Rare IED aftermath footage on British forces in September 2008

Rare because of in 2008 British forces in Iraq only suffered 2 combat deaths between January and September and attacks on them are / were on all time low. IED on Sept. 12th was first in 3 months and injured one civilian. No British KIAs, WIAs

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News & Politics

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• british
• forces
• Basra
• IED
• aftermath
• mrap
• terror
• Iraqi
• occupation
• insurgency

[chearn73]

Ya, generally when you attack a country based on lies and deceit, people in the country you attack will kill you.

[grimblebrumble17889]

@24HIStory our soldiers die to make some rich cunt richer.

[MrXray2011]

@MrXray2011 during our Imperial, Pax Britannica days, but those are long gone and we have to protect out land from Argentina.) The US military is the envy of the world just like we used to be. I am glad that the US took over as the world only superpower from us, I wouldn't have wanted it to be any other country, especially France- it's not that I hate the French but the thought of them being more powerful than us would destroy British moral.

[MrXray2011]

@europhiCc It can't have been easy. I know a man who was in the British Army and his buddy was hit by an RPG and killed instantly, very sad. I figured that it was slightly safer being on a state of the art ship that even US missiles could't hit (Type 45.) You must be pretty proud of protecting your country... if only more people felt so passionate about the UK. That is the one thing that I envy the US for... your patriotism (we used to have this...

[europhiCc]

@MrXray2011 o yea i forgot u said navy ur correct i was saying during my iraq tour it wasnt for the easy minds if u wasnt mentally strong i went on foot patrols everynight and everynight i fired my gun more that 1 time seen charred burnt up bodies see talis crawlin through miles of tunnel to shoot at us seen friends get blown apart cause of ieds seen grown men crying saying i cant take it our platoon and base was ambushed about 40 times it was hell but i loved it i saved many lifes

[MrXray2011]

@europhiCc Sgt 1st Class is like a Sgt in the British Army isn't it or are the rank scales different?- I guess that they are different. What "sick shit" would I see sat at a computer screen on a Destroyer, Frigate or Air Craft Carrier. I'd just fire the missiles and go to bed a night... I couldn't do what foot soldiers/ Royal Marines/ US Marines do- I take my hat off to any one who fights on foot (apart from the Taliban), bloody brave.

[europhiCc]

@MrXray2011 sgt 1st classs but yea ull have fun i say join now while the wars are almost over so maaybe u will never see a whoooooole lottta sick shit

[MrXray2011]

@europhiCc Ohhhhh yeah USMC!!! You guys get your own small Air Craft Carriers- more, infact, than the entire Royal Navy!!! I'm hoping to join the RN as a Lieutenant (Warfare Officer). Sounds like...fun?? :) What rank?

:)

[MrXray2011]

@rayne7echo We are leaving but we have to leave slowly or it will cause a power vaccume.

[europhiCc]

@grimblebrumble17889 more to it then that imma tell u there freedom fighters protecting the poppy and heroin whole country of addicts so u got the martyrs too who we killed there fam or somethin like that. But truth need to be told usa =AL.CIA.DIA EHHHH?

[europhiCc]

@MrXray2011 YES SIR 1ST marine division i shined well in operation vigilant resolve after they black water agents were slaughtered and hung its a mess we tried to clean up but .....we tried shits just kept getting worse everyday i wake up to rpg and small arms i woke up to get some !! how bout ya self><?

[MrXray2011]

@grimblebrumble17889 Please, enlighten me... why are we really there then?

To take all of their money?- They don't have any.

To take their oil?- They don't have much (if any) so why not take Iran?