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The War
Profiteers - War Crimes, Kidnappings, Torture and Big Money |
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Iraq: IED Attack (XIII) Against U.S. RG-31 Nyala
Vehicle - June 6th, 2007 |
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“The number of American troops killed by homemade bombs in Iraq has
nearly doubled this spring, since the ‘surge’ of forces began, a stark
reminder of the dangers there and a trend that intensifies pressure on the
Pentagon agency charged with defeating the bombs. As of Tuesday, the Defense
Department confirms that 377 service members have been killed under hostile
circumstances since Jan. 1 – with 265 of those deaths, or 70 percent,
attributed to improvised explosive devices. That rate represents the average
normally attributed to deaths from the bombs, called IEDs. But the trend line
is not good. In each of the past two months, the share of deaths attributed
to IEDs has jumped to 83 percent, according to Pentagon data. […]” Excerpt of a
Christian Science Monitor article from May 23rd,
2007. |
IED attack in Falluja |
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The Video |
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External view: link file format: .avi (16 MB) |
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Screenshots of other recent IED videos |
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Attack 1 |
Attack 2 |
Attack 3 |
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Video & Photo Credits The Video 1) The featured video has been produced and distributed via the
Internet by the Iraqi insurgent group “Islamic State of Iraq” (ISI). The
exact date of the attack is not known, but it probably happened shortly
before the video was released over the Internet on June 6th, 2007.
The location is Falluja. Screenshots of other recent IED
videos 1) IED vs. U.S.
Hummer vehicle. - Video by the Al-Fatih Al-Islami Brigade - May/June 2007 -
Al-Anbar Province; 2) IED vs. US
vehicle. - Video by the Al-Rashideen
Army - May/June 2007 - Al-Anbar Province; 3) IED versus U.S. Stryker vehicle. - Video by the “Islamic State of
Iraq” - May 21st, 2007 - Location not specified; |
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