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| Downed Iraq chopper was Bulgarian |
| 2005-04-22 |
| SOFIA - A helicopter that crashed in Iraq on Thursday, killing all nine people on board was Bulgarian, and was shot down by a missile, the defense ministry said in Sofia. "The Mi-8 helicopter from the Bulgarian company Heliaier was shot down by a missile," the statement said. It said the nine dead were three Bulgarian crew members and six other civilians, whose nationalities had not yet been determined. The defense ministry said the crash occurred in the early afternoon and that the helicopter was apparently also carrying cargo. The ministry did not provide details. In Baghdad, the US military said that all nine people aboard the aircraft, which was on contract to the US-led multinational forces, were killed when it went down on Thursday to the north of the Iraqi capital. "A contract helicopter has gone down," said the source, who declined to be named. The source said the crash happened at around 1 pm. Initial reports suggested there were no US military personnel on the aircraft. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #10 I'm with you on this one, mhw, at least as a possibility. |
| Posted by: jules2 2005-04-22 5:13:25 PM |
| #9 Savages, pure and simple. Shoot them down like you would a mad dog. I have been saying this repeatedly for God knows how long. Dispatching these barbarians promptly when they are found saves time, money, resources, and the future. NO CAPTURES. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-04-22 4:18:47 PM |
| #8 Savages, pure and simple. Shoot them down like you would a mad dog. You should read the Beeb's coverage of this, that is if you want to see your lunch a second time. |
| Posted by: Remoteman 2005-04-22 12:19:09 PM |
| #7 And why aren't the lefties up in arms about *this* war crime? Because they approve of it. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-04-22 11:51:38 AM |
| #6 So, was the cameraman who shot video of the murder of the survivor a stringer for CBS, AFP, Al-Jazeera, or the BBC? |
| Posted by: Sgt. Mom 2005-04-22 11:05:12 AM |
| #5 This smells like Baathist/Islamist spies bribed a Bulgarian to get the info on the copter's time/path and also bribed a bunch of people to get their hands on a shoulder fired missile and maybe a few other similar colaborative steps. |
| Posted by: mhw 2005-04-22 10:52:52 AM |
| #4 And why aren't the lefties up in arms about *this* war crime? |
| Posted by: Captain Pedantic 2005-04-22 10:34:42 AM |
| #3 Can the Lefties remind me why it is they want to extend the provisions of the Geneva Convention to this rabble? |
| Posted by: eLarson 2005-04-22 9:50:20 AM |
| #2 Yes, an unarmed someone, for whom survival was a freaking miracle, only to be found by the terrorists and gunned down in cold blood. He was laying in a field, came to just as the camera came over to him, he got up and mad placating motions with his hands and then was shot maybe 20-25 times. Bloody reeking savages. |
| Posted by: Jame Retief 2005-04-22 6:36:38 AM |
| #1 Check out LGF. The vermin allen's casbah shot someone. |
| Posted by: anonymous2u 2005-04-22 2:15:54 AM |