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ISIS VBIED ambush Dozens retreating PMU and iraqi soldiers west of Mosul
LiveLeak ^ | 2 April 2017 | bakia_wa_tatamadad

Posted on 04/02/2017 12:28:14 PM PDT by Steely Tom

Massive VBIED (Vehicle-Borne IED) pulverizes an official headquarters of some type.

Link.


TOPICS: Military/Veterans; Religion
KEYWORDS: vbied
After watching the explosion several times, I believe this is a shaped charge. Shock-wave pattern is asymmetric.

It looks like they targeted a police station. Watch closely and you can see that the building is basically obliterated.

Also, note how shockwave damages vehicles moving along the road at top of frame. Pieces of the vehicle at the left are knocked off, but it keeps moving. The vehicle closer to the explosion is disabled.

The headquarters building appears to shield the individuals who are running across the field, but the men who hunkered down behind the headquarters probably didn't fare so well.

1 posted on 04/02/2017 12:28:15 PM PDT by Steely Tom
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To: Steely Tom

Isn’t this terrorist propaganda?


2 posted on 04/02/2017 12:42:59 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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Isn’t this terrorist propaganda?

It appears to be factual. There's no voiceover. I don't know who the combatants are, or which side is which.

Not sure how it's propaganda.

3 posted on 04/02/2017 12:47:35 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Liberals think in propaganda)
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To: Steely Tom

It can factual and still be propaganda.


4 posted on 04/02/2017 1:00:07 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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Seems the drone was being flown to document their terrorism.


5 posted on 04/02/2017 1:11:55 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Steely Tom

With the secondary explosion at the building, looks like some form of recoilless artillery round.


6 posted on 04/02/2017 1:19:49 PM PDT by wrench
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To: Steely Tom

Probably an ISIS drone.


7 posted on 04/02/2017 1:35:59 PM PDT by huldah1776 ( Vote Pro-life! Allow God to bless America before He avenges the death of the innocent.)
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To: Steely Tom
I took a look but I'm not seeing an asymmetrical shockwave. It rolls out evenly, things seem to pop-off in the distance. The target building received a lot of force - close to the origin and a large surface to catch it.

Not my field of study but chemically, it looks as though high pressure was reached very quickly, makes it look like before the explosion. I forget the terminology but "detonation" would be one of the labels. A lot of heat energy goes straight up like any old explosion - least resistance. The compression wave is caused by the rapid decomposition of fuel/oxidizer/gases and if "shaped" would be carried through the remainder of the event

I'd take a bet that these turds got a live round/warhead and cooked it off manually.

8 posted on 04/02/2017 2:13:41 PM PDT by NativeSon ( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
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"Seems the drone was being flown to document their terrorism."

Also for reconnaissance plus command and control.

Anti-drone methods are needed. Detection and nullification.

9 posted on 04/02/2017 2:32:55 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: Steely Tom

How about telling us when this happened....


10 posted on 04/02/2017 3:25:01 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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How about telling us when this happened....

The date given in the video is 4 February 2017. It was posted to LiveLeak today.

11 posted on 04/02/2017 4:26:59 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Liberals think in propaganda)
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Do it happened (maybe) when Mosul was coming under attack by Iraqi forces....


12 posted on 04/02/2017 8:04:08 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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