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    U.S. APC hit Russian embassy car in Baghdad

    http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/i...bassy-us_N.htm
    http://iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/2...ia-US-Iraq.php

    Does anyone know a thing about this accident? Still I don't understand, who rammed who or who was passing who, would US APC ram diplomatic car on purpose, or were they scared if those cars were to blow up the convoy

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    Quote Originally Posted by Andrey Egorov View Post
    http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/i...bassy-us_N.htm
    http://iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/2...ia-US-Iraq.php

    Does anyone know a thing about this accident? Still I don't understand, who rammed who or who was passing who, would US APC ram diplomatic car on purpose, or were they scared if those cars were to blow up the convoy
    I am not sure but I thought it was standard practice for APC's in sensitive areas not to stop or slow down very much in order to minimize chances of becoming a target .. so maybe the Russian car just got in the way?

    would US APC ram diplomatic car on purpose
    Only in case of extreme road rage I suppose )
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    Quote Originally Posted by Knaur Amarsh View Post
    I am not sure but I thought it was standard practice for APC's in sensitive areas not to stop or slow down very much in order to minimize chances of becoming a target .. so maybe the Russian car just got in the way?



    Only in case of extreme road rage I suppose )
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    Quote Originally Posted by Andrey Egorov View Post
    Does anyone know a thing about this accident? Still I don't understand, who rammed who or who was passing who, would US APC ram diplomatic car on purpose, or were they scared if those cars were to blow up the convoy
    Sometimes a traffic accident is just a traffic accident.

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