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| Nusra Front captures pilot from downed Syrian jet |
| 2016-04-06 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Syria Lions of Islam shot down a warplane on Tuesday in an area south of the city of Aleppo where snuffies are battling the Syrian army and allied militias, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The monitor said a plume of smoke was seen as the plane caught fire before it fell in the Talat al-Iss highland, where al Qaeda-affiliated Lions of Islam have come under heavy bombardment by Syrian and Russian planes since they captured the area this week. Syrian state TV confirmed that the jet was shot down by a surface-to-air missile in Aleppo province and the pilot ejected. However according to the monitor and a krazed killer source said that the pilot of downed plane has been taken by al-Qaeda affiliated al-Nusra ...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli sh-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ... front to one of its headquarters. Videos downloaded on social media also showed footage of the plane and pictures of the wreckage of a burnt plane surrounded by rebels. Militants last downed a Syrian jet in the western province of Hama on March 12. Then they also denied a Russian Defense Ministry report they had used an anti-aircraft missile. The Observatory said on that occasion a krazed killer group had used two heat-seeking missiles. Ahmed al-Seoud, the head of a Free Syrian Army ... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund... rebel group operating in northwestern Syria, said on Tuesday: "Not one faction in the opposition has surface-to-air missiles." A former rebel commander and army defector, Brigadier General Ahmad Rahal, said he had information that the warplane in Aleppo was brought down by artillery fire. "The Syrian air force planes are old and so after a certain mileage they need overhaul and are forced to fly at very low altitudes. They risk getting hit" by gunfire, he told Rooters. Missiles could hit jets flying at a higher altitudes and with greater accuracy. A Syrian military source said the incident was "a dangerous indication of the weapons the bully boyz are obtaining". |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Not another fiery cage, I hope. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2016-04-06 11:44 |