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Iraq
Iraqi Fighter Jet Drops Bomb Over Baghdad, Kills 12 People
2015-07-06

"Oops. Our bad"
An Iraqi Russian-made fighter jet accidentally dropped a bomb over a Baghdad neighborhood on Monday, killing at least 12 people on the ground, Iraqi officials said.

The plane ‐ one of several Sukhois used by Iraq in the fight against the Islamic State group ‐ was returning to base when the accident happened.

Military spokesman, Brig. Gen. Saad Maan Ibrahim, told The Associated Press that a technical failure caused the Sukhoi jet to malfunction and drop the bomb, which hit a number of houses in the Iraqi capital's eastern neighborhood of New Baghdad.
Posted by:Frank G

#5  I'm shocked they haven't blamed the US (yet.)
Posted by: Glenmore   2015-07-06 15:55  

#4  other accidents have plague the Sukhoi

example
Posted by: lord garth   2015-07-06 14:54  

#3  East Baghdad is where the Shia live. It would be interesting to see if the pilot had "turned".

(This happened late in the Vietnam war)
Al
Posted by: frozen al   2015-07-06 11:15  

#2  ..Probably working on the assumption that hey, there HAD to be some ISIS down there somewhere...

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2015-07-06 09:40  

#1  a technical failure
"When pilots go bad!"
Posted by: Skidmark   2015-07-06 09:24  

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