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This footage from a security camera shows how a US tank crushes part of an Iraqi car and simply drives away.
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2. Napper commented 16 years ago
They cannot stop, because of suicide bombers. That's why.
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3. Wedde commented 16 years ago
Hahahah, thats funny... but I do understand them.
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4. spook24 commented 16 years ago
heh i would done the same! US marines FTW!!!
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6. Aliquantulus commented 16 years ago
Of course they just drove away.. Do you really think they were gonna exchange information and just let it up to the insurance companies?
"Oh.. I'm so sorry, here, this is the number for George W. Bush, he will pay you for you 180 year old piece of shit car.."
"Oh.. I'm so sorry, here, this is the number for George W. Bush, he will pay you for you 180 year old piece of shit car.."
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11. slartibartfast commented 16 years ago
No wonder the rest of the world hate the US. Hiding behind the biggest military in the world sits the biggest cowards in the universe. Scared and ignorant people do stupid things.
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12. emjaysea commented 16 years ago
Wow. Don't like the war? Get in line with the majority of the citizens in the US. But to take a single incident, of which you know nothing other than what a single camera can tell you, and extrapolate that Americans should die from it is simply reckless, not to mention malignant. Even from what we can see from this single camera, we can tell that the little car zipped out from around a bigger car, and got hit by a slow moving tank. The accident certainly wasn't the tank driver's fault, and I doubt his or her orders would include getting out of the tank and waiting for a police officer to take a report. Get a clue. Hate America all you want, but at least try to be rational about it--god knows that's still an easy route to take.
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13. srch4reason commented 16 years ago
It’s unfortunate that the moron in the white car couldn’t see a military convoy barreling down the road. It’s also unfortunate that his countrymen would shoot anyone who that steps out of the tank to help.
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15. mangycur commented 16 years ago
TANKS FOR THE MEMORIES!!!! Well lets all look @ the tape again!! I cant see who had the green light, but it looks like the smart ones got out of the way!! Thats why yellow means to slow down! The white car should have seen the convoy! In other countries it is always bigger vehicle (even on the water!!!) has the RIGHT OF WAY!! USA SEMPER FI
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16. snotrrtons commented 16 years ago
Stop signs can't stop Bradley tanks!!! Poor guy
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18. BombDiggady commented 16 years ago
That "tank" is either a bradly or M113, which are both APCs.
From what I can tell, the other people in the intersection saw the convoy coming, and gave the right of way. Whilst that one guy in the white car wasn't paying attention (unluckily, a large vehicle was blocking his line of sight too).
The video also shows traffic lights in the intersection, so the light might've been green for the US convoy.
I personally think the tank crew should have done something besides driving off and leaving the poor guy to his broken car.
It doesn't set a good example as a person, or as an occapying army of your homeland.
From what I can tell, the other people in the intersection saw the convoy coming, and gave the right of way. Whilst that one guy in the white car wasn't paying attention (unluckily, a large vehicle was blocking his line of sight too).
The video also shows traffic lights in the intersection, so the light might've been green for the US convoy.
I personally think the tank crew should have done something besides driving off and leaving the poor guy to his broken car.
It doesn't set a good example as a person, or as an occapying army of your homeland.
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19. Soul_Stealer commented 16 years ago
I agree with BombDiggady, although judging by how quickly the white van at the top of the screen stops, I am inclined to believe the Convoy ran a Red Light, in which case, they should've done what any emergency Services Vehicle would've done and slowed down - or at least taken the intersection wider, rather than cutting so close to the front of the truck.
It is good to see that the CIVILIAN wasn't hurt in the incident although, I don't think that he will be able to blame his wife for being a bad driver ever again
It is good to see that the CIVILIAN wasn't hurt in the incident although, I don't think that he will be able to blame his wife for being a bad driver ever again
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20. mrbradshaw5 commented 16 years ago
I can't believe that people are so caught up in their own worlds to not realize that we are at war. During WWII, in raids on Germany, did we stop to try to repair every house that was destroyed? Did the terrorists stop to try to help my brothers and sisters that died trying to save anothers life on 9/11?
We are at war, we are not over there to shake their hands and rub their balls. It is because of people like you LightAng3l that we are having such a tough time with this war. We need to win the war, then sure, let's be nice and try to help them... but let's focus on winning first!
LightAng3l, for you to wish death upon United States soldiers means that you just as well had been a hijacker in 9/11. You could have been the one to attack the USS Cole. You could have been the one to hide WMDs and gas your own people. You could have been the one to start a genocide against the Jews. You could have been the one to drop the first bomb on Pearl Harbor.
LightAng3l, there's only one thing left to say...
Move to Iraq you asshole.
We are at war, we are not over there to shake their hands and rub their balls. It is because of people like you LightAng3l that we are having such a tough time with this war. We need to win the war, then sure, let's be nice and try to help them... but let's focus on winning first!
LightAng3l, for you to wish death upon United States soldiers means that you just as well had been a hijacker in 9/11. You could have been the one to attack the USS Cole. You could have been the one to hide WMDs and gas your own people. You could have been the one to start a genocide against the Jews. You could have been the one to drop the first bomb on Pearl Harbor.
LightAng3l, there's only one thing left to say...
Move to Iraq you asshole.
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21. Chucky commented 16 years ago
It's true that the sequence doesn't look like a suicide bombers set up. However the fact that someone has a camera (CCTV or handheld) pointing at the tank, shows to me that it could have easily been a rifle scope instead. To leave the safety of the tank in an open area such as that could be fatal.
And like the guy says "we are at war..."
And like the guy says "we are at war..."
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24. pimpu commented 16 years ago
hey mrbradshaw5, if each time there is an hijack you have to go at war to find and kill a minority of terrorist, invade a country and kill a lot of innocent, you are the terrorist ! And stop talking about 9/11, Afghanistan ok ! but Iraq has nothing to do with it... Are you going to show me a piece of evidence with a satellite view where we can't see anything and tell me that's a suicide bombers boot camp ? ... Or if it's the argument of giving freedom to people by fighting Saddam, there are a lot more countries to invade ! good luck...
PS : I don't hate US, I hate US president.
PS : I don't hate US, I hate US president.
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25. Kaki commented 16 years ago
lightangel u really need to shut the hell up, those soldiers have done more to help than u ever will, they are at a war and if it was any other troops like the british, polish etc. they would've done the same, plus how do we know that the tank was operated by american soldiers?
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28. mrbradshaw5 commented 16 years ago
Hey pimpu, if each time the bully at school steals a kids lunch money and nothing is done to stop him... he will keep on doing it. The same goes with terrorism, if it goes unchecked, it will continue. If you knowingly harbor a murderer in your house, aren't you just as guilty as he? I never said anything about a boot camp. Yes, Iraq is know to harbor the SAME terrorist organization that attacked my country. Honestly, I could give a shit less about the democracy of Iraq. Don't mess with me I won't mess with you. And don't say all we have done is persecute and aggravate them over there. They have us by the balls with oil and we helped Osama in 1979 against the Soviet Union.
I agree that the death of an innocent person is bad, but at the same time, it is a war. Innocent death will occur. If Iraq and the Taliban had the capability to bring a full fledged fighting force to America, there would be many innocent deaths. Wait, actually they would go farther, they would be killing supporters of theirs, we buy gas right? Every one of us buys gas.
Back to the video, obviously no one was hurt. Tank big, car small. Stop. If that is enough reason to wish our troops dead... then there are certainly problems with the mind and thinking process of that individual.
I agree that the death of an innocent person is bad, but at the same time, it is a war. Innocent death will occur. If Iraq and the Taliban had the capability to bring a full fledged fighting force to America, there would be many innocent deaths. Wait, actually they would go farther, they would be killing supporters of theirs, we buy gas right? Every one of us buys gas.
Back to the video, obviously no one was hurt. Tank big, car small. Stop. If that is enough reason to wish our troops dead... then there are certainly problems with the mind and thinking process of that individual.
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30. NMY commented 16 years ago
mrbradshaw5 give me a fucking break. Iraq and so called "terorists" has nothing to do with 9/11. Check the internet there's full of evidence that U.S. is responsible for that. It's all about the fucking morons who leads the country. "They know the best".
Specially for you: http://zeitgeistmovie.com/
If you watch all of it you will find 9/11 facts. The movie is in 3 parts. About Gods, 9/11 and banks.
I'm feeling sorry for those U.S. people who are blinded by their own stupidity and/or wrong information about what's going on.
I hope my sweet motherland called Latvia will never be a target for resolving some "problems".
Specially for you: http://zeitgeistmovie.com/
If you watch all of it you will find 9/11 facts. The movie is in 3 parts. About Gods, 9/11 and banks.
I'm feeling sorry for those U.S. people who are blinded by their own stupidity and/or wrong information about what's going on.
I hope my sweet motherland called Latvia will never be a target for resolving some "problems".
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33. LightAng3l commented 16 years ago
Kaki .... to help you maybe ...they don't do sh*t for me .... i really don't care if they get killed ...
terrorists don't pose a threat to my country ... because we don't invade them!!! ...
and mrbradshaw5 ...chill out man I HATE THIS WAR ...ok ... i don't care who wins ...as long as it stops
terrorists don't pose a threat to my country ... because we don't invade them!!! ...
and mrbradshaw5 ...chill out man I HATE THIS WAR ...ok ... i don't care who wins ...as long as it stops
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34. pimpu commented 16 years ago
Eeeeh excuse me but what america is doing today is streghtening the hate of that terrorists (and many other people) against them, I didn't say that they(terrorist) have not to be judged and, maybe killed, but I'm not agreeing with the way of doing it. You know, there are not terrorists only in Iraq and Afghanistan, go invade Indonesia (and many other countries), they shelter also some al quaida peoples with certainly more proofs !
Well it was my last comment on this video, like said drevil, this place is for "fun" and not politics...
Well it was my last comment on this video, like said drevil, this place is for "fun" and not politics...
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37. sd124 commented 16 years ago
If you notice, all the other cars are quickly moving away from the collision. They are all doing this because they too ear what the Americans fear. A suicide attack. This kind of collision is not an uncommon way to sucker the troops into an ambush. Yes, the crash sucks and what appears to be a hit and run is a little different in a world where nut cases blow themselves up to kill innocent women and children in the name of a slanted interpretation of Islam. I agree, the original invasion of Iraq was wrong but at this time, a withdrawal would only cause more harm. Please support our troops. They are only doing what they believe is best. Radical Islam hurts everyone.
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38. sthung_kling commented 16 years ago
life is just fair!!!
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39. IronMike340 commented 16 years ago
You might disagree with the war in Iraq. As a former US Marine and Desert Storm Veteran. I salute these young men and women of Marines,Air Force,Army and Navy for defending our freedoms as I had did for them. When you speak of how other countries hate us thats not necessarily the truth. Some people actually respect the US Troops for what they are doing but you must also realize yes we are in their country and we are occupying it, granted that will cause tension in any place in the world. But you hardly ever see the good side of war, you can blame the media for that part. Now back to the Video at hand was the Bradley at fault NOPE was the white car at fault no its called a accident. No one was killed during this accident so lets move on people.
Carry on.
Semper Fidelis
Carry on.
Semper Fidelis
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43. Borateen commented 16 years ago
This is called "direct violence" - which is apart of the greater "structural violence"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structural_violence
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structural_violence
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44. reneaernds commented 16 years ago
oeps i did it again
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45. badpup commented 16 years ago
Looks like a accident to me. Dont think it was planed. Not much the tanker could do after it happend. At least he backed off the car he could have just keeped on going right over it. Also any military convoy, Allways has the right of way. even in the USA. I am shure it was properly reported and dealt with. As far as the so called war goes. Its not a 9-11 thing its not even a american thing. Just like his daddy before him. Its a Bush thing. Power, Money, Oil, & Revenge for Sadam takeing the oil from the big oil corps in the first place. Remenber were the Bush family fortune was made. In Oil. Sadly the american people are stuck with it. Just as you are. So do not hate american people. Dont wish for the tankers death. we dont have much more control over this stuff, Than you do.
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46. DeadMix commented 16 years ago
I agree with badpup, for the most part. We, the American people, were conned into an invasion of Iraq. Please don't hate us, and please forgive our army, they're just doing what they do best, and that's what they're told.
Although you're totally free to hate Bush. He's fair game.
Now, past politics and onto the vid. Yeah, that vehicle is an APC, which stands for "Armored Personnel Carrier," for those who don't know. That means there could be more than just a couple guys driving that thing, there could be quite a few more, and they've got to be somewhere as quickly as those treads can carry them. But they should have taken that turn wider. Just a little more to the right, and the driver of the car would have had a bad scare, not a totaled vehicle.
Although you're totally free to hate Bush. He's fair game.
Now, past politics and onto the vid. Yeah, that vehicle is an APC, which stands for "Armored Personnel Carrier," for those who don't know. That means there could be more than just a couple guys driving that thing, there could be quite a few more, and they've got to be somewhere as quickly as those treads can carry them. But they should have taken that turn wider. Just a little more to the right, and the driver of the car would have had a bad scare, not a totaled vehicle.
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47. Hdizzinyawg commented 16 years ago
You guys are all pussy ass bitches. You've probably never even held a real gun before. I support the troups 100%. Fuck you democratic/liberal pussies.
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48. Airborne80 commented 16 years ago
Siton yurlittle Eurotrash coch in your little Eruotrash world and judge th vary people who keep yourworthless sses alive hahahaha. Hey Americans!!! Wake up!These weak, pathetic Eurotrash pricks hate us because they knw that without us, they would be speaking German hahha. Thekn tha without America, they would be filld with Muslim seed.... hahahah. Dont let it get you down..... th worthlss little crodes that dont matter in the world, will always hate the top dogs!!! They know that we will neve bend ovrlike they did for Hitler.
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49. treesmoker08 commented 16 years ago
all i have to sat on the matter is this:
they couldnt just stop and try and help the man because they were most probably given orders to carry on.
war isnt great but like sd124 says in post 37. we live in a world where people do some crazy things that can harm alot of people and if an invasion is needed to stop these people then i agree that it was the right thing to do. THAT IS MY OPINION!
Im English and i fully support every soldier (whatever the nationality) that is helping us bring this radical way of thinking to an end. although many people think otherwise, we are actually trying to help these people.
they couldnt just stop and try and help the man because they were most probably given orders to carry on.
war isnt great but like sd124 says in post 37. we live in a world where people do some crazy things that can harm alot of people and if an invasion is needed to stop these people then i agree that it was the right thing to do. THAT IS MY OPINION!
Im English and i fully support every soldier (whatever the nationality) that is helping us bring this radical way of thinking to an end. although many people think otherwise, we are actually trying to help these people.
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51. superdave1 commented 16 years ago
I don't want the soldiers to die like some other idiots have said. However it gives you an idea of why everybody hates us! What would we have done if it were Iraqi soldiers driving the tank?
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53. theN1NJ4 commented 16 years ago
wow guys. they should die because they accidentally ran over that guy's car and couldn't really do anything to compensate? you guys are way more sick than how you made these guys out to be! what would you do, get out of your tank and exchange insurance information? they probably had orders or who knows, maybe they did contact someone or something to compensate cause they couldn't stay there. its so easy to sit at your computer and type about how stupid someone is (or an entire country) when all you know is what you saw in a few seconds of video. "i hope they get shot". unbelievable. sometimes i wonder if people just bash on americans to cover their own asses. accidents happen all the time, dont make ridiculous assumptions from watching a 46 second vid.
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56. Dadiko1976 commented 14 years ago
#48 Learn your own language first, then comment on Europeans...Oh yeah,thanks for the help in WW2 AT THE VERY END...
As for the video...It was an accident...Did the soldiers react properly?Perhaps not, but let's not forget that soldiers operate by orders...You DO NOT DO something if you are not ordered to...Stopping after the accident in war makes you target... Simple as that...
As for the video...It was an accident...Did the soldiers react properly?Perhaps not, but let's not forget that soldiers operate by orders...You DO NOT DO something if you are not ordered to...Stopping after the accident in war makes you target... Simple as that...
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57. PortugaL26 commented 13 years ago
Collateral damages
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61. oregonn8tive commented 11 years ago
Sorry about that.
Please get your compensation from your government out of the BILLIONS of dollars they have stolen to line their own pockets.
Please get your compensation from your government out of the BILLIONS of dollars they have stolen to line their own pockets.
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