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| Iraq |
| Islamic State Group Downs Another Iraqi Helicopter |
| 2014-10-09 |
| [Ynet] Militants with the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... group on Wednesday shot down an Iraqi military attack helicopter, killing the two pilots on board in the second such incident in a week and raising concerns about the holy warriors' ability to attack aircraft amid ongoing US-led According to two Iraqi officials, the turbans used a shoulder-fired missile to take down the Bell 407 helicopter, which crashed just north of the refinery town of Beiji, located about 200 kilometers (130 miles) north of Baghdad. The pilot and co-pilot were both killed in the attack, a military aviation official told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named. A Defense Ministry official confirmed the information. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #4 ABCNews: Nightmare in Libya: Thousands of Surface-to-Air Missiles Unaccounted For 9/27/11 |
| Posted by: mossomo 2014-10-09 15:28 |
| #3 *cough* Libya *cough* |
| Posted by: Frank G 2014-10-09 09:31 |
| #2 THe Bell 407 is your typical unarmed, unarmored civilian helicopter used by Police forces for traffic control. It can be downed by just blowing at it. About the missiles, Iraqui soldiers have deserted en masse abandonning their equipment. But of course, some of it could come of some program for helping Syrian rebels. |
| Posted by: JFM 2014-10-09 08:49 |
| #1 Those anti-helicopter missiles were the single biggest reason the Russians were force to give up their efforts in Afghanistan. Where'd ISIS get them? Syrian Army? Or maybe the stuff we were messing with in Benghazi that got the Ambassador killed? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2014-10-09 07:48 |