Comments on: Video: Sheikh Mansur airstrike

By: Super Fun Power Hour

Super Fun Power Hour — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 13:09:29 +0000

Timetables and Leaks, Cutting and Running…

Well, with the Democrat efforts to force an arbitrary timetable to “cut and run” out of Iraq mostly dead, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and the DOD have both offered plans for withdrawal, plans that actually deal with the situation on the grou…

By: BOAZO

BOAZO — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 01:59:36 +0000

AC130

By: Cao's Blog

Cao's Blog — Sat, 24 Jun 2006 16:40:41 +0000

Haditha incident and the mysterious videographer…

WHO IS Abdul Rahman al-Mashhadani of Hammurabi Human Rights and Democracy Monitoring??? Nobody knows, but this is a picture of his hands.
DB at Sweetness and Light has an article from Reuters which raises more questions.
Hammurabi seems to have a pro…

By: Inoperable Terran » Hey, they are useful sometimes

Inoperable Terran » Hey, they *are* useful sometimes — Sat, 24 Jun 2006 16:12:52 +0000

[...] Allah has video of a Saudi police airstrike on a car containing a top wanted terrorist. Posted by Ian S. in [...]

By: Security Watchtower

Security Watchtower — Sat, 24 Jun 2006 11:10:43 +0000

Saudi security forces kill six al Qaeda operatives in Riyadh…

A shootout between Saudi security forces and al Qaeda operatives in the al-Nikhil district of Riyadh on Friday morning has left six of the terrorists and one officer dead. A seventh terrorist was wounded and later captured in an adjacent neighborhood. …

By: Mojave Mark

Mojave Mark — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 20:09:39 +0000

The predator does NOT have a machine gun or cannon. This UAV was just watching and not firing on ‘Monsieur’ Mansur. The predator can be fitted with Hellfire missles depending on the mission but they can’t stay aloft very long when they have the missles on them. My guess is that it’s an Apache giving our terrorist friend an extreme makeover. Don’t let the fact that the car didn’t explode fool you. The cannon they got hit with is like metal rain. When just one bullet hits you body parts fly. RIH (Rot In Hell) Mansur.

By: Bellicose Muse

Bellicose Muse — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 17:46:27 +0000

Hmm. Do you think the picture of Mansur on the left is from his senior prom or a Glamor Shot? I particularly like the starlight background. It has a certain understated 1970′s disco dignity to it.

What do you suppose he was thinking as he car pulled away? “I’ve got to remember to stop and get a loaf of bread and a crate of frag grenades. Now that I’ve thought it over I think I will take a 3rd wife. Yep. What the…is that hail hitting my car?”

By: easy87us

easy87us — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 17:29:45 +0000

Spurius, the augmentation of our military forces with robots is expanding in applications and sizes. Someday we may be using only robots to man check points and to do simple recon missions.

I suspect the aiming accuracy is caused by feedback of the pointer and the stability of the aircraft. This can be corrected, I am sure, by simple modification to the algrithms and with better com links. But we are shooting where the cross is pointed, and that is very good calibration in alignment. Man…give me the joy stick!

By: NoisyRoom.net » Video: Sheikh Mansur airstrike

NoisyRoom.net » Video: Sheikh Mansur airstrike — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 17:19:08 +0000

[...] Courtesy of Hot Air: [...]

By: Shmo

Shmo — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 16:54:23 +0000

It seemed to be hitting where the crosshairs were aiming. Recoil didn’t seem to shake the camera much. Can see mussle smoke from lower Left. Might have been a chopper.

By: Spurius Ligustinus

Spurius Ligustinus — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 16:23:18 +0000

What’s interesting is that, if this was a UAV doing the filming/shooting, they’re mounting guns on them now. Not just the single Hellfire missile. Good ol’ American ingenuity at work! No wonder the Air Force is shedding people these days – won’t be much longer before pilots get replaced by a bunch of pimply, 18-year old joystick pushers.

Still, the aiming accuracy could use some work …

By: GT

GT — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 15:23:18 +0000

Perhaps the military should consider hiring Quentin Taratino to direct these assaults.

By: speed647

speed647 — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 15:11:54 +0000

Perhaps we skeered him to death.

By: thegreatsatan

thegreatsatan — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 14:54:53 +0000

Yeah, need the rest of the video for the fun part. I like the thermal imaging because when the bodies get hit and blown apart, you can see the bits flying.

By: Hoodlumman

Hoodlumman — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 14:37:19 +0000

With the exception of the actual outcome of the events on that video, I find the video, slightly lacking.

Needs more ‘splosions. And a soundtrack. The Zarqawi death set the standards high.