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Google Maps/Earth Catches US force in battle in Iraq

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Let’s do some browsing around the city of Baghdad, on Google Maps:

Hmm… looks like a traffic jam in Sadr City. How convenient that a satellite was overhead just at that moment.

Wait a minute… those are tanks! Google Earth has a file which identifies the tanks:

Down the street, you can see some Humvees. This is a major battle going on! They appear to be in a standoff against some insurgents hiding behind a line of cars.

The copyright date says 2006, but if we look at the insignia on COB Speicher over in another part of the country, they are the 4th and 1st ID, which were stationed on Iraq in 2004. By the way, if you’re curious you can look around Speicher and see lots of Apache helicopters.

So, I’ll therefore propose that this stakeout is a widely-reported one from April 2004 in which seven American soldiers died in action, although it could have been one of many other Sadr City battles throughout the year. The tanks might be identified as 2nd Bridgade, 1st Cavalry.

Even on a simple satellite map, it’s impossible to escape the reality of war.

Very interesting that it actually caught a battle in progress. i wonder if Google will cache these images later for posterity. I also wonder

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2 Comments on Google Maps/Earth Catches US force in battle in Iraq

  1. BARBARA MONTTI GRACIANO says:
    May 17, 2006 at 8:57 am

    HOLA LES FELOCITO POR REALIZAR ESTE SERVISIO TAN NESESARIO Y UTIL HOY EN DIA, Y LES SOLICITO SI PODRAN AUXILIARME CON EL MAPA SATELITAL DE EL ESTADO DE NUEVO LEON MEXICO, PUES NECESITO LOCALISAR EL MUNICIPIO DE SANTIAGO A DETALLE PUES TIENE DIVERSAS AREAS RECREATIVAS UNA PRESA Y BELLOS PARAJES, SE UVICA ESTE MUNICIPIO AL LADO DE LA CIUDAD DE MONTERREY Y ES LA ZONA TURISTICA DE LA CIUDAD Y SU AREA METROPOLITANA, LES AGRADECERIA MUCHO SU APOYO Y LES INVITO A QUE LO VISITEN YA QUE LA BARIEDAD DE SU REGION PERMITE DIBERSAS ACTIVIDADES, COMO SON DEPORTES EXTREMOS EN AREAS COMO MATACANES, CHIPITIN, Y OTROS,PERO CUENTA CON CASCADAS POR DIFERENTES AREAS DEL MUNICIPIO DIGNAS DE ADMIRACION AL IGUAL QUE TODO EL VERDOR QUE CARACTERISA LA ZONA, PUES SU AREA BOSCOSA ES DE LO MAS AGRADABLE Y LOS RELIEVES DE LA CIERA HACEN QUE PASE UNO UN BIAJE DE LO MAS AGRADABLE E INOLVIDABLE AL RECORRERLOS. LES AGRADESCO SU ATENCION Y ESPERO SU RESPUESTA, TENGAN UN GRAN DIA.

  2. Patrick Havens says:
    May 17, 2006 at 5:12 pm

    From Barabara:
    HELLO THEM FELOCITO TO MAKE THIS SERVISIO SO NESESARIO and UTIL TODAY IN DAY, and I SOLICIT THEM IF PODRAN AUXILIARY ME WITH MAP SATELITE OF STATE AGAIN LEON MEXICO, BECAUSE I NEED LOCALISAR the MUNICIPALITY FROM SANTIAGO To DETAIL BECAUSE IT HAS DIVERSE RECREATIONAL AREAS a PREY and BEAUTIFUL PLACES, EAST UVICA MUNICIPALITY NEXT TO the CITY OF MONTERREY and IS ZONE TURISTICA OF the CITY and ITS METROPOLITAN AREA, THEM AGRADECERIA MUCH ITS SUPPORT and I INVITE to THEM THAT THEY VISIT IT SINCE the BARIEDAD OF THEIR REGION ALLOWS to DIBERSAS ACTIVITIES, AS THEY ARE EXTREME SPORTS IN AREA LIKE MATACANES, CHIPITIN, and OTHERS, but COUNTS ON CASCADES BY DIFFERENT AREAS ADMIRACION MUNICIPALITY WORTHY LIKE ALL The VERDOR THAT CARACTERISA The ZONE, BECAUSE ITS WOODED AREA IS OF The PLEASANT MAS And The RELIEFS OF The CIERA CAUSE THAT IT PASSES A ONE BIAJE OF The PLEASANT And UNFORGETTABLE MAS When CROSSING THEM. AGRADESCO ITS ATTENTION And I WAIT FOR ITS ANSWER To THEM, HAVE A GREAT DAY.

    I’m sorry my spanish translation choked on that… Do you speak english?

    Or should I just delete…

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