the two American citizen journalists by North Korean authorities, and we are engaged through all possible channels to secure their release," said spokesman Ian Kelley in a statement. "We once again urge North Korea to grant the immediate release of the two American citizen journalists on humanitarian grounds."
Ling and Lee were taken into custody March 17. They are reporters for California-based Current TV, a media venture of former U.S. Vice President Al Gore. Watch more on Monday's sentencing of the journalists »
According to media reports, the trial began Thursday. Much of the time, the only news coming from the secretive and isolated communist nation is relayed through the state media.
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The U.S. State Department was informed by the Swedish ambassador to North Korea that no observers were allowed in the courtroom.
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Now that the two female journalists have been sentenced to 12 years of hard labor in North Korea, I hope I don't hear any right winger suggesting we go to war with North Korea. I was in the Army during the last Korean War and 60% of my Combat Company were either killed or wounded in Korea. They are ruthless fighters and will easily die for their country. Last week that right wing idiot Bill Krystol said we should "target" North Korea with air strikes. Does that little mope have any idea what would happen if we did that? North Korea would wipe South Korea and our 35,000 troops stationed on the DMZ off the map in ONE DAY.
Bill Corcoran, EDITOR: CORKSPHERE
Fmr. Cpl. (E-4) United States Army Combat Engineers, Korean War Veteran
Sunday, June 7, 2009
A CHOW HALL IN IRAQ THAT SETS THE STANDARD (WATCH VIDEO)
Checkout this Chow Hall at Forward Operating Base Warhorse in Iraq. Not bad. Just like Mom's cooking.
WATCH VIDEO HERE
http://www.youtube.com/v/VtP2NdI8O0M&hl=en&fs=1
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MARINES FROM 24TH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE TAKE ON TALIBAN (FABULOUS VIDEO)
This Pentagon Report shows Marines from the 24th Expeditionary Force in a battle with the Taliban near the Pakistan border in Afghanistan.
WATCH VIDEO HERE:
http://www.youtube.com/v/tjH2gIe5Vrc&hl=en&fs=1
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LOOKS SO PEACEFUL, BUT THEN ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE AT CAMP BLESSING IN AFGHANISTAN (SPECTACULAR VIDEO)
The video starts out with a look at the serene countryside of Afghanistan near Camp Blessing, but in a matter of minutes all hell breaks loose and Marines are up to their necks in a firefight with the Taliban.
TURN UP YOUR SOUND
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http://www.youtube.com/v/aL-wz3gBf48&hl=en&fs=1
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173rd ABCT 319th AFAR in Pech River Valley, Afghanistan
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.
WATCH VIDEO HERE:
http://www.youtube.com/v/1dc6QJcFTMQ&hl=en&fs=1
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FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN ONBOARD A BLACKHAWK CHOPPER (LIVE VIDEO)
Take a ride with the crew of Blackhawk helicopter and get a birds eye view from the chopper.
WATCH VIDEO HERE:
http://www.youtube.com/v/AvKIIUQvJpk&hl=en&fs=1
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Pfc NIKKI WADHAWAN IS A FEMALE WARRIOR ASSIGNED TO IRONHAWK TROOP IN IRAQ (SEE VIDEO)
Pfc Nikki Wadhawan is a female warrior assigned to the Ironhawk Troop in Iraq as a searcher.
In this video, you see and hear her commander praise her bravery as a soldier with the Army unit. Listen and watch Pfc Wadhawan describe her job with the Ironhawk Troop.
WATCH VIDEO HERE:
http://www.youtube.com/v/Y6tSKrqA5yc&hl=en&fs=1
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Saturday, June 6, 2009
WATCH HOW THESE GIS DRIVE A HUMVEE THROUGH THE STREETS OF BAGHADAD (MIND-BLOWING VIDEO)
Watch as GIs in a Humvee drive through the streets of Baghdad pushing anything in front of them off the road. Not exactly winning the hearts and minds of the Iraqi citizens, but it is damn effective. Some raw language at the end of this video.
TURN UP YOUR SOUND
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http://www.youtube.com/v/xjE4cjSEXBM&hl=en&fs=1
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"OPERATION SABER HAMMER"--U.S. AND IRAQI SOLDIERS CLEARING A NEIGHBORHOOD (GREAT VIDEO)
Video shows U.S. and Iraqi soldiers from "Operation Saber Hammer" clearing neighborhoods in Iraq.
TURN SOUND WAY UP
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http://www.youtube.com/v/9Rrs27quUcg&hl=en&fs=1
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FANTASTIC VIDEO: KICKIN' IN DOORS--KILLIN' BAD GUYS, 3-1 CAV, 3RD ID IN IRAQ
Time Sensitive Target Platoon 3rd Squadron 1st US CAV 3HBCT 3ID "putting the smack down on the bad guys in Iraq." OIF V the SURGE! Most HVI's Killed or Captured for one platoon in MND-C Iraq!
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http://www.youtube.com/v/T0MNDqoEmK8&hl=en&fs=1
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WATCH HOW 3RD ID LIVES AT FOB HAMMER IN IRAQ (GREAT VIDEO)
Forward Operating Base Hammer in Iraq. Scenes include the workout room, coffee shop and exteriors of base buildings. Produced by Pfc. Joseph Labutka.
TURN SPEAKER WAY UP BECAUSE SOUND IS NOT SO GOOD
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http://www.youtube.com/v/8Oh9i27Ky9I&hl=en&fs=1
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VIOLENT FIREFIGHT IN SANGIN, AFGHANISTAN (TURN UP YOUR SOUND)
Footage of firefight with Taliban. Everyone in a brown t. shirt is from 51 Para Sqn RE and everyone in a sandy t. shirt is from the Royal Irish rangers.
TURN UP YOUR SOUND
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http://www.youtube.com/v/8t_JfSf7yxc&hl=en&fs=1
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GREAT VIDEO: 82ND AVIATION BLACKHAWKS RULE THE SKIES OVER AFGHANISTAN
Video shows how the 82nd Aviation group of Blackhawk helicopters rule the skies over Afghanistan. The song is "Whatever" by Godsmack.
TURN UP YOUR SOUND
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http://www.youtube.com/v/6kWuczLfYnI&hl=en&fs=1
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Friday, June 5, 2009
D-DAY REMEMBERED: 65 YEARS AGO ALLIES STORMED THE BEACHES OF NORMANDY (WATCH VIDEO)
I was just 15-years old when Allied troops under the command of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower stormed the beaches of Normandy. I can still remember when we heard the news over the radio that our troops had hit the beaches of Normandy. Everyone was invested in the war from the troops in the service to people back home in the States who worked at war plants and grew "Victory Gardens" to support the war effort. Everything was rationed from meat, gasoline to clothing. Every train that passed through our neighborhood carried either troops headed to Europe or the Pacific, or long, long lines of freight trains carrying nothing but war equipment.
Every house had a little flag in the window with a "blue" star for a member of the house that was in the military. As months went by, the "blue" stars were changed to "gold" stars signifying someone from that house had been killed in WW2. It was the best of times and the worst of times, but it was THE GREATEST GENERATION. Today, President Obama, Michele and their two daughters will visit Normandy to commemorate the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944. It was the beginning of the end for Hitler's Third Reich.
WATCH VIDEO HERE:
http://www.youtube.com/v/uPU4p7UQOtU&hl=en&fs=1
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D, CO, 101ST AIRBORNE RETURN FIRE AFTER CONVOY HITS IED (LIVE ACTION VIDEO)
Turn up your speakers and listen as member of D. Co., 101st Airborne return fire after their convoy hits an IED in the rugged mountains of Afghanistan.
TURN UP YOUR SPEAKERS
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http://www.liveleak.com/e/2646b_4507
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1st PLATOON, CHARLIE CO, 101ST AIRBORNE ON A DANGEROUS MISSION (SEE VIDEO)
Video shows members of the 1st Platoon, Charlie Co, 101st Airborne on a dangerous mission in Afghanistan.
WATCH VIDEO HERE:
http://www.liveleak.com/e/93f_1244233074
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YOU AREN'T GOING TO BELIEVE THIS: CAPTURED VIDEO OF HOW TALIBAN TEACHES CHILDREN TO KILL AND CAPTURE AMERICANS (RARE VIDEO)
Instead of playing basketball or soccer like American kids do, this captured Taliban video shows how the Taliban recruit and teach Afghan children to kill and capture Americans. This is a real inside look at just who we are fighting in Afghanistan.
TURN UP YOUR SOUND
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http://www.youtube.com/v/APVa_55Jpgs&hl=en&fs=1
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"THE FORGOTTEN WAR:" FOB BAYLOUGH AFGHANISTAN (MUST SEE VIDEO)
The mainstream media sadly gives little or no coverage to the war in Afghanistan, and that is why the Afghanistan war is now called "The Forgotten War." This video takes you inside FOB Baylough in the mountains of Afghanistan to show you how our GIs live and what they do when they go on patrol.
TURN UP YOUR SPEAKERS
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http://www.youtube.com/v/Yl6cVNTlA7M&hl=en&fs=1
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ABC REPORTER TAKES A TOUR OF A FOB IN AFGHANISTAN (VIDEO)
An ABC reporter takes a tour of a FOB (Forward Operating Base) in Afghanistan to give viewers a look at how our soldiers live while deployed to Afghanistan.
WATCH VIDEO HERE:
http://www.youtube.com/v/Sxvm3gj-tUQ&hl=en&fs=1
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Thursday, June 4, 2009
CAPTURED TALIBAN VIDEO OF ATTACK ON U.S. CONVOY (RARE FOOTAGE)
Watch as the Taliban launch an attack on a U.S. convoy deep in the heart of the Afghanistan mountains. Plenty of heated action.
TURN UP YOUR SOUND
WATCH VIDEO HERE:
http://www.youtube.com/v/p_Yk7IROZ3w&hl=en&fs=1
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AC-130 GUNSHIP ENGAGES TALIBAN IN AFGHANISTAN (GREAT VIDEO)
Watch as an AC-130 Gunship engages Taliban on the ground in Afghanistan while at the same time avoiding striking a mosque. Listen to ground to air communications.
TURN UP YOUR SOUND
WATCH VIDEO HERE:
http://www.youtube.com/v/_OkoWEMCnLQ&hl=en&fs=1
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DRAMATIC VIDEO FROM TALIBAN POV OF ATTACK ON U.S. CONVOY (VIDEO MINUS SOUND)
Video is made with sub-titles as the Taliban plan an attack on a U.S. convoy in Afghanistan, but the new "jammer" on the U.S. vehicles foils the attack.
WATCH VIDEO HERE:
http://www.youtube.com/v/Hjn9xAUFCRI&hl=en&fs=1
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THREE U.S. SOLDIERS KILLED IN AFGHAN BOMB ATTACK
Source: http://tinyurl.com/o2clf2
KABUL (AP) - A bomb and small-arms attack on a vehicle has killed three U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan.
The military says today's attack took place in a province just north of the capital of Kabul and the site of Bagram, the main U.S. base in Afghanistan.
Another soldier was injured but the nationality was not released.
The area is considered a stronghold of insurgents loyal to an Afghan warlord.It was the third attack in less than a week near the Bagram base.
Taliban militants are behind a wave of attacks that are destabilizing Afghanistan eight years after their regime was ousted by a U.S.-led invasion.
President Barack Obama's administration has ordered 21,000 new U.S. troops to join the fight this year.
ROCKET ATTACK ON FOB IN AFGHANISTAN (GREAT VIDEO)
At the small Able-Maine base in the Pech Valley near the Waterpoor Valley, we were rocketed nearly every day of our two weeks in the area. You get used to it.
Video shows our troops at the FOB in Afghanistan under a rocket attack by the Taliban.
WATCH VIDEO HERE:
http://www.youtube.com/v/tkrXhOMoDj0&hl=en&fs=1
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DO YOU KNOW ANY MARINES AT FOB NOW ZAD IN AFGHANISTAN? (CHECK THIS OUT)
This is footage of U.S. Marines of Company L, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines (Reinforced) conducting Operation Eastern Resolve from Forward Operating Base Now Zad, Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/cIxvsOOQ-H0&hl=en&fs=1
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DANGEROUS MISSION: CBS' LARA LOGAN DEEP IN AFGHANISTAN (SEE VIDEO)
CBS war correspondent Lara Logan is seen deep in Afghanistan with a U.S. military mission searching for weapons and the Taliban.
TURN UP YOUR SPEAKERS.
WATCH VIDEO HERE:
http://www.youtube.com/v/rZDonqtAf-8&hl=en&fs=1
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ARMY MEDICS RACE TO SAVE THE LIFE OF A WOUNDED SOLDIER (GRIPPING VIDEO)
Video shows an Army medical team in action after a soldier is wounded in Iraq. Some of the scenes are very bloody. Listen and watch as the medics work on the wounded GI.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/PBRaSTyfDM4&hl=en&fs=1
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Wednesday, June 3, 2009
DEVASTATION ROAD---IRAQ (HEART-TUGGING VIDEO)
This video is a dedication to the many men and women who are serving in our military in Iraq. The original soundtrack is by Fletcher and Glenn. The images are real. This is the war the media and many people in the U.S. have lost all interest in, but we still have 140,000 troops deployed to Iraq.
TURN UP YOUR SPEAKERS
WATCH VIDEO HERE:
http://www.youtube.com/v/VlTiyuFYPc8&hl=en&fs=1
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VERY GRUESOME VIDEO FROM INSIDE KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN HOSPITAL AFTER U.S. AIR STRIKE AND TALIBAN ATTACKS ON CIVILIANS (WATCH WITH CAUTION)
This is a very gruesome video from inside the Kandahar, Afghanistan hospital following both a U.S. air strike and attacks by the Taliban on Afghan civilians---mostly women and children.
WARNING: THIS VIDEO IS VERY GRAPHIC.
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WATCH VIDEO HERE:
http://www.youtube.com/v/5LOO93e7I9g&hl=en&fs=1
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FANTASTIC VIDEO OF "WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST" WITH A SONG BY BIANCA RYAN
This video is a series of shots from both Iraq and Afghanistan as well as the attack on 9/11 and songstress Bianca Ryan provides the background music.
TURN UP YOUR SOUND
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http://www.youtube.com/v/aEinkQf4kRA&hl=en&fs=1
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IT WOULD TAKE "AN ARMY" TO CLEAR ALL THE LAND MINES OUT OF IRAQ
SAID JABAR, Iraq — Homemade bombs go off almost every day in Iraq, usually targeting military and police convoys in cities such as Baghdad and Mosul. It's been suspected for years that insurgents harvest at least some of their explosives from the contaminated soil in places such as Said Jabar.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/iraq/story/69309.html
U.S. military officials estimated in 2007 that 15 percent of the charges for improvised explosive devices — the ubiquitous homemade bombs used to attack American forces — came from land mines and other unexploded munitions.
So Officials in the Ministry of Environment and at companies that receive foreign aid to clear mines ask why the military waited until December to ban clearing as a way to halt the trafficking.
Click on this link for complete story:
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/iraq/story/69309.html
GREAT VIDEO OF SAPPERS DOING THEIR THING IN AFGHANISTAN
These Sappers are trained to blow the hell out of things and that is just what they are doing in this video from Afghanistan. This blogger was a Sapper in the Army Combat Engineers during the Korean War. Some raw language
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