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Originally Posted by Ranger
Yeah, Rob_G is correct, I did post that one over on SR at one time; it's been floating around out here on the net for quite a while now. If you watch the long (full) version of it the reasons for that attack are much more apparent. If you only see the shortened clip it looks pretty inexcusable. Either way, it was a pretty cold blooded action, I'll grant you that. War sucks.
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I must have missed it, sorry.
What reasons were those, that become so apparent in the full version?
From this clip, i can tell that the iraqis weren´t even armed. The chopper was faw away from the site, as they missed the first shots because they hadn´t calibrated the distance. So i doubt they were "under fire", and had to fire back.
I call this murder, not war. The third iraqi was down for the count, and they knew it. So why take the last shot?
And how about the other videos and photos?
Did you see the one of the checkpoint, with the iraqi´s head exploded?
What the hell kind of ammunition does that?? It went through the windshield, and vaporized the man´s head. Is the US Army using Dum-Dum bullits? Explosive tipped? I mean, a regular bullit will penetrate and explode the back of the skull, but this was diferent. The back of the skull was almost intact, while the front was...well, you saw it! It could be a .50 caliber, but the hole in the windshield is too small for that.