Showing posts with label Iraq Crisis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Iraq Crisis. Show all posts

Sunday, 19 March 2017

Intense combat on the western Mosul frontline

A recording from western Mosul capture more intense scenes on the frontline, with street fighting and VBIED attacks. The burning vehicle is an ex US Army M1117, as is the vehicle seen leaving the combat area. The drone follows an up armoured earthmover SVBIED

Friday, 24 February 2017

Three images of a Iraqi puppet army humvee being destroyed by an improvised munition dropped from a Da'esh quadcopter

Da'esh are dropping these improvised munitions every day now, and surprisingly many of them appear to be very accurate. -------------------- This attack sees the Iraqi Humvee destroyed, so presumably the ammunition inside the vehicle has exploded

Tuesday, 21 February 2017

An image of Iraqi puppet army First Lieutenant Baker Abbas al-Samaraai taken a few minutes before Daesh beheaded him

Captured by Daesh near Nukhayb in Al-Anbar Governorate on Feb 19th, '17, Iraqi puppet army First Lieutenant Baker Abbas al-Samaraai has been beheaded by Daesh, together with several conscripts

An image of the British born Daesh suicide bomber, 'Abu Zakariya al-Britani'

Daesh conducted four vehicle bomb attacks against Tehran's Iraqi puppet forces in Tel Kaysoum on Feb 19th, '17, ------------------------------- A small Iraqi puppet army camp was badly damaged, one tank was destroyed and three AFVs were badly damaged. ------------------------------- One of the bombers was al-Britani, (real name Jamal al-Harith), who blew up the main battle tank. ------------------------------- It is believed he spent time in the US Guantanamo Bay detention facility, having been arrested in Pakistan, and apparently spent time training as a nurse after his return to the UK in 2004. ------------------------------- The standard Daesh firing panel can been seen in front of al-Harith, with two firing switches, and two safeties.

Sunday, 19 February 2017

An image of a heavily upgraded 1950s Soviet era BTR-152, in service with Iraqi shiite militias

Tehran's shiite militias are upgrading all manner of vehicles, including even 50 year old BTR-152s ----------------------- This vehicle is seen south of Mosul City ----------------------- The vehicle has grenade netting for the open troop compartment, which is intended to propel a grenade away from the vehicle as it hits the netting, and carries additional armour for the engine compartment, and driver's cabin ----------------------- Image two shows an unmodified variant in a museum

Wednesday, 15 February 2017

A drone records a vehicle bomb attack on Iraqi puppet forces in eastern Mosul

A drone records a Daesh vehicle bomb attack on Iraqi puppet forces in eastern Mosul

Iraqi puppet soldiers fire on a Daesh vehicle bomb, but are unable to stop it reaching their position. --------------------------- Daesh often site the headlights on SVBIEDs above the vehicle body so these rounds are not going into the vehicle/engine