Body Armor on Terrorists who killed Berg

[bushgottago]

If you look ast the photos you can clearly see that at least 3 of the terrorists are wearing BOY ARMOR under their robes.



Besides the fact that this is bizarre - does anyone recognise the type of body armor they are wearing? You can clearly see it - sholder straps and everything.

[Mistress Quickly]

1. Since they keep

ambushing our caravans, I wouldn't be surprised if they had our body armor, weapons, ammo and uniforms.

[pres2032]

4. insurgents running around disguised as US troops?

no, that's not scary at all!!!

(sarcasim off)

scared for our troops :scared:

[pres2032]

5. insurgents running around disguised as US troops?

no, that's not scary at all!!!

(sarcasim off)

scared for our troops :scared:

[pres2032]

7. oops, sorry, you can delete the dupe

[DenverDem]

6. Yeah, the big white guys ambushing our caravans is a big problem.

Those contractors are out of control.

[GiovanniC]

2. BOY ARMOR?

I think that's an unfortunate visual no matter how you slice it.





P.S. I know it was just a typo. Just having a little fun.

[RobertSeattle]

3. Ask Ollie North...

:evilgrin:

http://www.guardiantechintl.com/

[truthseeker1]

9. Why ask Ollie?

Is he attached to Guardian?

[donsu]

10. Ollie has been loose there for a long time, doing his dirty work

nt

[truthseeker1]

14. But is he tied to Guardian?

Just wondering since RobertSeattle posted the link to Guardian in the same breath as mentioning Ollie....

[Az]

8. Those are ammo vests

[bushgottago]

12. Wrong

Look close - thin white straps - flat.

[Az]

13. I watched the vid

They are not flat when you see them in motion. And they were bouncing around an awful lot. Got to see them at plenty of angles.

[Renew Deal]

15. They look like suicide vests.

It's a popular look in that part of the world.

[JHB]

11. Could be old Russian stuff...

...from the Iraqi army, or even Afghanistan.

[Fla Dem]

16. TV Report said there are places in Iraq markets where you can buy

all sorts of American equipment. I don't know if it was 60 minutes or Dateline, or another show. They took an undercover camera into the Iraqi market in Baghdad and showed American uniforms correct to the unit patches, and with American name patches, body armor, guns and ammo. My thinking at the time was if a TV crew could find this stuff, why couldn't the military. Evidently a lot of it had been stolen from American outposts by the Iraqis who work there.

[RapidCreek]

17. Yea I saw that too

entire US uniforms and body armor to boot.

RC

[KansDem]

18. I'd like to ask a question of DUers who played football...

Since the video and stills of this horrific incident first appeared, observant DUers have questioned their authenticity. Among those questions was one regarding the physical appearance of the "assassins" (my local paper's term in its breaking headline). I remember I too had a strange reaction to these photos. For example, the subject standing to the far right looks like someone who played football (and I don't mean soccer). Not generally regarded as an Islamic pastime. I played football for three years in school, mainly on the line (defensive middle guard and center on offense). Among our drills (in addition to weight-lifting, which some of these subjects look like they've done at one time (maybe its the baggy clothes)) was to learn how to posture oneself to take a blow or to not be thrown off balance.

Notice the placement of the feet of the subject on the far right in the above photo: far apart, thereby lowering one's center of gravity. Also, notice the posture: it appears the shoulders are slightly forward as the hands appear to hang in front of the thighs. Again, we were taught this is the best way to confront a blow from an opponent: feet apart to lower center of gravity and body slight forward to redistribute weight toward the action.

Now, I have no evidence that this is the reason for this subject's posture. Perhaps such posture in a "fight or flight" situation is universal. But I ask those DUers who played football, in the years following your football days, did you ever find yourself in an intense, potentially violent situation, when you either consciously or subconsciously applied lessons learned and drills undertaken during football practice? Namely, to assume this kind of posture in preparation of a violent event?