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**XarokLasa** · 05-04-2010, 09:45 PM

I have seen the video twice, minus the extra garbage in the first 3 minutes put in by the host that is.
With an open mind, I can clearly see how/why the initial attack took place. Clearly you can see a man carrying an AK-47, another with what does appear to be an RPG.
In the middle of this is two guys carrying cameras with a strap. It is not difficult to mistake the two cameras for weapons.
Especially when one of them huddles down against a wall/partially hidden and points the camera directly at the Apache Helicopter...HELLO??? That is beyond stupid!
A cameraman in the midst of two armed men...points his camera at a distant war bird...are you friggin' nuts?

There is no indication that any of them were carrying weapons.

And really, how stupid are the people in the helicopter? do they really think that a bunch of insurgents would be calmly milling about in the middle of a street with an Apache hovering overhead? The fuckers in the helicopter saw exactly what they wanted to see so they could get some killin' done. This is murder, plain and simple.

The second shooting is harder to determine. It appears like the gunner might have believed that one of the men were picking up the weapon...who knows. But again - how f*cking stupid is it to drive an unmarked van filled with children into a fire fight...beyond irresponsible...it is reprehensible. No. It was clear that the murderer in the helicopter desperately wanted the man crawling and dying on the ground to pick up a weapon. That is why he said: "All you gotta do is pick up a weapon." Apparently murder is so much fun and apparently funny that he was not quite satisfied yet. Maybe he was just going for a high score?

You sound like the idiots who justify shooting children by stating that they should not bring their children to battle? Huh? What fucking battle? The van was clearly picking up wounded and dead obviously to assist them, it was not threatening in any way whatsoever.

And to top it all off, after they discover the wounded children they decide to send them to some local hospital rather than giving them the same treatment that a wounded soldier would get.

Andrew

05-04-2010, 09:45 PM	#11
XarokLasa Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 577 Senior Member	I have seen the video twice, minus the extra garbage in the first 3 minutes put in by the host that is. With an open mind, I can clearly see how/why the initial attack took place. Clearly you can see a man carrying an AK-47, another with what does appear to be an RPG. In the middle of this is two guys carrying cameras with a strap. It is not difficult to mistake the two cameras for weapons. Especially when one of them huddles down against a wall/partially hidden and points the camera directly at the Apache Helicopter...HELLO??? That is beyond stupid! A cameraman in the midst of two armed men...points his camera at a distant war bird...are you friggin' nuts? There is no indication that any of them were carrying weapons. And really, how stupid are the people in the helicopter? do they really think that a bunch of insurgents would be calmly milling about in the middle of a street with an Apache hovering overhead? The fuckers in the helicopter saw exactly what they wanted to see so they could get some killin' done. This is murder, plain and simple. The second shooting is harder to determine. It appears like the gunner might have believed that one of the men were picking up the weapon...who knows. But again - how fcking stupid is it to drive an unmarked van filled with children into a fire fight...beyond irresponsible...it is reprehensible. No. It was clear that the murderer in the helicopter desperately wanted the man crawling and dying on the ground to pick up a weapon. That is why he said: "All you gotta do is pick up a weapon."* Apparently murder is so much fun and apparently funny that he was not quite satisfied yet. Maybe he was just going for a high score? You sound like the idiots who justify shooting children by stating that they should not bring their children to battle? Huh? What fucking battle? The van was clearly picking up wounded and dead obviously to assist them, it was not threatening in any way whatsoever. And to top it all off, after they discover the wounded children they decide to send them to some local hospital rather than giving them the same treatment that a wounded soldier would get. Andrew
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