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Home » Special Operations » Remotely Driven VBIED in Syria

Remotely Driven VBIED in Syria

by Jack Murphy · January 9, 2013 · Posted In: Special Operations
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Thanks to Matt Fanning for pointing me towards this video.  While not necessarily “new” it is emblematic of the new generation of suicide attacks which rather than relying on human beings as a platform for terminal guidance, will instead use drones to vector in on their targets.  I’ve been told previously that the Colombians were doing this over a decade ago and would even put dummies in the driver’s seat because security forces would be on the look out for driverless vehicles heading towards their checkpoint…

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ajgamble
ajgamble 5pts

Pretty slick design. Reminds me of the "K-nex" sets they had when I was a kid that were the nuts and bolts equivalent of Leggos, and had electric motors and chains...I hate the hajjis as much as anyone, but I respect the dudes that are picking up the rifles and fighting against the tyrannical government. I can't imagine how hard we would fight on our own turn with our families in the mix. I know I'd put my wrench turning to good use instead of driving the m-fer to the gate myslef....

usapatriotonthemove
usapatriotonthemove 5pts

Dang, that was a lotta boom boom! 

Old PH2
Old PH2 moderator 5pts like.author.displayName like.author.displayName like.author.displayName like.author.displayName 4 Like

The stand off these boys had in the video is pretty impressive.  If we can disrupt their comms and continue to make them rely upon line of sight it will be much easier to prevent this type of attack.  It also seems logical that ECM placed at FOB's may help to prevent the use of Drones to guide them in.  

SomeJoe
SomeJoe 5pts

And they wonder why so many want to help them meet Allah.

shagstar
shagstar 5pts like.author.displayName like.author.displayName 2 Like

whoa!!  that's just friggin brutal!  alla fuk you!  we need too just do a drive-by,low yield tactical nuke on they're asses.

HM3accelerateyourlife
HM3accelerateyourlife 5pts

These guys don't fuck arround. Next thing they'll make is a remote control hot air balloons and terrorize whomever. 

ArcticWarrior
ArcticWarrior 5pts like.author.displayName 1 Like

I had heard similar instances in Columbia as well. If I recall correctly in the late 80s, I think in Syria, a crude remotely guided VBIED was tried but they lost control of it and it missed. Its a scary evolution.....

flhtse05
flhtse05 5pts like.author.displayName like.author.displayName 2 Like

I guess my mom and dad didn't raise me right. I was never taught to kill innocent women,  children etc.  What kind of God is this Mohamad anyway?

Recon6
Recon6 moderator 5pts like.author.displayName like.author.displayName like.author.displayName like.author.displayName like.author.displayName 5 Like

@flhtse05 Hey bro, I am currently reading 'The Truth about Muhammad', if the guy had been an American he would have been institutionalized, lol. He was a real fucked up dude, pulled all kinds of bad stuff, rape and pillage, murder etc. Islam has 3 requisites, "Be a Muslim, Convert to Islam, or Die" that's it, period. All the other b.s. is ridiculous for a sane person....6

lecoug
lecoug 5pts like.author.displayName 1 Like

 @Recon6  @flhtse05  there are many strands of Islam and you're making a bit of a generalization there and i do think you need a broader representation than just that of Robert Spencer.  The Brits and the SAS worked extensively with Muslim tribes people in the Yemen and Oman in the 50s, 60s & 70s with no problems.  Majority of these tribes people followed this strand - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibadi

 

Spencer is criticising things that were written thousands of years ago in very different times.  The Crusades were every bit as bad and most likely worse when they rampaged for a thousand years throughout the medievel perioud.   How much of the Old Testament do Christians follow these days? It's full of f**cked up sh1t.  The New Testament less so but its still in there.  We'd baulk at doing a lot of that stuff these days.  Personally, i'm an atheist but I dont blame religion, i blame those that manipulate dirt poor and for the most part uneducated and diss-associated persons into doing their evil using Religion as the reason.  A lot of these people know nothing apart from what their teachers tell them - no tvs, music, books, etc.  Their countries are poor and in some places practically stone age.  If someone promises you eternal pleasure in the afterlife and it's the only thing you know you're probably going to believe it.   

Recon6
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@lecoug @flhtse05 lecoug, I agree on some points, however, I have also read an English version of the Qu'ran and it contains the same statement. Will not discuss Religion, however,, I Am a Christian and understand everyone is welcome to their own beliefs....6

Contagio
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 @Recon6  @flhtse05 I actually enjoyed Spencer's work and have read a few of his others.  Using his footnotes, he has definitely done his homework.  I like the Shoebats' (Walid and Theodore) articles as well.

MattFanning
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 @Recon6  @flhtse05 Check out Destiny Disrupted if you want a little less partisan view on the religion.  The author (who I think is a pretty liberal Muslim) takes a LOT of shit from Salafist for questioning a lot of the more "magical" claims in the book.http://www.amazon.com/Destiny-Disrupted-History-Through-Islamic/dp/1586488139

DeltaBravo193
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I am tired of hearing alak bard or alad salad bar  or whatever their favorite phase is.  They love saying it after every explosion.  Please, I don't need anyone to tell me what it is, because I know what they say and mean.  I just don't really give a hakbar

MattFanning
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 @DeltaBravo193 If there were tanks in your neighborhood there would be a fair number of people praying right before pulling the trigger.  Rural people tend to be more religious regardless of where you are talking about.

CK5150
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I know now if I go to hell that music will be there playing for all eternity to punish me.  

SleazyWeazel
SleazyWeazel 5pts like.author.displayName 1 Like

 @CK5150 .......either that or 'Barney The Dinosaur'.  Kind of a toss up.

CK5150
CK5150 5pts

 @SleazyWeazel Both annoying but the Barney song typically isn't used as the background music for terrorist attacks.  

SleazyWeazel
SleazyWeazel 5pts like.author.displayName 1 Like

 @Old PH2  @CK5150 OH FOR FUCK SAKE!!   I'LL TALK!!   I'LL TALK!!    JUST MAKE IT STOP!!!!!!!!!!.......:)

CK5150
CK5150 5pts

 @Old PH2  @SleazyWeazel This was my kryptonite when my kids were younger.  About 30 seconds of this shit and I'd tell you anything you want to know.  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g00viskJPVM&feature=player_detailpage#t=62s

Old PH2
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 @CK5150  @SleazyWeazel No but I do believe Barney has a heavy rotation on this DJ's repertoire:

Ultimately, though, the most overused torture song is I Love You by Barney the Purple Dinosaur. On the face of it, the lyrics may seem deeply inappropriate: "I love you, you love me - we're a happy family./With a great big hug and a kiss from me to you,/Won't you say you love me too?", but anyone whose child watches the television programme will know how grating it is. In the torture trade, this is called "futility music", designed to convince the prisoner of the futility of maintaining his position.

From this article:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jun/19/usa.guantanamo

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