Author Topic: Attack on a Taliban BMP (Read 1077 times)

funkedup · « **Reply #1 on:** January 19, 2002, 11:17:25 PM »

It looks like a BTR-70 hitting a land mine. Amazing pics though!

Sandman · « **Reply #2 on:** January 19, 2002, 11:19:38 PM »

Guess I should have added:

AUTHENTICITY IS NOT VERIFIED.

Soviet · « **Reply #3 on:** January 20, 2002, 01:54:54 AM »

Actually that's not a Taliban BMP it's not even a BMP (notice it has wheels instead of Tracks) judging from the size it looks like a BTR.

By the way this video was taken during the Afghanistan War in the '80s, those are Russians being ambused by a bunch of Mujahadeen fighters the mine is either a Remotly Detonated or Magnetic mine. I have seen this video before 9/11 so i can guarentee it's not from Afghanistan (the present conflict)

Pretty cool though, I've actually seen a video of this, you hear the fighters mutter something in Arabic before the BTR goes up

Boroda · « **Reply #4 on:** January 20, 2002, 11:22:08 AM »

Hmmm....

Guys on the armour wear Soviet helmets and something that looks like Army bullet-proof waists.

I think it's a Chechen "rebel" advertising film: they have to make such tapes for Bin laden and their other sponsors...

Poor guys... They have to ride on the armour, not inside the BTR to survive in case they are hit by an ordinary antitank mine. And there is no way to survive such remotely-controlled landmine

Look at http://www.kavkaz.org - they have many pictures and films like this.

Samm · « **Reply #5 on:** January 20, 2002, 01:29:49 PM »

Bad fake caption .

US Army 4th special operations group ? WTF is that ? And the US Army doesn't have FAC's they have FO's . Thats obviously not a BMP, and the blast is coming from under the vehicle .

What we don't know is the age of the person who contrived the caption, but I'm going to speculate he's in middle school .

Am0n · « **Reply #6 on:** January 21, 2002, 01:19:42 PM »

The pic is a broken URL.

Sandman · « **Reply #7 on:** January 21, 2002, 01:53:03 PM »

The link is good. It's the server that's not running at the moment.

Tumor · « **Reply #8 on:** January 21, 2002, 05:34:25 PM »

You know, even if this pic is a fake I'd be willing to bet there are a number of WS Video's that are very very similar.

Raubvogel · « **Reply #9 on:** January 21, 2002, 05:58:28 PM »

Celebrating and watching the deaths of 20 people? That's not entertainment, it's disturbing.

GRUNHERZ · « **Reply #10 on:** January 21, 2002, 08:59:12 PM »

Not if they are bad people.....

Raubvogel · « **Reply #11 on:** January 21, 2002, 09:06:28 PM »

Grunherz...people are people. As a 18 year old kid, I saw that stuff first hand and thought it was pretty cool. 12 years later I see it in a different light. Maybe they're bad people, maybe they're not. I'm sure they have people who love them and I'm sure they're probably fighting for something they think is right and just. I just don't think that gawking at someone's death is the right thing to do.

Tumor · « **Reply #12 on:** January 22, 2002, 01:13:18 AM »

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Originally posted by Raubvogel
Grunherz...people are people. As a 18 year old kid, I saw that stuff first hand and thought it was pretty cool. 12 years later I see it in a different light. Maybe they're bad people, maybe they're not. I'm sure they have people who love them and I'm sure they're probably fighting for something they think is right and just. I just don't think that gawking at someone's death is the right thing to do.

I'll gawk. Hell I'll go pull the trigger too given the chance. Osama, Al-Quieda and their minions would gladly slit your babies throat to make a statement (and because you do not adhere to thier faith). They are not worth human comapassion. Better, they are not worth any more thought than you give a common cockroach as you stomp it to death.

ispar · « **Reply #13 on:** January 22, 2002, 01:24:28 AM »

Tsk. Dehumanization is so easy, isn't it Tumor? I'm glad that you are able to objectify the killing of other human beings so easy - was it part of your training? What are you seeing? Flying bodies, or flying bullseye fragments? No matter how cold-blooded they may be (and those are Russians, apparently, not terrorists), they are still people, and they are like they are for very human reasons. Don't presume to judge every last Taliban soldier. They are complicated beings, just like you and I.

This breaking people down into targets, because they are "undeserving" of any acknowledgment as human beings is sickening. You have no way of knowing. There's a lot more to a person than the army they serve.

easymo · « **Reply #14 on:** January 22, 2002, 01:34:35 AM »

This breaking people down into targets, because they are "undeserving" of any acknowledgment as human beings is sickening. You have no way of knowing. There's a lot more to a person than the army they serve.

Is this the same guy, who thought Jim Brown blowing up some Germans trapped down in a hole, was such a cool movie?