Apache thermal tracking north of Baghdad
Thermal tracking north of Baghdad on December 1, 2003. A US 4th Infantry Division Apache follows a pickup and a truck. One man takes off with a long object, runs into the open, and hurls it. The crew responds with 30-mm cannon fire, hitting the people before the equipment. A wounded man is visible near the burning truck. The source's blunt conclusion: war never follows the Geneva Convention. The goal of any war is to destroy the enemy. At any cost.
Transcript (en)
What's this other guy doing? He's engaging. You see them with the weapons in their hands? Yes. They run out of the field and they threw it. Yep. Engage. Smoking. Roger. And... Meetup. Roger. Roger. Roger. What range do you have? And Roger. Had a laser range on him. No auto range. Fuck. Roger. Range auto. Alright, got auto range on it. Roger. Roger. Hit him. Got him. Good. Second one. Hit the other one. Get the truck. To the right, see if anyone's moved by the truck. Take the trucks out. Is there anybody in the truck? Wait for movement. Not seeing any. Go ahead and store that, auto range store. There's another guy in there. Right there. Good. Firing. Hit him. Target four. We're taking the other truck out. Roger. Wait for moving by the truck. Movement right there. Roger. He's wounded. Hit him. Start hitting the truck. Get the truck in him. Go forward of it and hit him. Roger. We can come out of field of view. Roger. Let me check this again. More movement there. More there.
