
Here is video of two terrorists in Afghanistan who appear to have accidently blown themselves up trying to dig up an IED they buried along a road. The video is from a U.S. Helicopter gunship that was ready to kill the terrorists, but were holding their fire because they did not want to harm a child who was in the vicinity of the terrorists. They watched them bury the IED in the road, and then for some reason, they started digging it up. Before the gunship could take any action, the IED detonated.
If these guys were representative of the forces we're up against in Afghanistan the war would have been over years ago. Unfortunately they're not.
I am pleased, however, that our pilots' greatest concern in all that seemed to be the child. That says a lot.
IMO, if these guys are representative of the forces we're up against, we're in for a long conflict. Anyone with the kamikaze mindset to brazenly works on their IED while a US gunship is flying circles around them, will not be giving up their fight anytime soon.
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