The NY Times article mentions Libya as a source for the manpad but omits reference to the mystery Benghazi CIA activities.
Youtube claiming to show the shoot-down:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52FSbORUEp8&feature=youtu.be
“Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis released a video on Sunday night that appeared to show one of its fighters firing the missile, and the burning aircraft falling from the sky.”
From the article:
“All the pilots there operate under the assumption that they can be targeted,” Mr. Yaari said. “We have known for a long time that those guys in the Sinai have a lot of manpads from Libya.”
“Late on Saturday, however, Sameh Seif el-Yazal, an outside expert who has often acted as a mouthpiece for the Egyptian military, said in a television interview that the helicopter had been shot down by a missile, which he described as a Russian-made Strela 2 — a form of manpad that was very common in Libya after Colonel Qaddafi fell. On Sunday, two people briefed on the Egyptian investigation confirmed that account.
“A senior American official said preliminary evidence indicated that the helicopter had been shot down by a shoulder-fired missile, probably of the type that Russians call a Strela 2 and NATO calls an SA-7.”
GMTA
Pro and anti-Morsi/MB Egyptian Muslims are really going at it in the comments on this video!
I tend to agree with the commenter who said it looked like a miss coincident with the on-board counter measures malfunctioning. I didn’t see any actual point of impact. Comments?