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1336.30 MANILA HOTEL:
POPOV from MANILA HOTEL. Can you confirm you engaged that tube and those vehicles?
1336.36 POPOV35:
Affirm Sir. Looks like I’ve got multiple vehicles in reverts at about 800 meters to the north of your arty rounds. Can you switch fire, and shift fire, and get some arty rounds on those?
The events in this video show an incident that happened on the 28th March 2003, but has only just been leaked. It shows a US plane mistaking British ground forces for hostile troops, and then opening fire on them.
Here’s the summary of the UN IPCC 2007 report [PDF], written for policy makers. The full report is not expected to be released online until May.
There is a webcast of the press conference given, talking about the report and explaining the data. Note: the webcast doesn’t seem to work in Firefox.
This video released by As-sahab shows the preparation of an IED and it’s use in Afghanistan. The video continues with the use of the IED against what are claimed to be Canadian soldiers, but it seems this claim is inconsistent with what is shown.
Those with a sense of irony will notice that Nobel brand explosives are used.
The National Counterterrorism Center in the US has published an unusual terrorism themed calendar. The calendar part contains anniversaries of important dates in the terrorist world, but more interesting is the reference materials - profiles of wanted terrorists and groups, blast zone distances, group logos, and nerve agent symptoms among them.
You can download it here. [~15MB]
[Via The Spy Who Billed Me]
This video shows the aftermath of a Blackwater helicopter that went down while protecting a convoy in Iraq. It is unknown if the helicopter was downed by enemy fire or not. Some reports suggest some of the crew were executed after crashing. The clip ends with footage of the contractors bodies.
This video contains graphic content.
Here’s some footage of the failed 21 July 2005 train bombings.
Description from liveleak.com:
Closed circuit television pictures released on Tuesday showed panic erupting on a London underground train when prosecutors say a bomber tried to blow it up two weeks after 2005 attacks killed 52 commuters. British police released the images of passengers fleeing and defendant Ramzi Mohammed throwing down a backpack and racing through an Underground station, after the footage was played at the long-awaited trial of Mohammed and five others in London.
The six men deny conspiracy to murder and cause explosions, in what prosecutors say was a plot to repeat the worst peacetime bombings in London’s history, two weeks after the July 7, 2005 attacks on three trains and a bus. The silent footage shows passengers fleeing to another carriage after an apparent bang, while Mohammed, in a distinctive dark New York sweatshirt, stands up at one end of the underground train car with a large pack on his back.
One passenger, firefighter Angus Campbell, remains at the opposite end of the train car, gesturing furiously at Mohammed, who appears to be shouting and gesturing back. As the train pulls into the station, Mohammed flings down the pack and flees with Campbell in pursuit. Footage shows him sprinting through the station, his New York shirt clearly visible.
A tsunami warning has just been issued for Japan following an 7.9 earthquake in the region. No further details at this stage.
Update:
Data and maps of the earthquake
Here’s a Hezbollah propaganda video. Pretty standard stuff but with english subtitles.