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Iraqi official: U.S. chopper downed by missile: 5th helicopter crash in 2 weeks
MSNBC.COM ^ | 2/7/2007 | AP

Posted on 02/07/2007 8:24:14 AM PST by Smogger

CAIRO, Egypt - The U.S. military said Wednesday a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter went down about 20 miles northwest of Baghdad, while an Iraqi air force officer said it was downed by an anti-aircraft missile.

Al-Qaida-linked Sunni insurgents claimed responsibility for the alleged attack.

The claim was issued in an Internet statement signed by the Islamic State in Iraq, an umbrella group of several Sunni insurgent groups, including al-Qaida in Iraq. The authenticity of the statement -- posted on a Web forum where the group often issues statements -- could not be independently confirmed.

(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: boeingbodybag; heiljveritas; iraq; wot
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To: 4butnomorethan30characters

"Stinger and SA-7 missles are dropping our birds from the sky."

Or Russian-made SA-14 & SA-18 or Chicom copies of such. I'm sure both the Russian and Chicom arms makers have made sure their latest MANPADs, ATGWs, and tandem-warhead RPGs (such as the RPG-29) are making it to the Iraqi and Lebanese battlefields to see their effectiveness against Western combat systems.

There is still the possibility of mechanical failure, considering the age of the Sea Knight that was lost, but the reports by other pilots that witnessed it go down is more consistant with a SAM or RPG hit.


81 posted on 02/07/2007 8:42:11 PM PST by neutronsgalore (Nature, getting rid of Muslims one tsunami at a time.)
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To: 4butnomorethan30characters; All
RE X 2 : Blue Ribbon Post !!!
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Rather than asking if someone is a defeatist, or aids and helps the enemy, why don't you try what I did and simply see what's on their mind. You may find that you help keep people wanting to be here, rather than creating extreme friction until the point they get tired of the comments and just bail. That is NOT a way to Grow a Conservative Movement. That's how you kill one.
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110% Agree !!! TALK Bout' NEGETIVE !!! Takin' Away "My"
1st Amendment Rights will bring out the 2nd One !!!
HAWG-WASH SEZ ME !!! I'm FREE !!!
George W. Bush Works For Me !!
82 posted on 02/07/2007 8:50:24 PM PST by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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To: Wiggins

Think it`s time for George to look Putin in the eye again!


84 posted on 02/07/2007 9:00:58 PM PST by neverhillorat (IF THE RATS WIN, WE ALL LOSE)
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To: jveritas

jveritas,,,The very place this kind of news needs to be is in "Breaking News"...Many people come to FR ,That Are Not
Computer X'sperts(like me),That want the True News about their kids/loved ones that they cannot get on the MSM ...

Some Make Comments Pro/Con...It's The "AMERICAN" WAY ...


85 posted on 02/07/2007 9:07:00 PM PST by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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To: jveritas

I care. This belongs in breaking news. It is sickening and heartbreaking to needlessly lose our finest this way. We are smarter than this. I support our troops but, yeah, I get squeamish asking them to be targets for terrorists. We can do better than this.

You're not American born, so these troops are not your people. They are my people.


86 posted on 02/07/2007 9:12:56 PM PST by La Enchiladita (Hunter/Poe 2008)
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To: 1COUNTER-MORTER-68

Hi, COUNT! Hah, we posted at the same time to the same... er, uh... critter....

;^)


87 posted on 02/07/2007 9:13:56 PM PST by La Enchiladita (Hunter/Poe 2008)
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To: jveritas

Quit yer whinin' already!! Don't you have something to translate?


88 posted on 02/07/2007 9:15:12 PM PST by La Enchiladita (Hunter/Poe 2008)
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To: jveritas

Why don't you go start your own blog or something and take your fawning fan club with you? As I recall, a week or two ago, you posted a vanity bashing all FReepers who do not totally agree with you and fawn over you.


89 posted on 02/07/2007 9:18:50 PM PST by La Enchiladita (Hunter/Poe 2008)
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To: La Enchiladita
HEY,Dita !!,,,Hope your over that "bug",,,Now More Than
Ever,,,We Need All The News We Can Get,,,"I" Will Make My Own Choice Of What/If Any Of It To Believe !!!
Sorry,,,I guess I've got my "PET PEEVES" on tonite,,,

George W. Bush works for "ME" !!!
I Tell "Him" what to do...
Not The Other Way Around...
Some people don't look at it that way,,,Want to call folks
A Traitor if they don't "AGREE" !!!

Some Folks Don't Want Me To Have "NEWS"...
(MITE BE BAD)

Some Folks Just Don't Realize That I/We Are A Free People .
90 posted on 02/07/2007 9:36:43 PM PST by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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To: La Enchiladita

ROGER-THAT,,,! Nearly Every Post Is "March In Line" So To
Speak,,,We Don't Need "FRiendly-Fire" at this point in the WOT.................!


91 posted on 02/07/2007 9:41:28 PM PST by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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To: 1COUNTER-MORTER-68; jveritas

I tell you, COUNT, I got over THAT bug... the flu... but now I'm bugged about so much other stuff!! LoLoL....

These are breaking news stories for a good reason. The announcement of the "surge" marked a turn of events, and we immediately saw changes in the jihadist M.O. in theater.

There is a LOT of money behind the terrorists... they seem to have an endless supply of it and guys who have nothing else to do.

Some folk here want this site to be their own personal dictatorship. Not only does that folk want to dictate what we read but how we respond!!

That folk would probably remove the majority of my posts, I'm sure.

And I thereby arrive at the same conclusion you do: WE ARE FREE PEOPLE. And we will exercise that freedom as long as we breathe.


92 posted on 02/07/2007 9:47:04 PM PST by La Enchiladita (Hunter/Poe 2008)
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To: La Enchiladita

Very Glad You Are Over That "Bug" !!,,,LOL,,,

Some Folks Don't Realize That "WE THE PEOPLE" "own" the freedoms that we enjoy in this country ...


93 posted on 02/07/2007 10:05:25 PM PST by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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To: Wiggins
"Most likely through Iran and Syria with Russian help. They are probably thinking about how much damage the Stingers caused the Russians back in the 80s in Afghanistan and feel they could do the same to us in Iraq with a similar missile."

Exactly my thoughts too.

94 posted on 02/07/2007 10:08:02 PM PST by blam
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To: tubasonum

Did you fight in the Soviet-Afghan war?


95 posted on 02/07/2007 10:19:07 PM PST by MinorityRepublican (Everyone that doesn't like what America and President Bush has done for Iraq can all go to HELL)
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To: 1COUNTER-MORTER-68

Food for thought!! Especially as I go night-night...:)


96 posted on 02/07/2007 10:21:51 PM PST by La Enchiladita (Hunter/Poe 2008)
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To: La Enchiladita
Niters,Dita,,,Sweet Dreams...C U Later...;0)
97 posted on 02/07/2007 10:26:50 PM PST by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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To: La Enchiladita; 1COUNTER-MORTER-68

Make sure that your “freedom of expression” does not help the terrorist enemies and give them aid and comfort through a defeatist attitude and dwelling on the negatives.


98 posted on 02/08/2007 5:03:31 AM PST by jveritas (Support The Commander in Chief in Times of War)
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To: Smogger

I agree. It is cause for concern. My nephew flew out of Cherry Point with his unit yesterday and should be arriving in Iraq sometime today (late?).


99 posted on 02/08/2007 5:55:49 AM PST by PleaseNoMore
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To: jveritas; 1COUNTER-MORTER-68

You continue to talk down to other FReepers and you continue to work at dividing patriotic American conservatives. It's easy to see your counter-productive elitist agenda.

Neither 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 or myself said anything defeatist or negative. We have genuine feelings of grief in losing our finest American young men and women, a feeling you quite obviously and coldly do not share.

It's part of your divisive agenda to fling out buzz-word accusations at fellow FReepers, which indicates to me your only interest is in weakening this great nation.


100 posted on 02/08/2007 7:09:07 AM PST by La Enchiladita (Hunter/Poe 2008)
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