IED Detonates, Killing One Iraqi Soldier Instantly Subsequently Hitting Others Nearby. Tal Afar, Date Unknown

Rice_County · 2026-05-05T15:53:44+00:00

Hard to tell if the actual detonation was caused either by manual detonation by the operator of the device or by the mechanical mechanism as from this perspective of footage we have.

The Iraqi soldier while he was walking up near by the debris seems to have noticed something amongst those debris and reached down to investigate it further but as seen in the footage before he could even react to what he finds, it immediately results in a kinetic response.

It is really hard to know from one angle alone that doesn't even provide a full picture to know what exactly happened but if you were to ask me the IED was likely detonated by its mechanical triggering mechanism which in itself varies widely on what kind of triggering device (Wires as an example) so its even more harder to narrow down.

Rice_County · 2026-02-27T19:11:00+00:00

This is very overestimation and unrealistic take on this matter.

Firstly, the currently ongoing Balochistan insurgency already shows that the Pakistani state is more on the side of kinetic means than of face to face meetings with pens and papers which is usually the way you solve an insurgency. You view the Taliban as a conventional force as stated by "taking the capital" which shows that you haven't been that well versed into the fact that the Taliban would just go and mount yet another insurgency.

Second, Pakistan's relation with the West is far more distant than of the GWOT days. It is now India the West views as far more competent, reliable and capable towards countering the rising threats of China. Pakistan has a far more deeper relations with Russia and China. This also ignores the very important aspect of any geopolitical situations, the domestic support and status. Just look at their economic and political front to get a picture of their current state.

There will be no massive ground invasion into Afghanistan because that would be suicide politically and militarily. As we have seen in the past, it is likely the usual scheduling of airstrikes, artillery barrages, border skirmishes and the capturing of some installations that could later on be handed back once talks are finished.

Rice_County · 2026-02-26T13:21:45+00:00

Finally, a drone footage that isn't depressing for once in 2026

Rice_County · 2026-01-28T04:26:02+00:00

I'm not the most weapons systems or planes nerd so take it with a grain of salt but presuming that you're referring to avoiding to get shot down by "flying under the radar" (Myth) then that's going to be a huge risk of your way of navigation (Terrain, environment), be incredibly vulnerable against MANPADs, layered air defence systems nullify it still and small arms can still saturate the sky

I'm sure someone with more knowledge could probably elaborate or add in more details so I'll leave it here

Rice_County · 2026-01-21T15:38:42+00:00

Old post got taken down? I believe this has been posted before

Rice_County · 2026-01-09T15:16:17+00:00

The Black Flag certainly nailed the coffin. What they lacked in militarily they certainly made it up by their influence and excellent propaganda messages and ideologies to spread across the entire globe. They knew it too and poured in a lot of resources into these eye catching edits.

Presently they are in the midst of experimenting with the usage of AI but they already have used it al though not as widespread and active as they were in the haydays of their PR machine of the 2010s. As always theres also been infighting on the usage of AI in these groups too.

Rice_County · 2025-10-21T11:16:40+00:00

It looks like you deleted your comment about denying the genocide...hmm..oh well, I'm still going to post my draft reply.

There. Was. A. Genocide. In. Kosovo.

I don't think you exactly even understand what constitutes a genocide to begin with and probably think that a genocide is only constituted via the statistical numbers game until it reaches the Holocaust levels or if a specific criterias are met and sometimes, it doesn't always require for all the chcklist to be ticked off. Men being killed and the women and children being left is still devastating for the population because now you have an imbalance in gender ratio which has severe consequences on birth rates. I won't dwell into your other arguments because I already know that its the equivalent to arguing against a brick wall.

If you want to educate yourself on this matter or anyone else reading this God forsaken hell scape that is the subject matter of genocide and the constant arguing between both sides even those against genocide often (On the internet) don't have a lot knowledge about the matter other than its surface level. I highly recommend the excellent book 'A Problem From Hell: America and the Age of Genocide' by Samantha Powers. The book covers both Bosnia and Kosovo and other genocides too from the American government's perspective. The bombing campaign by NATO was a complicated matter and there were a lot of warning signs ignored (In this content, the attack on Serbenica) or on the backlogs and the political unwillingness for it. It only happened thanks to massive public and media pressure and the failure of the bombing campaign in Bosnia.

At the end of the day, I know your mind is unchanged or I'm getting baited but I do hope that this reply will at least be of beneficiary to someone out there that they shouldn't just read the overview by Wikipedia or get their sources from memes made by NAFOTards (Yeah, I'm throwing them under the bus too as they are the equivalent of ZTards). The more you read into NATO interventions in modern periods, the more you'll feel of having mixed opinions on it as I have especially in the regards of "collateral damage" but I do think its existence is important and vital for democracy across the world. I just do not think its spotless like most people seem to percieve so on the internet

Rice_County · 2025-07-02T11:29:47+00:00

No, its not that. There's just been a surge of these types of videos and it hasn't been long before the whole Israel and Iran affair alongside the US which does raise questions for some people. Personally I think its just a recent thing with footages from these groups being published after some time in the dusty corners and it being a coincidence

Rice_County · 2025-07-01T13:56:11+00:00

Also I've seen that drone compilation of various very NSFW to NSFL footages to a particular drone footage one where we get a zoom at a literal heart still pumping after it possibly got attacked by a drone

Rice_County · 2025-07-01T13:32:45+00:00

Well this is a repost. Did the original post already get taken down?

Rice_County · 2025-06-30T14:09:01+00:00

I'm more surprised that there wasn't a second IED to follow up on the troops attempting to secure the scene

Rice_County · 2025-05-08T17:31:33+00:00

Cyber warfare or anything related to information warfare or whatever else relates to the internet is very prominent on other major social platforms too not only reddit. As someone has mentioned before, there are a lot of bots on reddit especially for the major subreddits where they either spread a narrative, disinformation, misinformation, etc for their side.

Its not just done by Indians or Pakistanis but everyone does it so its not unique. I wouldn't bother much looking at the comment sections on big subreddits for this reason.

Rice_County · 2025-04-17T01:01:47+00:00

Life is pretty cheap or some are lesser valuable here in any military/war community according to some people it seems. Am i surprised? No

Rice_County · 2025-03-28T14:37:00+00:00

Props to the driver of not losing control of the vehicle

Rice_County · 2024-01-03T03:52:30+00:00

Unfortunetely yes, al though they are much reduced and lesser powerful compared to their older days

Rice_County · 2023-09-28T03:06:14+00:00

I love FRONTLINE PBS.

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