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Dodger
30th November 2007, 14:03
Spectacular photo of the controlled detonation of a cache of unexploded ordnance, in Iraq, by U.S. Air Force airmen with the 447th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron's explosive ordnance disposal team.

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Image (http://chamorrobible.org/images/photos/gpw-20050304-UnitedStatesArmy-061014-A-5493S-057-cache-unexploded-ordnance-detonated-near-Forward-Operating-Base-Falcon-Iraq-20061014-large.jpg)
xwhatsit
30th November 2007, 14:06
Was that taken on film? I love the grainyness.
ManDownUnder
30th November 2007, 14:11
Now THAT'S a good curry!
Laava
30th November 2007, 14:56
Oh-so it's a caption comp!
Wouldn't want to be the poor bastards living in those houses there!
janno
30th November 2007, 14:59
I think you left the stove on, dear!
Laava
30th November 2007, 15:14
Did someone exchange grand-dads suppositories for detonators again?
Ronin
30th November 2007, 16:20
Told you it had been a while
Colapop
30th November 2007, 16:25
How many Iraqi's are there in this picture?
jrandom
30th November 2007, 16:26
How many Iraqi's are there in this picture?

No whole ones!
MSTRS
30th November 2007, 16:30
Ohhh, Daddy. That was pretty. Do it again. Um. Dad-dy?
deanohit
30th November 2007, 16:32
Damn thats cool!
Colapop
30th November 2007, 16:39
No whole ones!
Just ones with holes... Saddamy anyone?
The Pastor
30th November 2007, 18:12
"honey did you turn the gas off?"

'yes dear'
Romeo
30th November 2007, 20:21
<br/>If anyone's interested...<table><tr><td>
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There's 10 more pages worth of controlled detonations here. <a href="http://www.liveleak.com/browse?all&q=detonation&s=1&page=1">www.LiveLeak.com/detonations/</a>
Dave-
30th November 2007, 22:21
Was that taken on film? I love the grainyness.

nah probably just the crappy jpeg removing quality...

PLEASE SHOOT RAW!
xwhatsit
30th November 2007, 22:56
nah probably just the crappy jpeg removing quality...

PLEASE SHOOT RAW!

Nah it's not JPEG artefacts. Looks like film grain.
Drum
30th November 2007, 22:56
That gives me the horn! Boom!