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2015-02-22 Terror Networks

When Burying a Terrorist, You Might Want to Remove the Suicide Vest First

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Posted by Hupineger Glomomp15048 2015-02-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Yeah, that's a problem...

Posted by Raj 2015-02-22 00:15|| 2015-02-22 00:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Hahahahaha.

Now that's funny right there!

Posted by CrazyFool 2015-02-22 00:26|| 2015-02-22 00:26|| Front Page Top

#3 Certain amount of irony in this clip, receiving what they were eager to give to others. Death.

Posted by tipover 2015-02-22 00:51|| 2015-02-22 00:51|| Front Page Top

#4 Doesn't look like the 'deceased' blew up, but something behind the procession.

Same result.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2015-02-22 08:20|| 2015-02-22 08:20|| Front Page Top

#5 When I first saw it I suspected indirect fire or a grenade. Whatever the cause, I'm recommending credit as opposed to blame however.

Nice 'before the boom' study Richard.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-02-22 08:35|| 2015-02-22 08:35|| Front Page Top

#6 Most of force of the explosion appears to have been at leg-height. Lots of debris as well. Possible small VBIED?

Posted by Pappy 2015-02-22 11:18|| 2015-02-22 11:18|| Front Page Top

#7 I look at a lot of photos and videos to determine why a transformer, substation switchboard or controller 'catastrophically' failed.

One looks for 'blast patterns' and debris dispersal fields to determine where the fault initially occurred and isolate the 'naughty' component(s).

Hopefully with that info, we can try to make the probability of 'future occurrences' less likely.

Video on this isn't too 'High-Q', but I'm quite sure the blast didn't come from the procession's 'tributee'. Based on debris scatter, if that was a grenade, it was a pretty big one. More likely an IED of some sort.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2015-02-22 11:19|| 2015-02-22 11:19|| Front Page Top

#8 Probably not enough to bury after the suicide vest exploded.

Posted by JohnQC 2015-02-22 17:49|| 2015-02-22 17:49|| Front Page Top

#9 As per #5, indirect fire was my first guess or thought as well.

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