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Headcam footage of bomb being defused in Afghanistan
BBC News ^
| 13 September 2011
| BBC News
Posted on 09/13/2011 7:23:01 AM PDT by northmoor
In this clip Rod, a high-threat IED disposal operator, and his team deal with a device that has been discovered by some of the searchers. From a new BBC documentary telling the story of the counter-IED team based in Helmand, includes headcam footage filmed by both the "searchers", who find the devices, and by the bomb disposal operators themselves.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; bombdisposal; ied
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posted on
09/13/2011 7:23:06 AM PDT
by
northmoor
To: northmoor
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posted on
09/13/2011 7:41:35 AM PDT
by
OldCorps
To: northmoor
Thank you for posting. Very interesting and I held my breathe quite a bit!
To: northmoor
“Blow it in place.”
Words to live by.
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posted on
09/13/2011 7:50:52 AM PDT
by
decimon
To: northmoor
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posted on
09/13/2011 7:58:37 AM PDT
by
Sergio
(An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
To: Squantos
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posted on
09/13/2011 8:00:57 AM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
To: northmoor
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posted on
09/13/2011 8:03:24 AM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: northmoor
Little funny bit when his buddy forgets to warn him about the detonation about to happen nearby... gives him quite a jump.
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posted on
09/13/2011 8:11:01 AM PDT
by
Ramius
(Or getrsonally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
To: decimon
What we should do with all of Afganistan and Iran.
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posted on
09/13/2011 8:11:58 AM PDT
by
Redleg Duke
("Madison, Wisconsin is 30 square miles surrounded by reality.", L. S. Dryfus)
To: northmoor; SZonian
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posted on
09/13/2011 8:17:41 AM PDT
by
SZonian
(July 27, 2010. Life begins anew.)
To: Ramius
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posted on
09/13/2011 8:22:33 AM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(Obama Voters: Jose Baez wants YOU for his next jury pool.......)
To: ErnBatavia
[snicker] One of my favorites.
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posted on
09/13/2011 8:38:53 AM PDT
by
Ramius
(Or getrsonally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
To: Travis McGee
Downloading the documentary now off BBC site....
Stay Safe .....
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posted on
09/13/2011 6:23:30 PM PDT
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
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