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Two Russian pilots killed as IS downs helicopter near Syria's Palmyra
middleeasteye.net ^ | July 9, 2016 | MEE and agencies

Posted on 07/09/2016 2:29:26 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

Helicopter was brought down with aid of American TOW antitank missile system, Russia’s Interfax news agency reported

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Russia; Syria
KEYWORDS: agitprop; astroturf; fighttheoccupation; paidrussiantrolls; palmyra; putinsbuttboys; resistance; russia; russianoccupation; russianstooge; russianstooges; syria; vladtheimploder
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To: I want the USA back

Putin is not a nice guy. Putin is a patriot of his nation. Obama acts like he is a nice guy but is a vicious left wing provocateur and is not a patriot of our nation.

Putin is fighting for the right side. His side is bad but is far less worse than the other side. His side gives stability to Syria. Our side is a tool of instability and a danger to us. Putin views the world plainly, Obama’s view of the world brings chaos and death.

Obama is either a fool, or a very brilliant man trying to bring in a new Caliphate. I hope he is just a fool, but I think he is brilliant.


21 posted on 07/09/2016 3:07:11 PM PDT by cpdiii (DECKHAND ROUGHNECK MUDMAN GEOLOGIST PILOT PHARMACIST LIBERTARIAN , CONSTITUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR!)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

One of Hillary’s Libya transferred weapons?


22 posted on 07/09/2016 3:07:14 PM PDT by Forty-Niner (The barely bare, berry Bear formily known as Ursus Arctos Horrilibis (or U.A. Californicus))
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To: CondorFlight
But all the same, American weapons being used to shoot down Russians, is insanity.

Understand your sentiment but Russian weapons have been shooting down Americans since the 1950's. This is what happens when a country decides to put its own troops into harms way. Until now the one time Russian forces were directly and overtly (they still won't admit what they're doing in the Ukraine) involved in conflict outside their own territory, the now independent Soviet republics, or a Warsaw Pact "neighbor" was Afghanistan. That experience put them right off foreign adventures for around thirty years. We'll have to see whether this Syria operation has a similarly discouraging outcome for them.

23 posted on 07/09/2016 3:08:01 PM PDT by katana
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To: Neoliberalnot
Keep in mind in the not-to-distant-future, we may be allies with the Russians in the fight to destroy the muslims.

Not until Foggy Bottom has an enema administered to it.

24 posted on 07/09/2016 3:09:20 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: cpdiii

Putin is not a nice guy. Putin is a patriot of his nation. Obama acts like he is a nice guy but is a vicious left wing provocateur and is not a patriot of our nation.

Putin is fighting for the right side. His side is bad but is far less worse than the other side. His side gives stability to Syria. Our side is a tool of instability and a danger to us. Putin views the world plainly, Obama’s view of the world brings chaos and death.

Obama is either a fool, or a very brilliant man trying to bring in a new Caliphate. I hope he is just a fool, but I think he is brilliant.””

If he is so brilliant why is he so easy to figure out? He was an organizer of community illiterates. He promised hate and change for America and he is delivering his venom with the help of an equally corrupt old media and organizations funded by Soros, and the muslim world. Most of knew he was a muslim plant prior to the 2008 election.


25 posted on 07/09/2016 3:22:05 PM PDT by Neoliberalnot (Marxism works well only with the uneducated and the unarme)
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To: dfwgator

In the not-too-distant future, they was a guy named Joel (tense!), not too different than you and me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcUkKltAidM


26 posted on 07/09/2016 3:24:04 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: HarleyLady27

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3303024/posts


27 posted on 07/09/2016 3:27:21 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: Rockpile

And replace them with what? What else has the same capability?


28 posted on 07/09/2016 3:43:31 PM PDT by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
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To: Parley Baer

Let us not forget the “fast and furious” gun found in the French shootings.


29 posted on 07/09/2016 4:03:40 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: Berlin_Freeper
All the Snackbars vedio
30 posted on 07/09/2016 4:23:44 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: Parley Baer

McCain more than Obama are behind the doings of the CIA I think.


31 posted on 07/09/2016 4:30:59 PM PDT by IDFbunny
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To: Forty-Niner
One of Hillary’s Libya transferred weapons?

No doubt.

32 posted on 07/09/2016 4:41:30 PM PDT by timestax (American Media = Domestic Enemy)
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To: Hugin

Didn’t think I needed the /s tag.

That was aimed at another “expert” who is part of the copters/ manned aircraft/ tanks/ aircraft carriers/ surface ships are obsolete gang.


33 posted on 07/09/2016 5:52:28 PM PDT by Rockpile (GOP legislators-----caviar eating surrender monkeys.)
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To: CondorFlight

What about all those manpads McCraine gave them


34 posted on 07/09/2016 5:53:49 PM PDT by batterycommander (Surrounded? Stay clammed and call for artillery.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Helluva shot with a TOW; the system is designed (primarily) for use against tanks and other vehicles moving on the ground.

However, the pilot was flying straight and level, which makes it easier to engage with a wire-guided weapon like a TOW. Looked like the missile took off the MI-25’s tail rotor, which put it into a fatal spin.

There have been a number of shoot-downs of Syrian regime aircraft over the past few weeks. “War is Boring” claims the rebels have managed to put a few captured SA-8 TELARs (transporter/erector/launcher and radar) back into action, and taking out several fixed wing and rotary acft from the Syrian Air Force.

It is a bit surprising that the rebels have been able to restore SA-8s to operational service. Probably no shortage of former SAM technicians who are now aligned with the rebels, but the SA-8 is a 70s era system and parts are in short supply, including working missiles. But the SAF really doesn’t have any SEAD capabilities left, so as long as the rebels can keep the SA-8s in service, they will keep knocking down regime aircraft.

Another interesting note: some of the pilots killed in the shootdowns have been flag officers, along with Colonels. That is probably another reflection of casualties, defections and the fact that Assad’s military has always been top-heavy.


35 posted on 07/09/2016 6:10:36 PM PDT by ExNewsExSpook
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Would be interesting to know if this is a TOW Obama gave ISIS or one that came through Libya via Benghazi?


36 posted on 07/10/2016 4:07:35 AM PDT by Organic Panic
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To: ExNewsExSpook

How likely it is that it even was a TOW?


37 posted on 07/10/2016 4:27:38 AM PDT by Krosan
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Sounds like Obama is arming Assad's ISIS enemies.
38 posted on 07/11/2016 2:48:37 PM PDT by Sam Gamgee
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To: Krosan

A TOW is very accurate, the helo likely wasn’t flying over water. To be sure, look for the wire.


39 posted on 07/12/2016 4:36:24 AM PDT by xone
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To: xone

Jeremy Binnie of IHS Janes says the helicopter was Mi-35M not Mi-25 as the Russians claimed and it is unlikely it was an anti tank missile of any kind.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/07/12/russia-just-lied-about-losing-a-gunship-to-isis-heres-why-thats-not-surprising/


40 posted on 07/12/2016 6:55:29 AM PDT by Krosan
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