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| U.S. rescue chopper shoots six Libyan villagers as they welcome pilots of downed Air Force jet |
| 2011-03-22 |
| Six Libyan villagers are recovering in hospital after being shot by American soldiers coming in to rescue the U.S. pilots whose plane crash-landed in a field. The helicopter strafed the ground as it landed in a field outside Benghazi beside the downed U.S. Air Force F-15E Eagle which ran into trouble during bombing raid last night. And a handful of locals who had come to greet the pilots were hit - among them a young boy who may have to have a leg amputated because of injuries caused by a bullet wound |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #9 Was Sarah Palin part of the team then? |
| Posted by: gorb 2011-03-22 22:49 |
| #8 S&R guys are very focused on getting pilots out in as good a condition as they can, and destroying what remains behind. They are not people to trifle with. Analogy: pilots are cubs. S&R is mama grizzly with a foul temper. Do not get between mama grizzly and cubs or you're gonna get cut. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-03-22 21:20 |
| #7 "Barry's little African adventure is going to end up being a disaster." And why not, Jefferson? Little "Barry" is a disaster himself. :-( |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2011-03-22 18:48 |
| #6 Barry's little African adventure is going to end up being a disaster. |
| Posted by: Jefferson 2011-03-22 18:29 |
| #5 I'm sure the article is not trying to advocate a particular agenda, he said with a barely repressed snort. "We ran up to the plane, yelling, waving our guns and shooting into the air. I don't know why the rescue team fired on us." |
| Posted by: SteveS 2011-03-22 17:35 |
| #4 My B.S. detector just redlined. |
| Posted by: Parabellum 2011-03-22 17:16 |
| #3 That is the problem with involving yourself in a civil war. Who is the "good" guy? Especially if you don't know what the fuck is happening on the ground as well. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2011-03-22 17:05 |
| #2 This afternoon NPR interviewed the Libyan doctor who treated one of the downed pilots as saying he didn't trust any of them for a long time after he was picked up & brought to her. He mentioned he didn't know which side they were on. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-03-22 16:58 |
| #1 Does training include the possibility that the locals are friendlies? |
| Posted by: gorb 2011-03-22 16:52 |