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| Zarqawi sez he shot down 2 UAVs | |
| 2004-10-07 | |
| THE US military said today it had lost track of a small, unmanned surveillance plane over Baghdad as Islamic militant Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi's group claimed it shot down two such drones. "One of our UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles), we have lost contact with it," said Major Philip Smith, a spokesman for the army in the Iraqi capital. The path of the small model-plane-sized Raven was last recorded at about 3pm local time (10pm AEST). It had been flying over the Haifa Street area, a Sunni insurgent stronghold. "Who knows what happened to it," said Major Smith. An Internet statement in the name of the faction of the Jordanian-born Zarqawi, Iraq's most wanted man, said its fighters had downed two US surveillance aircraft. "The lions of Unity and Holy War shot down two American spy planes on Wednesday afternoon in Baghdad's Haifa Street," the group said in a statement signed by its "military branch". The message was posted on the Islamist website http://www.ansarnet.ws/vb but its authenticity could not be independently verified. The statement was carried by "Abu Maissara al-Iraqi", whose reports of the Zarqawi group are normally considered to be genuine.
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| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #11 Is this the "Ultimate Jihad" we were told is coming? |
| Posted by: Yosemite Sam 2004-10-07 11:21:09 AM |
| #10 Might've flown over a wedding, maybe? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-10-07 11:01:59 AM |
| #9 i wonder how many civilians they killed by the 50,000 rounds they prob used came down? |
| Posted by: smokeysinse 2004-10-07 8:45:40 AM |
| #8 i wonder how many civilians they killed by the 50,000 rounds they prob used came down? |
| Posted by: smokeysinse 2004-10-07 8:44:51 AM |
| #7 Understand Zaraqawi's boyz used a PVC-TATO to shoot is down. http://webpages.charter.net/potatoguns/RandD.htm Check it out. |
| Posted by: RN 2004-10-07 8:43:05 AM |
| #6 The Raven actually looks like one of those balsa wood kits for kids. I know I destroyed probably a dozen myself over the course of my childhood. Cheez, Zaraqawi's Hard Boyz must be proud.... |
| Posted by: Carl in N.H. 2004-10-07 8:17:49 AM |
| #5 Big deal,that's why they use UAV's. |
| Posted by: Raptor 2004-10-07 8:17:24 AM |
| #4 UAVs are cheap, especially the one Marines operate. Nice of them to open fire and give away their position. Light them up. |
| Posted by: Matt Helm 2004-10-07 4:59:42 AM |
| #3 It wasn't a Raven, it was a Revell. This one to be specific... Death from the Sky Airplane |
| Posted by: RMcLeod 2004-10-07 4:48:03 AM |
| #2 The Islamic serial killer Zarqawi, otherwise known as the Jordanian born, Iraqi based, Iranian assisted version of the Boston Strangler. |
| Posted by: Mark Espinola 2004-10-07 1:08:05 AM |
| #1 The boys should be proud of themselves. They shot down a model airplane. Raven (UAV) The Raven is a small, back-packable UAV that performs reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition missions for battalion and below units. The air vehicle is hand-launched, weighs less than 5 lbs, has a range of 10-15 km, and an endurance of up to 80 minutes. A Raven system contains three air vehicles, one ground control station (17 lbs), as well as spare and repair parts. picture here http://www.militarynewcomers.com/REDSTONE02/REDSTONE/Currentaviation.html |
| Posted by: RWV 2004-10-07 12:19:39 AM |