Predators At Work In Iraq

CNN reports the U.S. Air Force released 10 video clips Tuesday from sensors on Air Force Predator unmanned aerial vehicles showing insurgents planting roadside bombs, firing at U.S. positions and gathering to attack U.S. troops:

Some of the footage was a clip of Marines under sniper assault during an August battle in Najaf. A Predator responds to a call for air support and fires Hellfire missiles at the building housing the sniper. The building crumbles in an explosion.

Another clip shows insurgents gathered around armed trucks. The cross-hairs of the Predator locks onto one of the trucks and a missile destroys it.

Predator teams run the unmanned craft 24 hours, from their post at Nellis Air Force Base, 7000 miles away in Nevada.

Comments

[gwhizkids]

Sounds like one of those Dale Brown novels...

[CL]

So where are the videos? I want to see, too!

[Punctilious]

Incredible.

[Dave Schuler]

Perhaps we need fewer troops in Iraq. And more in Nevada. Looks like all that Doom-playing is paying off.