Ambush

Watch: Attack on a UN convoy near Aleppo, Syria and the many outlying factors of chaos

What’s the big deal? Didn’t we just bomb them and killed 80 government troops?

The “big deal” is that this was an aid convoy being run by 2 NGOs that would have fed 78,000 people. The Red Crescent/Cross is a non-combatant international humanitarian organization, not an army.

The UN is also a non-combatant who had a clearly marked the area for humanitarian aid on radar, which is where the convoy was located. It’s more realistic that there was a friendly fire incident against the SAA than someone accidently bombing a UN facility.

Director of Syria’s Red Crescent and everyone in the aid convoy has been suspected to have been killed. As a result, Assad also declared the end to the cease-fire.

Missouri police officer ‘fighting for his life’ after ambush shooting

A suburban St. Louis police officer was in critical condition late Friday after he was shot in the neck in what investigators described as an “ambush” following a traffic stop. Ballwin Police Chief Kevin Scott said the unidentified officer was walking to his car after the initial conversation with the motorist he stopped for speeding Friday […]

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When the Taliban are in a near-hide and waiting to ambush your element as you’re taking a midnight stroll through scenic Afghanistan; a helpful eye in the sky can make all the difference in the world.  This AH-64 Apache, attack helicopter pilot is that infrared-enhanced helpful eye in the sky and truly encapsulates air-ground collaboration. […]