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Background - February 25th,
2005 March 1st, 2005 - Informal Investigation
Concerning the Escalation of Force on 25 Feb 05 Report by the U.S.
Department of the Army, 155th Brigade Combat Team “[…] On 25 February 2005 at around 0900 hrs, Echo
Troop, 2nd PLT we where [sic] on our way to Kaslu to pick up on of
our NCO’s and to do some details. We were [sic] passed check point 6, going
South on Jackson Road. When a blue vehicle with no licence plate drove to our
left of the Bradley. We went on and passed us, he had to be going about 55 mph
to go because the Bradley was at its top speed. “I was on the second Bradley when this happened, so
I had eyes on the vehicle. We have been in Iraq for over a month and I have
never seen a vehicle try to run pass a Bradley. So my reaction was to shot
[sic] the vehicle, so I shot the first shot and it hit the trunk. The driver
became more aggressive on the wheel, he sped up and was heading straight to
the Bradley that was ahead of us. I quickly order [sic] my gunner to engage
the vehicle. We both began to shoot (shot about 8 to 10 shots) and the driver
(only one person) drove to the other side of traffic where we continue to go
to the far left where he crash [sic] into a small bush [?]. “I felt that I did the right thing. My reaction was
right and quick. I was really worry [sic] for our lead Bradley because the
driver of the blue vehicle did not show any intentions [sic] on stoping
[sic]. […]” |
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