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Helo shot down in Iran, eight IRG + 2 commanders Tango Uniform
2007-02-24
Link goes to Gateway Pundit who has lots o'links, and this text is from one of his links:
An Iranian military helicopter crashed near the border with Turkey and Iraq on Saturday, killing at least one Revolutionary Guards commander, Iranian news agencies said.
Now updated to eight grunts, two commanders.
Eight other people were on board the aircraft when it came down, the semi-official Mehr agency said, but it was not immediately clear whether those eight were killed or injured in the crash.
Another link said the bird got winged and limped along for a few minutes, then 'sploded.
"This morning while on a mission in the northwestern province of West Azerbaijan the commander Saeed Ghahari was martyred in a helicopter crash," the semi-official Fars news agency Fars said without giving a source.

An Iranian Kurdish rebel group said it had shot down the aircraft, the Brussels-based Kurdish news agency Firat said. It said the Party of Free Life of Kurdistan (PJAK), an Iranian offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) which is fighting Turkey, shot down the helicopter with a shoulder-held missile, killing eight soldiers and capturing one.
Another link said it was a US missile...
Iran's official IRNA news agency said 17 rebels were killed by the Revolutionary Guards during the mission in the province before the crash. Clashes between Iranian forces and PJAK militants have been reported in recent weeks in the region where the borders of Iran, Turkey and Iraq meet. PJAK rebels have bases in the remote mountains of northeastern Iraq from where they launch attacks. Various Iranian Kurdish rebel groups have fought a low-level conflict against Tehran for many decades claiming neglect and discrimination by central government. Iran operates an ageing fleet of aircraft mostly dating from before the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Posted by:Seafarious

#15  "revenge is a dish best served cold" - Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, 18th century French official and army general
Posted by: Procopius2k   2007-02-24 22:06  

#14  AJ8588
FE1667, you would expect MEK in Teheran or in Balochistan then? or ???

I would expect MEK further south, this was shot down on the Turkish border, no expert here , just speculating the little I know about them.
Posted by: Flolumble Elmuling1667   2007-02-24 21:12  

#13  FE1667, you would expect MEK in Teheran or in Balochistan then? or ???

We've been pretty successful in quietly dismantling the MEK leadership in their camp. Bunch of people came over to the other side ... maybe a few working for us.
Posted by: Angager Jiter8588   2007-02-24 20:57  

#12  Next! I don't care who is beind it: Kurds, US, Mossad. Just keep knocking 'em down, blowing IRG things up, etc..
Posted by: anymouse   2007-02-24 20:39  

#11  If I had guess I would think Kurds PKK, too. MEK would be a different province
Posted by: Flolumble Elmuling1667   2007-02-24 20:38  

#10  Al Jazeera says PKK
Posted by: Angoger Slavitle2088   2007-02-24 20:31  

#9  MEK out? Doubtful.
Posted by: Pappy   2007-02-24 20:26  

#8  If the Iranian Kurds can now reliably shootdown helios, the Mullahs have a big problem. Just as the Russians in Afghanistan did when the Muj got Stingers. These are remote areas with few roads and many places to hide.

BTW, I doubt ethnic Persians are a majority in Iran.
Posted by: phil_b   2007-02-24 20:15  

#7  MEK. Unsavory group. Guess we've let them out of the camps to go wreak havoc on the mullahs.
Posted by: Gluter Creatch7739   2007-02-24 19:54  

#6  How can the Democrats complain when an indigenous insurgent group gets in a hit against the majority government that discriminates so blatently against them?
Posted by: trailing wife   2007-02-24 19:47  

#5  Well, well. What a surprise. Funny how things can have consequences. There is so much more to "The Surge" than meets the eye. Sort of like when Lincoln finally got Grant as a General. This is VERY encouraging. Count on the Dem's to whine and pound their little fists over this.
Posted by: Remoteman   2007-02-24 19:35  

#4  Payback is a biatch. I wouldn't be surprised if a lot more Iranian aircraft suddenly develop acute mechanical problems mid-flight in the next few weeks.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2007-02-24 19:21  

#3  "This morning while on a mission in the northwestern province of West Azerbaijan the commander Saeed Ghahari was martyred in a helicopter crash," the semi-official Fars news agency Fars said without giving a source.

Martyred? Is this some tacit admission that they were on a recon martyrdom mission, so to speak?

To quote that great modern philosopher Maynard James Keenan,

"Cause I need to watch things die, from a good safe distance..."
Posted by: Raj   2007-02-24 18:45  

#2  there are no coincidences in this business....anybody notice the publicized cancellation of the 700 ton blockbuster the other day, with explicit description of how it produces a mushroom clound and penetrates tens of meters down? Hmmmmmmmm
the messages are everywhere....Cheney yesterday, carrier deployments, Iran bombings....what do you think is happening under our very noses!
Posted by: JustAboutEnough   2007-02-24 18:40  

#1  Message to the Mullahs who run the weapons bazaar?
Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy   2007-02-24 17:49  

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