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Iraqi Guy Walks Off Huge IED Explosion watch!

break.com — An IED basically explodes right in front of some Iraqi dude and amazingly he just walks it off. My middle school gym coach would be proud of him.

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  • DeathWish808, on 05/24/2008, -61/+131Just wondering why you submitted this 2 hours after I did and you are on my friends list? NICE!
    • badwithcomputer, on 05/24/2008, -29/+44dupe check didn't pick it up- my bad. it's weird because it looks like we both dugg the exact same page. i clicked your submission and it took me to this video where there was a digg badge that links back to this submission...curiouser and curiouser.
      • isewise, on 05/24/2008, -3/+29Hmmm I don't believe you
        http://www.mediafire.com/imageview.php?quickkey=j4 ...
        • badwithcomputer, on 05/25/2008, -7/+4honestly, i submitted that image when i saw it on reddit that day and totally forgot about it ever being on the front of digg. even if i know something has seen daylight before on digg, as long as it's not EXTREMELY recent, i don't feel bad about re-submitting it as long as i'm seeing it again in a new place like a blog or a forum. personally speaking i enjoy seeing stuff a second time around because my attention span is so short and my memory is shot to hell. also, i understand that a lot of diggers arent on the site every day and miss a lot of great content and that doesnt mean it should NEVER be submitted again. that said, i understand why it's important to keep the front page full of fresh content for embarrassingly addicted users like myself.

          in this particular case, deathwish and i weren't mutual friends so i couldn't see his submissions. dupe check didn't pick it up and it oddly enough looks like we both submitted the same page through some glitch in break. i don't see what the huge deal is and hope we can all move on with our lives. i try to be a good digg user treat others the way i would want to be treated- that definitely includes not having my submissions yanked out from under me in the early stages of upcoming. now let's hug it out and move on with our e-lives. just added deathwish as a friend so maybe now this won't happen again.
      • BoonTobias, on 05/24/2008, -2/+31badwithcomputer is getting worsewithpeople
    • DeathWish808, on 05/24/2008, -5/+22Yeah, that's because once a video makes homepage then it's connected to the original video from the poster. Basically, when you click on the original posted video from the posters page it is forwarded to the homepaged video. It's cool. Take it easy!
      • b4db0y, on 05/24/2008, -11/+50Who the ***** cares?
        • BesideYouInTime, on 05/24/2008, -6/+17Digg isn't a race.
        • Toffeeapple, on 05/24/2008, -3/+25I care, when people argue it makes me cry, real tears.
        • wrathchilde, on 05/24/2008, -7/+2More like a culture, or maybe a sect, but right, not a race.
        • RandomGuySteve, on 05/24/2008, -1/+10It'll be ok Toffeeapple, Lets all have a group hug.
        • BoonTobias, on 05/24/2008, -1/+3who grabbed my ass@#$
        • LeeSoong, on 05/25/2008, -1/+2[Digg] is an exhibition,
          not a competition,
          PLEASE,
          no wagering...

          - David Letterman.
    • db0255, on 05/24/2008, -1/+82kindness and understanding FTW!
    • iziizi, on 05/24/2008, -19/+10does it really ***** matter?
    • finista, on 05/24/2008, -6/+6Hey, this is what friends are for!
    • Enche, on 05/24/2008, -4/+87omg drama
    • dabura, on 05/24/2008, -4/+9Uploader get lootz
    • EwMo, on 05/24/2008, -10/+3Go back to middle school.
    • Flashtone, on 05/24/2008, -0/+8Lets think about the guy in the video who just got zinged.
    • Archer007, on 05/24/2008, -0/+6Can you digg a digg?
    • Dantemustdie94, on 05/25/2008, -7/+0Just wondering why you care to get something on the front page so much you're will to complain about someone stealing your diggs.
      • Petrarch1603, on 05/25/2008, -0/+1you know, it doesn't seem like that often that the first comment has exactly one digg. its like the universe is in balance
    • FatherG, on 05/25/2008, -3/+1That's why you only put people on your friends list that are, ya know, friends? Anytime I get a request I check what they've done on digg. If they added a couple HUNDRED friends in a short time then I ignore their ass. Time you should do the same?
    • sfacets, on 05/25/2008, -0/+2Just walk it off man...
    • quasimot0, on 05/25/2008, -0/+1awwww can we all hug now?
    • mitch37, on 05/25/2008, -2/+2God the break.com comments are so dumb.
  • mirot, on 05/24/2008, -11/+2There's a duude down
  • DeskFlyer, on 05/24/2008, -12/+137That's not a huge IED. This is a huge IED: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swnO1a38ryo
    • smpx, on 05/24/2008, -4/+19Your mom's a huge IED. jk!

      Seriously though, that video is nuts. Looks like CGI
    • J3EBS, on 05/24/2008, -2/+42That's not a huge IED, that's a small atom bomb.
    • DeskFlyer, on 05/24/2008, -0/+25Aw crap I didn't notice the video has some sort of crap soundtrack on it (I posted it when I was at work last night). Hit mute before viewing.
    • amphoterous, on 05/24/2008, -1/+104What the hell is that music... I thought my speakers were broken for a second.
      • DeskFlyer, on 05/24/2008, -1/+12Yeah sorry about that. I did a quick search on youtube last night and the first result was the video I was looking for, unfortunately I was at my work pc (which doesn't have sound) when I posted it and didn't know the submitter added some sort of ***** soundtrack on it until now. The original video has no sound, which should be typical of a surveillance camera.
        • roket21, on 05/24/2008, -0/+5It sounds like Nellyville by Nelly on the radio with a helicopter hovering above.
    • fejy, on 05/24/2008, -0/+58my ears are bleeding
    • dabura, on 05/24/2008, -3/+42WTF was that in the background....Islamic rap or prayers...
    • WolverineBlue, on 05/24/2008, -1/+48Yeah, if that guy got hit by that, he might've had to sit down and take a breather.
    • JasonCox, on 05/24/2008, -8/+2Dugg down for the annoying music.
    • MasterGrief, on 05/24/2008, -0/+7Holy lord! Whaddya suppose was at the heart of this particular improvisation? An actual aircraft bomb?
    • shaelen, on 05/24/2008, -2/+7I believe the first part of your comment is correct regarding this initial digg post.. "That's no IED." How come nobody has noticed the red flare at the bottom right corner of the video a fraction of a second before the explosion happens? Play it back a few times, you'll see it.

      It looks more like he was shot at by the vehicle with the camera than an IED explosion. Why would the vehicle roll right up to him instead of going around?
      • Jan33, on 05/24/2008, -0/+2noticed it, i think thats just the convoys way of saying "please back off when we come through". He was standing a bit too close for comfort.
    • ndesantis, on 05/24/2008, -0/+3did anyone else see him raise his left arm right when the truck was driving by. He was standing there suspiciously and it looks as if he knew it was coming
      • shaelen, on 05/24/2008, -0/+1Maybe he was wondering why the vehicle was rolling right at him.. maybe he was going to wave or put up a "stop" hand signal? There are too many variables going on here to conclude it was an IED.
    • worldchanger, on 05/24/2008, -0/+6"that's not a knife... THAT'S a knife."
      • unleashedlive, on 05/24/2008, -0/+2"that's not a knife... THIS IS a knife!"
        "that's a spoon"
        "ah I see you've played knifey-spoony before"
    • txtphile, on 05/24/2008, -8/+3I think that was Saddam's WMD.

      But seriously, that's like a 500 pound bomb. We dropped a ***** of those in residential neighborhoods and we're just shocked, shocked that civilians died.

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuBMLHImpMY
    • khyberkitsune, on 05/24/2008, -2/+2Acetyline bomb FTW
    • UNCsucks, on 05/25/2008, -0/+0Truck bomb.
    • sgtpppr, on 05/25/2008, -0/+4Gotta love youtube and completely inappropriate music played over the video.
  • garrettsdiggs, on 05/24/2008, -31/+13Worst suicide bomber ever. Although I love the nonchalant stroll away from the scene.
    • xrisnothing, on 05/24/2008, -0/+5I don't know why everyone is digging you down. It's fairly obvious that he set it off himself and he killed 0 people and caused no damage to anything other than deafening himself.
  • luke16, on 05/24/2008, -3/+39Terminator lives!
  • Snokage, on 05/24/2008, -16/+3lol @ him stuggling to stand up after that *****. my head would be ringing so ***** loud.
    • mrgreenjeans, on 05/24/2008, -1/+9I wonder...would you have eardrums after that? Could you hear ringing with no eardrums?
      • Snokage, on 05/24/2008, -0/+9being the victim of a ruptured ear drum, the answer to that is no.
      • Evolutuon, on 05/24/2008, -0/+4Hes probably so used to IEDs going off that he has already lost his eardrums.
    • rotorius.kool, on 05/24/2008, -0/+5lol?

      He had to experience an explosion that nearly killed him. That's not funny.
    • DlGG, on 05/25/2008, -0/+1That's just sooo funny.

      /sarcasm
  • unconfirmed, on 05/24/2008, -10/+186It looks like it's him that sets it off when he raises his arm.

    If he wanted to kill himself you'd think he'd stand a bit closer. If he didn't want to kill himself you'd think he'd stand out of the blast radius. Silly Billy.
    • BillMoocho, on 05/24/2008, -2/+7It looked like he was close enough to be killed by that blast.
      • Kinnkster, on 05/25/2008, -0/+2No ***** sherlock. Thats the whole point of the article.
        • BillMoocho, on 05/28/2008, -0/+0Original Comment:
          "If he wanted to kill himself you'd think he'd stand a bit closer. If he didn't want to kill himself you'd think he'd stand out of the blast radius. Silly Billy."

          Response:
          "It looked like he was close enough to be killed by that blast."

          Maybe next time you should look at the context of the words before you post an ignorant reply that makes you look like a moron.
    • digggggggggggg, on 05/24/2008, -20/+1digg conspiracy nuts strike again
    • peticsu, on 05/24/2008, -11/+5dont you think the soldiers checked him after the blast?

      I feel sorry for anyone who cant think outside of the length of the video...
      • ElGanyan, on 05/24/2008, -4/+11And who exactly are you arguing with/replying to? I feel sorry for anyone looking to insult or attack what isn't there...
        • isunktheship, on 05/24/2008, -6/+1ElGanyan, more like ElGroucho kek
      • FatLoser, on 05/24/2008, -1/+5Didn't sound like they were too concerned... he walked right away before the bradley showed up, and none of those guys seemed to notice or be aware.
      • ortucis, on 05/24/2008, -0/+3I have to agree with Ganyan, who are you talking about exactly?
      • 0ceanic, on 05/24/2008, -0/+4i would assume one of the priorities would be to check that guy out or kill him, maybe he had unexploded munitions on him, or hes innocent and hes wounded, or hes a terrorist and he should be identified. if some guy just tried to kill me and failed, i would want him dealt with asap before rescuers made themselvs vulnerable.
    • dabura, on 05/24/2008, -14/+8Why the ***** would he set off the bomb when he's 2 feets away? I mean, Islamic are known for being extreme, but not retarded. I feel bad for the guy when he trying to walk away from the blast. Sorry for not having conspiracy CIA-trained like yours, but sir, that's a dumb inhumane way of describing some one who were just inches away from death.
      • Bazillions, on 05/24/2008, -3/+17Umm Yeahh. What kind of bizarro world do you people live in where Islamic people kill themselves while trying to kill others?

        This guy was just waitin for the ***** bus. In the middle of the street. With very large heavily armed vehicles approaching.
      • Mothrog, on 05/24/2008, -0/+5Yeah. Muslims have never ever been known to strap on a bomb and blow themselves apart. Wherever did this guy get such a crazy idea?
    • WolverineBlue, on 05/24/2008, -4/+12Oh god, the terrorists are using emo-kids as 'attempted suicide but really just a cry for help'-bombers.
    • Breticus07, on 05/24/2008, -11/+2I dugg you down for using the words "Silly Billy" lol
      • KennMac, on 05/25/2008, -2/+2I dugg you down for saying "lol" unnecessarily.
        • Breticus07, on 05/26/2008, -0/+1its what you put when you "laugh out loud" so unless I didn't laugh after that then it was necessary.
    • Thor, on 05/25/2008, -0/+3The explosion started under the right wheel of the vehicle. He was probably waving to the soldiers.
    • Rammy912, on 05/25/2008, -1/+2so obviously it wasn't him that did it smartass.
  • chompysweat, on 05/24/2008, -4/+160If you listen closely you can hear the army guys talking about picking up chicks in Iraq before the explosion.
    • ligyron, on 05/24/2008, -0/+55If you you listen closely? That conversation was the only thing holding my attention while I waited for the explosion I was promised
    • isunktheship, on 05/24/2008, -0/+6war/death ***** with you, thats probably the only thing they can do to stop going crazy

      that being said, sounds like a normal conversation for back here at home >.
      • Kinnkster, on 05/25/2008, -3/+3Really? I never talk about Iraqi girls myself.
    • mllawso, on 05/24/2008, -2/+27"I was lookin’ for bitches but they had that carpet ***** all over them and I couldn’t see what they look like. All that was really exposed was the eyes and that wasn’t enough for me, cause you know ***** I’m lookin’ at the eyes, the eyes be pretty and I take the carpet off and then I got a tragedy."
    • TheGooseyOne, on 05/24/2008, -0/+6that conversation was actually the high point of the video. and no listening closely needed
  • ultraJesus, on 05/24/2008, -3/+110And then he dies the next day from massive internal injuries.
    • BevansDesign, on 05/24/2008, -0/+2Jeez, yea. Probably. I'm sure he seemed fine until he got home and realized that every organ in his body had been shaken to pieces.
    • fugazied, on 05/24/2008, -0/+2Yeah I was just thinking that... 3 meter proximity with an explosion of that size would at least have 10-50 shrapnel wounds on him (cuts and ebrasions) but the internal damage from the shockwave would have pulverised his organs.
    • Tennouheika, on 05/24/2008, -0/+7My first cat was completely run over one time when I was little. Despite being crushed by the car, the cat ran into the bushes. We found her and she was still alive but died in the next few minutes.

      That is probably what happened to this dude. He's in some sort of shock or something but he's probably doomed.
    • davemak, on 05/25/2008, -0/+7Fire up that arc reactor before the shrapnel gets into his heart!
  • atarijedi, on 05/24/2008, -10/+5I'm ok, I'm ok, My bad!
  • ChunkyGork, on 05/24/2008, -1/+20What set off the bomb? The guy? The vehicle?
    • indoracer, on 05/24/2008, -5/+34The guy raises his arm right before the blast. It's probably him.
      • afterlife23, on 05/24/2008, -10/+1why the ***** would he blow himself up if he could have easily hid behind something, you dont go to heaven if its a suicide
        • D14BL0, on 05/24/2008, -5/+4No, just 72 virgins.
        • sw33tsarin, on 05/24/2008, -2/+7No but you do if you're a martyr.
        • adventflux, on 05/24/2008, -1/+6He has a point. Terrorists have no tendency whatsoever of strapping bombs on themselves or hijacking planes.
        • afterlife23, on 05/24/2008, -1/+1all im saying is if he didnt have to kil himself why would he
        • Thor, on 05/25/2008, -0/+3Its actually 72 Virginians.
    • cerealjynx, on 05/24/2008, -2/+5We get signal
    • sykotik, on 05/24/2008, -0/+6The people that set them off hide a little way off, then detonate by remote. You can find their propaganda videos all over liveleak.com - they sit and watch then detonate as the unassuming soliders get close to it.

      They usually get smoked out and wasted right afterwards too. There are certainly videos of that happening on liveleak as well.
    • swrostmore, on 05/24/2008, -1/+6Haji usually sets them off with cell phones or garage door openers. He's probably hiding in a nearby building waiting for the convoy to pass by. The soldiers getting out of the APC are probably going to do a house-to-house to try and find him.
    • mgagne, on 05/24/2008, -0/+9It's probably someone next to the camera, look at the bottom right of the video when it explodes.
    • shaelen, on 05/24/2008, -2/+10It looks to me like the vehicle with the camera shot at him.. what else explains the red flash at the lower right corner of the video a fraction of a second before the explosion?

      Also, why would the truck roll right up to him instead of going around like the other trucks in front?
      • MortalynFlux, on 05/24/2008, -2/+2Yup, there's a purplish looking flash on the bottom right of the video right before the blast. They either missed or were trying to give him a good scare. He kinda creeped me out standing like that in the middle of the street, so I don't really blame them.
        • bweltondav, on 05/24/2008, -0/+3You don't blame them? You mean to say that standing in/by a public road is a crime with being killed over? I hope to god you're not a police officer.
        • MortalynFlux, on 05/25/2008, -0/+1I need to see your driver's license and insurance, sir. It appears you have a broken taillight. What? No broken taillight? Oh, ooops, you do now! Step out of the car, please.
      • ckedge, on 05/26/2008, -0/+2There's no way in they shot at him and we don't hear the gunshot on the video. What it probably is is the initial super bright flash from the explosion. The super brightness of the very first moment of explosions often do strange things to cameras, overload their sensors for a fraction of a second, etc.

        Anyone have a link to the full video? It'd be interesting to see if they figured it out before they left the area, and detained him. Also be nice to know if everyone in the vehicle was okay.

        I'm guessing that this was an explosively formed projectile, and the guy was there to *precisely* time when itshould go off. EFPs are thin jets of molten copper, and if you want to kill someone you need to aim carefully. Otherwise all it might do is disable the vehicle. So I'm guessing that's why he's needed. Only an EFP would penetrate a MRAP like that - hence the Bradley guys coming to check them out. I hope it "missed" and they're okay.

        The MRAPs are earning their weight in gold. Shame they weren't bought years earlier.
  • Bcodms, on 05/24/2008, -0/+85Just a flesh wound...
    • VyPR, on 05/24/2008, -1/+7Come back and I'll bite your kneecaps off!
    • Stonehenge360, on 05/25/2008, -0/+2Silence... I Keeel you!
    • matschig, on 05/25/2008, -0/+1*beep**boop*beep*boop**boop**beep*!

      oh.... wrong movie. I apologize.
  • generalalcazar, on 05/24/2008, -2/+26The man was most likely in shock. Who knows what sort of injuries he might have had. He was probably walking on pure adrenaline. He probably collapsed a few minutes later.
    • db0255, on 05/24/2008, -1/+18that's a lot of probablys, most likelys, and who knows...
      • generalalcazar, on 05/24/2008, -2/+8That's because I am not that guy, thanks be to Allah.
        • ortucis, on 05/24/2008, -3/+1I am having tea with Allah.
        • MasterGrief, on 05/24/2008, -2/+2That reminds me of the time Muhammad gave me a salmon helmet.
        • BoonTobias, on 05/24/2008, -1/+1yeah, Allah decided to ***** him over and not you, praise praise
        • matschig, on 05/25/2008, -0/+3I'm smoking crack with Allah.
        • mikephimikephi, on 05/25/2008, -0/+2I'm drawing cartoons of Allah
    • MasterGrief, on 05/24/2008, -0/+11Can't we just assume he's really tough and a blast like that is something he experiences regularly?
  • nathangl, on 05/24/2008, -8/+5Yeah, like that guy didn't set off that bomb. He planned it all along, way to make a slow getaway numbnuts!!!
  • CryTekEmployee, on 05/24/2008, -24/+1that's why I'm Christian and play Crysis.
    • J3EBS, on 05/24/2008, -0/+10No, you play Crysis because you're a Crytek employee and you're doing research for Far Cry 2.
    • BoonTobias, on 05/24/2008, -0/+3you probably can't even run that *****, noob
  • ssj2119, on 05/24/2008, -14/+49What is an IED?
    Was this guy a suicide bomber?
    • db0255, on 05/24/2008, -0/+35Improvised Explosive Device.
    • TheRealJMX, on 05/24/2008, -2/+83Improvised Explosion Device. Basically a home-made bomb. I don't think he was, but if he was a suicide bomber... he obviously failed at half of his assignment.
    • Adner, on 05/24/2008, -36/+30I don't mean to be a dick. But honestly, "what is an IED?". Where have you been these past few years?
      • seventoes, on 05/24/2008, -2/+14Apparently not on the internet, where he could have researched it himself in half a minute.
      • Klowner, on 05/24/2008, -3/+2"wp ied" into firefox's location bar, takes all of 5 seconds.
        (as long as you have wikipedia quicksearch enabled)
      • DNABeast, on 05/25/2008, -0/+5Well just so long as you don't 'mean to be a dick'.
    • aaabatteries, on 05/24/2008, -3/+56I really don't understand why people digg people down for asking an honest question.
      • Locke2053, on 05/24/2008, -14/+5What is an explosion?

        There... feel the urge to bury this stupid question?
      • mal1964, on 05/24/2008, -4/+15Basic low self esteem responses
        When we feel bad, we try to make ourselves feel better by blaming anything and everything around us, but that can often just make us feel worse. The worse we feel the more we feel a need to attack something, anything just to unload these negative feelings. The problem is, however, that this does not really offer a long term solution even if it provides immediate relief. You need, instead, to look at what you can do to change how you perceive things in the first place. This means finding a more positive way of viewing yourself and your situation.
        http://www.leadersdirect.com/loself.html
      • arjung, on 05/24/2008, -0/+10wikipedia is the place for a question that simple. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ied
        • mal1964, on 05/24/2008, -5/+3Why?
        • mal1964, on 05/24/2008, -1/+5Thanks for the info, But I cant find the question and answer area. Can you give more detail?
      • darlyn, on 05/24/2008, -2/+3Because questions like this can be solved in mere seconds by a Google search. It would have taken this guy less key strokes and mouse clicks to Google this than it did for him to type out that comment.
        • KennMac, on 05/25/2008, -1/+1I thought the Search Nazi's only existed on car forums...
      • Mothrog, on 05/25/2008, -0/+4It might have something to do with the phrase being repeated over and over and over in the media, and the fact that you'd have to have your head completely buried in the ***** sand not to have heard that term by now.
      • antonio97b, on 05/25/2008, -0/+1I don't digg up stupidity.
    • dabura, on 05/24/2008, -2/+9how is he a suicide bomber when he ***** walk away after the blast?
      • lbdinh, on 05/25/2008, -1/+4Cuz' he changed his mind after the explosion. He just wanted to be a casual terrorist then.
  • Xraven92, on 05/24/2008, -0/+62conversations between soldiers are funny
  • TheRealJMX, on 05/24/2008, -0/+60That guy was iron man, obviously.
    • Forky, on 05/24/2008, -1/+13He probably built the bomb in a cave.
      • dungbeetle, on 05/24/2008, -0/+4 My guess is that he built it in a cave out of scraps.
  • smpx, on 05/24/2008, -2/+6Aye, a scratch, a scratch.
  • tommyredcoat, on 05/24/2008, -2/+16Who the hell blows a bomb up with one of their fellow countrymen standing right in the path? Messed up world we live in.
    • mark076h, on 05/24/2008, -5/+7most IED's in Iraq these days are pressure activated
      • tommyredcoat, on 05/24/2008, -0/+11I am not so sure that was pressure activated. That looked like an attempt at an explosively formed penetrator, which isn't a great candidate for pressure activation. It was probably a cable or line of site IR activated IED buried in that previous bomb crater in the curb.

        Pressure activated weapons are typically buried under the roads surface, ie anti-tank mines or a stack of Chinese 155mm howitzer rounds tied to a pressure plate. Plus two armored vehicles rumbled over that same patch of turf right before that vehicle .

        Anyway, just my two cents as a fellow Internet EOD/IED/Insurgent tactics expert.

        Either way... Who puts a pressure activated weapon on a road traveled by their fellow countrymen? All it would take is a dump truck driving by with a load of concrete to set the thing off.

        • mark076h, on 05/24/2008, -1/+5you would be surprised how good these guy are at planting IED's the IED could have been planted days before, then somebody on the lookout hooked up the pressure switch just moments before the convoy came through
        • tommyredcoat, on 05/24/2008, -0/+3I am not surprised actually. The proof is in our casualty numbers. They are good. They do a very good job of killing and maiming our troops and civilians.

          And pressure activated weapons are a very viable weapon and they are used alot. No doubt about that. It's just that when you plant a pressure activated weapon its typically done with the "fire and forget" mentality, which is plant the damn thing and then don't involve yourself in its operation after that.

          With the conical blast shape from that bomb, they are obviously trying to aim the thing directly at a vehicle and if I am an insurgent I am just going to manually activate it for the greatest accuracy.

          Enough comparing ePeens. It was nice sharing points. I just feel glad that I am not going to be IED'd driving from this coffee shop back to my house. Thank goodness for Memorial Day and what it means for myself as a U.S. citizen.
      • lbdinh, on 05/25/2008, -1/+1If it was pressure activated, it would be called a land mine, not an IED.
        • mark076h, on 05/25/2008, -1/+1no it would not have land mines are different than pressure activated IED's which use a home crafted pressure plate to detonate, you don't know what you are talking about.
    • kappuru, on 05/24/2008, -2/+4Like the poster above me said, most IEDs are pressure activated, so a small personal vehicle wouldn't activate them, but a HMMV or APC would.

      They used to mostly be mobile activated but a lot of vehicles have GSM jammers now.
      • lbdinh, on 05/25/2008, -0/+1That would be called an anti-tank land mine. Anti-personnel mines would detonate when people step over it. Most IEDs are radio/cell phone activated or hardwired to a switch and the wires are buried in sand/underground. Now if that land mine was modified by your local bomb-maker to be detonated, then it would be called an IED.

        I used to be part of a security team for Navy EOD guys and I got thoroughly briefed on this.
    • leahcim, on 05/24/2008, -2/+3Not to mention most IEDs target Iraqi civilians.
      • lbdinh, on 05/25/2008, -1/+1Most IEDs are targeted against US troops. Terrorists don't really care which civilians are in the vicinity when they blow it up. They just consider them involuntary martyrs. US considers them collateral damage.
    • DigDugDigger, on 05/24/2008, -2/+7Possible it was foreign fighters. They don't give a ***** about Iraqis and are happy to kill anyone as long as they get their infidel. If it was unable to kill a unprotected man standing just feet from it, it appears they failed... miserably.
    • petebert, on 05/24/2008, -0/+1maybe he was a shiite or a sunni, apparently they can tell one from another
    • ObiWanCalobi, on 05/25/2008, -0/+4Because normally blowing up a bomb to kill someone isn't "messed up"?
    • Mothrog, on 05/25/2008, -0/+1One guy? They don't seem to have too much difficulty with suicide bombing packed markets, either.
  • mal1964, on 05/24/2008, -6/+5Talk about unlucky!, He couldn't even blow himself up to get laid.
  • TheJokerV, on 05/24/2008, -2/+241Holy crap, They're becoming immune.
    • praisethelard, on 06/06/2008, -1/+22That'd actually be pretty awesome.
    • Timmaay, on 05/24/2008, -7/+1Why?
      • MuskokasFinest, on 05/24/2008, -2/+7Holy Crap! What are we going to have to start doing!
        Talking!? Speaking with them!? We can't do that it's appeasement!
    • DigDugDigger, on 05/24/2008, -3/+27Evolution.
    • clokworkfromage, on 05/25/2008, -3/+1where is your god now ?
  • retinalfetish, on 05/24/2008, -14/+21The poor man is likely in shock. A concussive force like that would rupture your eardrums... but this is Digg.com so "hahahaha!" :(
    • D14BL0, on 05/24/2008, -2/+16Yes, this is Digg, not 4chan. Stop laughing.
      • daizaru, on 05/24/2008, -0/+9Is there still that much of a difference? I'd be hard pressed to find it. Look at all the above comments, how many are saying "oh that poor man?" and how many are cracking jokes.
  • Muraka, on 05/24/2008, -7/+1I always wonder why they can't make explosives look this this in videogames.

    If they can make extremely realistic physics engines, how are explosions so hard?
    • D14BL0, on 05/24/2008, -0/+4Because ten minutes of firey hell is a lot cooler than a single blast.
    • MasterGrief, on 05/24/2008, -0/+2Physics engines generally work on large objects, things ranging in size from a baseball to a beach ball. There are exceptions, of course, like Half Life 2 Episode 2 had physics working on whole trestle bridges, but mostly physics engines manipulate things you could actually pick up (or at least move) because, well, that's the most common place you'd expect to see movement. Objects such as those are far easier to simulate than blast particles, presumably because blast particles are something like the size and weight of a grain of sand and can therefore move in many more different ways than a simple bottle or rock.
  • narcofiche, on 05/24/2008, -4/+6He tried to blow up a tank with a bomb that far away?
    • mark076h, on 05/24/2008, -1/+3it may have been an EFP
      • lbdinh, on 05/25/2008, -0/+2No...if it was an EFP, the blast would've been aimed toward the drivers and the IED would not have been buried.
        • mark076h, on 05/25/2008, -1/+1dude this is the second time you have no idea what your talking about
    • Thor, on 05/25/2008, -0/+2Looked like a truck to me.
    • MadOgre, on 05/25/2008, -0/+1We have mines that can destroy a tank a hundred yards away.
  • oyflaaaayvin, on 05/24/2008, -2/+28Awesome when the tank sped in and stopped to shield the side of the truck that was possibly hit.
    • sovietninja, on 05/24/2008, -3/+11That was an Bradley Fighting Vehicle, a M1 Abrams tank is much larger and way more badass. Thank you BF2.
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M2_Bradley
      • eecan, on 05/25/2008, -0/+5Don't bury him... he is right. See those soldiers that got out of the back near the end? Tanks don't have the room to hold the crew and four soldiers.
      • lbdinh, on 05/25/2008, -4/+1Err....no bradleys are bigger. BF2 = not real
        • MadOgre, on 05/25/2008, -1/+1Err... no... you are wrong... THAT was a Bradley. M2 or M3 variant... still a Bradley. Because that is what we have over there.
        • lbdinh, on 05/25/2008, -2/+1I know THAT was a Bradley. I said that Bradleys are bigger than M1 Abrams. How about reading the post.
      • oyflaaaayvin, on 05/25/2008, -0/+1Well tank in the sense it has tracks...
    • fef560, on 05/25/2008, -0/+8I never realized it before the US military is ***** bad ass. I mean holy *****, proud as ***** about them right now
  • JLSN, on 05/24/2008, -18/+10Clearly we are winning the hearts and minds. I like how the guy just wanders off, instead of looking to us for help. Indict the Bush Crime family!!
    • litothegreat, on 05/24/2008, -4/+6when u make an attempt to kill someone and in the process u end up hurting urself, your first priority isnt getting help from those u tried to harm.
    • thepretext, on 05/24/2008, -0/+11I think it's safe to say the guy was in shock.
      • JLSN, on 05/24/2008, -3/+0Ok, he randomly walked directly away from our troops. I guess I can buy that, not.
  • pigducksheep, on 05/24/2008, -4/+8suicide bombers that don't suicide? Now they can double suicide...
  • TheGreatBelow, on 05/24/2008, -0/+23The guy is in shock, both mentally and physically
  • methos75, on 05/24/2008, -0/+9The best part was the soldiers commenting on how their bud works out, just for the Pussy. Sexual Tyrannosaurs. Anyway the guy was in obivous shock, sure he got banged up some.
  • Ghoztt, on 05/24/2008, -18/+35What a poor reality. :(
    My heart goes out to all the victims of the Oil Wars.
  • rightmindx, on 05/24/2008, -0/+73"I told you I was hardcore."
  • pentak, on 05/24/2008, -2/+16no way he "walked it off" - he probably dropped dead just off frame.
  • OffPiste, on 05/24/2008, -2/+8Then again he could have taken shrapnel and was bleeding out profusely. He'll die in a few minutes. People think hollywood reality is the only way events occur.
    • petard, on 05/24/2008, -1/+9Iron Man mentioned shrapnel! He had a magnet!
  • UnSuperSaid, on 05/24/2008, -1/+6Now walk it off..
  • Jacksc, on 05/24/2008, -5/+12he needs to read terrorism for dummies
  • inkswamp, on 05/24/2008, -1/+72The island didn't want him to die.
    • mark076h, on 05/24/2008, -1/+18it was Sayid ?
      • coldkodiak, on 05/24/2008, -1/+8only the ISLAND KNOWS. Omg egyption pictographs on a coutdown sheet we gonna die all.

        XO
    • KlogereEndGrim, on 05/24/2008, -1/+17WHERE'S CLAIRE'S BAAHH-BEEHHH!?!?!
    • WallnutBoy, on 05/24/2008, -1/+15WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!
    • vickers500, on 05/25/2008, -1/+4SPOILER ALERT: The smoke monster is GOD.
  • mark076h, on 05/24/2008, -2/+2for people thinking he dropped dead or took shrapnel , well he could have easily survived alot of IED's in iraq these days are made with home made explosives and they just put them in containers so they don't have alot of shrapnel, for it being on the side of the road like that where the vehicle would not drive over it the IED may have been something else but it is hard to say, it could have been an EFP( explosively formed projectile) once again not sending out alot of shrapnel.
    • welliamwallace, on 05/24/2008, -0/+2you could hear the shrapnel raining down on the camera vehicle, 10 times farther away then the guy. There was plenty of shrapnel
    • S1ngular1ty1, on 05/24/2008, -0/+3Except EFPs don't work that far away from a target.
  • jerryterhorst, on 05/24/2008, -9/+28the IED apparently wasnt very well-made. or, to put it another way:

    THE ***** THING SUCKED.
    • m0laria, on 05/24/2008, -1/+21HE SHOULD HAVE DONE IT LIVE.
      • MasterGrief, on 05/24/2008, -0/+9THE EXPLOSIVES WERE LIVE
        • almonds646, on 09/11/2008, -1/+4THERE'S NOTHING THERE! NO DEAD PEOPLE! I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT!
      • Wartyboskfapped, on 05/24/2008, -0/+7THERE'S NO BOMBS THERE
  • kamisama, on 05/24/2008, -3/+2Good karma
    • lbdinh, on 05/25/2008, -1/+1Or...bad Karma since he was denied his virgins.
  • brulec, on 05/24/2008, -5/+68thank god michael j fox handed off the camera to someone else.
    • inkswamp, on 05/24/2008, -1/+42I just dug that up. I'll see you in hell.
  • fearsofgun, on 05/24/2008, -4/+7Middle Eastside Walk It Out
    • byrdgang, on 05/25/2008, -0/+1It's a shame most people won't know what you're talking about.
  • dabura, on 05/24/2008, -8/+3Walk it oUt, Walk it ouT
  • Pinkertinkle, on 05/24/2008, -1/+6He probably died 20 minutes later.
  • litothegreat, on 05/24/2008, -0/+7i just cant wait for some intelligent youth to make a video where they mix in soulja boys great music into this video.
  • DarkoKun, on 05/24/2008, -0/+11Just another day in Iraq.
  • AuTigerfan, on 05/24/2008, -0/+4Haha yeah I think they were actually talking about a guy who only works out to get chicks
  • rebotfc, on 05/24/2008, -13/+2I don't know just seemed a little fake to me, why was the guy just standing there in the middle of the road in the first place. Just get the impression it was a decent video comp.
    • mark076h, on 05/24/2008, -1/+8this is the dumbest comment i have seen in a long time
  • JasonCox, on 05/24/2008, -0/+49I dont know what I'd be more afraid of at that point, the IED that just almost blew me up or the Bradley that's rolling up pointing it's gun at me.
    • DaviDTC, on 05/24/2008, -4/+15Here is the plan. Im going to blow myself up and take out some Americans. BOOM! Oh *****, I lived! Oh ***** a big ***** tank is about to kill me. I dont want to die!!!

      The guy probably had 100 different emotions run through him in 20 seconds.
    • Abomonog, on 05/25/2008, -0/+1Actually, I would be more afraid of the commander who ordered my convoy to travel through hostile territory at walking speeds.

  • MasterGrief, on 05/24/2008, -1/+1Jebus!
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