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Apache gun cam footage from Bhagdad

TheSaint

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Darth Biscuit Mentor

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Yeah, you obviously don't know the whole situation that was going on there... but it looked to me like even though those guys had weapons, they were just standing around... didn't really seem like a situation to deal with from an Apache. If there's a suspected problem, why not send in some ground troops to check it out with Apache backup?

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The ground troops in the area had been taking fire from insurgents in the direction of that group of men. An RPG fired on them at least once and they apparently called in close air support.

At least thats what I got from the subtitled radio traffic. You know how the story ends...

Yeah, like I said... I'm sure there's more to the situation than the video shows... like what happened prior to the video time frame etc. I'm sure that they were just trying to protect themselves, and sometimes in a war zone, civilians get killed, soldiers and airmen get quick triggers, etc.

All I'm saying is that at that moment, it didn't look to me like those guys were an imminent threat and the guys in the van were certainly not a "threat"... they may not have wanted them to take the bodies and weapons from the scene, but it seemed excessive.

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Seems like clean kills to me. It was bad that the girl was hurt but you should not put kids in a battle field. It was clear that they were gonna fire the RPG at them and it was also clear that Van was helping the insurgents.

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