Al-Shabaab attacks U.S. Base with VBIED in coordination with ground assault.
Posted Aug 9, 2023, 3:02 AM UTC
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I assume this happened in Somalia?
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Looks like baledogle don’t it?
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Yep, it does match up. Thanks mate.
For anyone else interested, the hangar/building located at 2.657420, 44.784749 can be seen in the video at 4:36.
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Amazing footage, especially considering it came from the US, they usually try to not release graphic footage
Also wtf did they really expect to be able to walk 200m in the open towards the base without being mowed down??? After announcing themselves with a VBIED?
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If they had an armoured follow up VBIED roll through that initial dust cloud they could have really fucked some shit up. Rookies
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If they only had……… LMAO!
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The follow up would have gotten stuck in the same ditch, lol
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My theory is the US has seen how Ukraine war footage has been used well as propaganda or at the very least shows some combat success and they will release footage now.
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I'm surprised to see it released as well. With no survivors from this farcical attack no information about how to improve next time would have fed back to the terrorist HQ.
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Some of the wildest HD combat footage I’ve seen!
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What the.. That's some of the most unique & clear footage I've ever seen of a frontal (/suicidal) assault like that.
And it's from 10 months ago? From the US pov?
That was wild footage tho. Aroung like 8min they're just nonchalantly walking to their death or firing blindly. Almost wonder what they're hopped up on
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It's from 2019 actually, and yeah the attackers had 0 survival instincts
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Imma just take a wild guess, but by the way, they we're taking multiple bullets and still fighting back meth was likely the drug of choice lol
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Explains the intricate paint job on the bus. They spent more time painting that thing then thinking through what the hell they were going to do when they got there
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Truck art is not an al-shabaab or a terrorist thing, its a South Asia thing. More common in Pakistan and India but you'll see them around in Afghanistan too.
The US troops called them "jingle trucks" because of the noise all the stuff hanging off them would make.
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Could be a lot of khat. At least, it makes more sense regarding where it is happening. Maybe not only, but khat was certainly consumed
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Ah, posted on YouTube 10 months ago. Well what the heck, surprised I've never seen it before today.
Yeah that was... Baffling tactics. Sure blowing the gate worked everything beyond that just didn't make sense from a tactical pov. "We're going to lay in this open field for 10min while a machine gun dials us in"
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I mean I know they’re often high when carrying out the attacks but damn you’d think they’d be sober when coming with the the plan right?
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Those were mortar detonations.
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possibly Captagon, or something similar to it? have also heard of a mixture of pure coke mixed in gin but those were pirates drinking that
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Incredible footage, never thought I'd be able to see (ground POV) zoomed in 4k footage of irregular forces trying to attack a US base. Now you can see partly why military bases have so much 'dead space' around the nucleus.
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Is the video actually in 4k ? For me it only goes up to 1080p
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Akshually
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Link is not working, any work around for that?
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That one works thank you
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Same for me. Idk if you’re on iOS but I just held down on the link for a second and an option came up to open link
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Crazy clear footage. Really detailed. Absolutely pointless attack.
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Seriously. I cannot imagine a "win" objective here. The only objective I can imagine is that all attackers were suicidal and they successfully achieved the suicide objective.
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Martyrdom seekers always achieve victory!
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His lesser known brother, Tom Shabaab, told him it would be a Falafel walk.
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Amazing what a competent army with guys actually on fucking post keeping watch can do.
Pretty sure these guys are National guardsman
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The Americans in that Humvee got rocked........Any articles or more details about this attack?
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Reckon there was any chance either of them survived the blast? They didn't seem too close.
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Yeah that Humvee was uncomfortably close
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“Danger Close”
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Bet they got a TBI from that blast wave at a minimum
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Eh, not always. VBIED hit 2 of our Humvees that were in a V. Shockingly, no one was injured that time. Explosions are just weird.
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The were still pretty far away, the angle is a little deceptive. Look out long it takes for the blast wave to reach them. They were fine at that distance, as far as pressure goes.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-49879607
Baledogle Military Airfield (BMA) A New Jersey NG patrol was actually doing their pre-patrol brief with the 120mm mortar section right as they attacked. They couldnt have tried at a worse time. Immediately started thumping 120s and manning the wall. The NG inside the COC at BMA used CROW mounted m240s (the ones that actually worked) to hose them as well. There was a GBOSS camera and a later a blimp mounted camera that hovered over the base there. Im pretty surprised to see this video up. They mortared that base too and shredded some our gear. No casualties either time. Their other attack that pump hit the base in Kenya
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Would have been a good name for a chicken joint
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Al-Kabab?
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Man that truck was not sneaking up on anybody
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BBBBRRRRRRRRRRRBRBRBRBRRR!!!
Dude quiet! Stealth, remember?
brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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Tacticians....they were not.
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Incredible footage, now imagine if the camera had a 30mm cannon attached to it.
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I was thinking along the same lines,but with a 25mm instead!
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US Military had woke policies in Iraq and Afghanistan way back in 2007 before "woke" was even a thing. Here, you have a perfect example of a very obvious threat, yet US Military higher ups insisted in following ROE instead of engaging a threat that has been identified from miles away.
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For real, camera man was watching that first truck forever until it got engaged
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Jesus Christ man that's not "woke" that's just rules of engagements so you don't piss off the population by being overly antagonistic in force. Do you even know what woke means?
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Yes, get at least 4 of your squad mates killed before you engage.
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Those are embarassing askreddit questions on your profile man
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its called r/shittyaskreddit for a reason
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Wait…he’ll somehow get Hunter Biden into the picture…
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“Woke” is literally just anything someone doesn’t like, according to this dude.
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You obviously do not know what you are talking about
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Lmao. What?
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How do u know it wasnt just bad response time?
Seems like most vids from a range of time and militaries shows that response time isnt always the best.
Even after shots were fired, why did they not bring holy hell other than what looks like a few mortar rounds.
Its concerning it takes billions a year to handle what a remotely operated turret on a platform at the perimeter couldnt solve
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Please read up on the definition of woke and the context in which it is used as opposed to parroting new words you just learnt from republican groups on Facebook.
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I think people are down-voting you because you are making assertive claims along with trying to bring politics into this for some reason, while at the same time demonstrating that you don't know what you're talking about. Using the word "peaches" won't salvage any of that.
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FAAFO perfectly encapsulated in one video. They never stood an ounce of a chance at doing any real damage to that place.
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well at least the terrorist killed himself
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School shooters put more effort into their sucide attacks than this...
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They dont decorate the truck bombs as well though, thing looked like an old hot wheels that a kid took a bunch of markers to
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That truck was fabulous