good video

[Beowulf]

http://www.wftv.com/newsofthestrange/2770462/detail.html

Guys got lucky....

[memphiz]

holy crap, good vid, those guys were really lucky

[Operation Ivy]

yes very lucky indeed

[ßå$tĮТHÏ¿ð]

Id have some fresh cats for sale....id have pinched a litter of kittens being that close to a bomb going off like that....thank god for the well placed palm tree.

[Argyll]

What on earth were they doing going upto a suspicious package in the 1st place?
What are the SOP's regarding this?
Bloody incredible that they're alive today,I'm a bit suspicious that they were filming this at the same time,somebody knew what was going to happen,and set the camera's to film it!
Incredible..........New underwear please!!

[TALOS]

What on earth were they doing going upto a suspicious package in the 1st place?
What are the SOP's regarding this?
Bloody incredible that they're alive today,I'm a bit suspicious that they were filming this at the same time,somebody knew what was going to happen,and set the camera's to film it!
Incredible..........New underwear please!!
Correct me if I am wrong but dont they have to secure the area, means they have to be in some proximity, as for the video, the troops knew it was there so taping would make sense.

[Argyll]

In NI when we had anything suspicious the IA was to cordon it off to prevent anyone going near it,for the exact reason that these 2 lucky buggars found out,walking up to inspect a suspicious package is a no no,there are so many different ways to detonate it,such as pressure pads,trip wire's,timers(this looked like a timer job) tilt switches.So you never went up to have a look!!
We had a rule" if you can see it,it can see you" so when placing a cordon you stayed out of the "package" Line of sight!.
Yeah the taping makes sense if it was reported,but it looked like there was No Command and Control,or no ICP(Incident Control Point) set up either.
Clear and Cordon should have been the priority to prevent ANY casualties whether it be civilian or Military.

[[AFSOC]]

DAmn, thats freaky

Them soldiers are fukkin lucky....

What Division these guys in?? 4th ID??

My buddy in the 4ID he in IRaq, but not in Baghdad....

I like how the dog ran by at the end....:)

[anonymous individual]

Wow, too close for comfort.

As you can see, you should not waste any paper. :)

[Burncycle]

I dunno, I think the first thing I would do is piss my pants. Then I'd try and set up some sort of defensive position...

These ****y traps (they're not improvised explosive devices. Please. These are ****y traps. That just doesn't SOUND good, and hurts morale so we have to be politically correct I suppose) are sometimes command detonated. That means someone may have been watching/waiting for soldiers to get close before they blew up the device. This guy may have gone early since the soldiers were suspicious. In any case, that means a hostile might be watching right then. Weapons ready, look alive.

Another nasty surprise is sometimes there are two bombs. After the first bomb goes off, they wait and then detonate the second bomb as soon as they start trying to pull out the wounded. :(

[MVSpartan117]

geez thier lucky.

P.S. thats my local newstation =P

[Merik]

Well if you notice though it looks like it was that tree that probably saved their lives since they were standing in front of it and it seems the bomb was on the other side of it.

[Marmot1]

Anyway I would say IDIOTS. now you know why casaulties are so high in US army in iraq.... if they inspect all bobby traps like that... good luck in future...

[[AFSOC]]

Dude shut the fuk up....

As if you were there, you dont know ****....stop talking like you could do it cuz you couldnt.

idiot...

[George W. Bush]

Pat that tree on the head and give it a medal!

[soma]

Palm trees, America's newest willing ally in the war against terrorism :D

[Andyman]

for the first time in American military hstory a tree was awarded the congressional medal of honour. rofl

[Javehn]

hmm , interesting . But it shouldn't have to be "suspicios object" , it can be burried charge , and they just didn't saw it . And yes , those guys got very lucky . Don't jump here guys , but it's not very proffessional to stand like that . Wonder what were the reaction of the force , after the charge detonated . Here you have , by the way , example of collathoral damage made by the combatants - instead of the soldiers , they hit Iraqi child , something that happends pretty much in Urban populated areas . Regards to the tree . I recomend it to award .

[Upfrontreporting]

That was close.. :( On the news in Denmark it was reported that two Iraqis were wounded and one Iraqi schoolboy (15) was killed.
The troops were notified by some schoolboys on their way home and the troops went tp envestigate, apparently a suspicious device had been found in a trashcan along the road. As the troops got close the device detonated, this way pointing in the direction that maybe this was a radiocontroled bomb, a tactic seen used in chechnya and i suppose also in Israel.

As for the presence of camera team I don't find that suspicious, a lot of the news crawling all over Baghdad probably use radio scanners to find out where "the action" is. Common news crew tactic.


regards.

[Tengu]

damn lucky man