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Iraqi Helicopter Downed in Fight to Retake Mosul
[Asharq al-Aswat] Terror group ISIS shot down an Iraqi helicopter operating over djinn-infested Mosul... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... Thursday, as security forces announced they recaptured another neighborhood in their nearly six-month-old offensive against the terrorists’ stronghold. The operation to retake west Mosul -- which the helicopter was supporting when it was downed -- has become a slow, grinding battle that has taken a heavy toll on civilians and pushed more than 200,000 to flee. "The helicopter was supporting federal police forces in (west Mosul) and was hit by fire and crashed in the Mohandiseen neighborhood in east Mosul," Brigadier General Yahya Rasool, the front man for Iraq’s Joint Operations Command, told AFP. Posted by: Fred 2017-04-07 |
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