Was this blowing the weapons in place? I'm just wondering, I was under the impression that they do not do that any more, especially with non combatants in the area. Non combatant being the guy over on the right side of the screen, not the dog (for you funny people out there )

>> ^Lurch:
After checking around a bit and seeing the vehicles involved, this is the result of an EOD (Explosive Ordinance Disposal) controlled detonation. EOD had already prepped the blast as evidenced by the evacuated area and lack of anyone interfering with the blast site. If you go to the liveleak version which has a few more seconds in advance of this one, you can hear soldiers commenting on the dog wandering into the blast zone. They can't make the dog get out, and no one is going to walk in there. So, do we halt the convey and continue to place human life at risk until the dog gets bored sniffing around the blast site, or blow it and move on? I've ridden with EOD before and they do not mess around or waste time when destroying roadside explosives no matter what random animal wanders into the blast site. Also, you'll notice that the people are kept away. Detonations are announced and areas are cleared to avoid injuring any civilians.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1be_1204379225&p=1
You can hear one soldier surprised saying "its a dog" after it wanders in. Another says "just blow it. dont wait for the dog to get out of the way."

After checking around a bit and seeing the vehicles involved, this is the result of an EOD (Explosive Ordinance Disposal) controlled detonation. EOD had already prepped the blast as evidenced by the evacuated area and lack of anyone interfering with the blast site. If you go to the liveleak version which has a few more seconds in advance of this one, you can hear soldiers commenting on the dog wandering into the blast zone. They can't make the dog get out, and no one is going to walk in there. So, do we halt the convey and continue to place human life at risk until the dog gets bored sniffing around the blast site, or blow it and move on? I've ridden with EOD before and they do not mess around or waste time when destroying roadside explosives no matter what random animal wanders into the blast site. Also, you'll notice that the people are kept away. Detonations are announced and areas are cleared to avoid injuring any civilians.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1be_1204379225&p=1

You can hear one soldier surprised saying "its a dog" after it wanders in. Another says "just blow it. dont wait for the dog to get out of the way."

Reminds me of this.