Halliburton Ambush in Iraq Caught on Video

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Sorry if this is duped but it was dated for release on this date and I did a search and didn't find a reference to it in GD.

Halliburton Ambush in Iraq Caught on Video

WASHINGTON - September 21 - HalliburtonWatch has obtained the first video of an ambush against a Halliburton convoy in Iraq that resulted in the deaths of three truckers who worked for the company's KBR subsidiary.

Watch the video in RealPlayer format by clicking this link... http://www.halliburtonwatch.org/reports/ambush_abb.ram

The video, shot on Sept. 20, 2005 by KBR truck driver Preston Wheeler, shows what initially appears to be a routine convoy of sixteen-wheeler trucks delivering supplies to U.S. troops.

But the convoy enters tiny Iraqi towns along the highway and children begin throwing rocks at the trucks.

KBR's drivers are heard on the radio communicating with each other:

"KBR just took two rocks (on the) right side, no glass broke," one driver reported.

"It's raining rocks," another driver exclaims.

Wheeler, the trucker videotaping the ride, hits a power line above the road. "I took out some of their power lines," he says for the camera. "It'll give them something to fix, won't it?" he asks.

It later becomes apparent that the convoy is on the wrong road because the road map provided by KBR and the military was incorrect.

"We made a wrong turn. Our military took us the wrong way," Wheeler tells his camera. A soldier is heard on the radio saying, "My map is evidently wrong." So, the convoy was forced to turn- around and head back through the same town that greeted the convoy with "raining rocks" only a few minutes earlier. "We're going back through hell," Wheeler laments.

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Be sure to watch the video and read the article.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

1. oh jeez!

K&R

:cry:

[magellan]

2. They just don't get it, do they?

Ijits.

[merh]

3. So, how many Americans have died in Iraq?

How many private security, truck drivers, etc have died and aren't listed as casualties of this war?

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4. I fear many. eom

[Nomad559]

5. Download link for video

http://www.halliburtonwatch.org/reports/ambush_abb.rv

Some other files In the reports Index.
http://www.halliburtonwatch.org/reports

[Nomad559]

6. Another video

This Is the longer version of the video.

http://www.halliburtonwatch.org/reports/KBR_ambush.rv

:)

[NJCher]

7. that is as scary as any suspense movie I've ever seen

I was on the edge of my seat while listening to this man saying that he was alone and he needed help. Seeing the vehicle ahead of him on its side lends to the threatening feelings. And then when he witnesses the death...

This video gives a slice of life--what it's really like for those in Iraq. In many areas the audio is hard to understand but one can certainly get an overall impression of what it's like to be attacked in a convoy.




Cher

[merh]

8. K&R

:kick:

[Generic Other]

9. Did the Halliburton make it out alive?

That was scary. Notice he said he was gonna quit if he made it out. Halliburton soldier of fortune decides it aint worth the money? Hope he made it out safe, but crap what did he expect? Flowers and high fives?

Did anyone notice that the Halliburton guy was driving a Mercedes? Kind of high priced vehicle, isn't it? Paid for by the taxpayers and Halliburton's overcharges.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

10. "Our military took us the wrong way"

more like their president and Sec. of Defense did.