Posted on 07/25/2016 12:48:02 PM PDT by HokieMom
The official news agency of the self-styled Islamic State claimed Monday that its forces shot down an American warplane.
“The crew of the U.S. warplane that was shot down by Islamic State fighters near Ayn Asad Airbase is dead,” read a statement by the Amaq news agency. There was no immediate word from the Pentagon, nor did the Islamic State claim specify whether the air crew was killed in the crash or captured alive and executed.
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So is it CIA or an allied aircraft?
It is possible, considering Hillary gave ISIS manpads through Syria via Benghazi, that they shot down a US warplane.
If they did, then our memories and prayers are with our fallen heroes and their loved ones, if they were killed.
If they were not killed, then our prayers for safety for any captured and for escape for any non-captured and for healing for any injured.
If they were not shot down and this is propaganda, then may ISIS be shown for the liars, murderers, and rapists that they are.
It’s bad when I believe ISIS over our government.
You have a point. We are living in Baghdad Bob world.
First. not a MANPAD, no way: Min altitude for the strike packages are well above MANPAD max altitude.
Second, didn’t happen. No way: If it happened there would be photos and videos of the crash site. . .nothing.
Not possible.
See Post 26.
I couldn't get that link to come up so maybe they don't.
“There is no truth to reports of ISIL downing a U.S. aircraft near Anbar. All U.S. & Coalition aircraft accounted for at this time,” the U.S. Central Command posted on Twitter.”
Which is the SOP response while a SAR op is underway.
It seems to me that the muzzies are usually more truthful than obama's "government".
What is a MANPAD?
I agree. These are blood-thirsty jihadists, and their kill rate around the world is played off as amateurish.
Obama by referring to them that was, almost seems disappointed.
These are not the junior varsity.
As you say, they are the Jihadi (hardened / my term) Varsity.
“It seems to me that the muzzies are usually more truthful than obama’s “government”.
Most of the times when they claimed to have shot something down, they did. Sometimes it was just a drone.
When they name the country and state dead aircrew, they have been proven to have carried out the downing.
Yeah well tthat to Robert Tosh Plumlee.
Benghazi was a CIA staging ground for delivering Arms to the so called “rebels” who are ISIS/Al-Qaeda.
The pentagon admits the main rebel force is Al-Nusra. Go to Google type “Al-Nusra” and click images. Here I’ll link it for you. Now like a football team has a flag look at it. Then go to Google and look at ISIS flag. It’s the same black flag. Ditto Al-Qaeda.
What?
Not sure how that relates to my post.
I suspect propaganda, but ISIS might have other unknown capabilities, and I’ve not read yet the type of aircraft supposedly downed.
I agree with you about the pictures of a downed US aircraft. That’s not something they’d be hiding.
Man Portable Air Defense (System) MANPADS
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