Firecat
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Security contractors shooting at Iraqi cars? (video)
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What assholes. They should be charged for each and every murder and I hope they get life or even death.
justin syder
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WTF :?
It reminds me of those teenagers that shoot paint ball guns and post the vid. I'm still shaking my head, WTF were they thinking?
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I guess they posted it because they honestly didn't think they had done anything wrong.
Looking at the four clips, the first one, they kept shooting at the van long after it was necessary, but the initial engagement I can't really fault. The second one, might be the guy in the merc ducked, and hit the Caprice. Third one I actually have no problem with. They used a simulator first, when he kept coming, they fired warning shots, and he pulled over and got out of the car. The fourth one certainly looks excessive on the face of it, but what we can't see (Similar to the second case) is if the contractors are giving any visual signals before shooting. (i.e. waving madly).
There's enough in the videos to question and warrant investigation, (plus the whole judgment issue on PR grounds, I guess), but not enough to convict without background knowledge.
NTM
Looking at the four clips, the first one, they kept shooting at the van long after it was necessary, but the initial engagement I can't really fault. The second one, might be the guy in the merc ducked, and hit the Caprice. Third one I actually have no problem with. They used a simulator first, when he kept coming, they fired warning shots, and he pulled over and got out of the car. The fourth one certainly looks excessive on the face of it, but what we can't see (Similar to the second case) is if the contractors are giving any visual signals before shooting. (i.e. waving madly).
There's enough in the videos to question and warrant investigation, (plus the whole judgment issue on PR grounds, I guess), but not enough to convict without background knowledge.
NTM
Ianspeed
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Manic Moran said:
Ah thats what that was. It looked to me like firecrackers - and just made no sense to me. The modern media world is an interesting animal.