Al-Qaida in Iraq Claims It Downed U.S. Helicopter That Killed Two Marines

[Lochloosa]

The Associated Press

Published: Nov 3, 2005


BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Al-Qaida in Iraq on Thursday claimed to have shot down a U.S. attack helicopter that crashed west of Baghdad, killing its two Marine crewmembers.

"Brethren in al-Qaida in Iraq's military wing downed a Super Cobra attack helicopter in Ramadi with a Strella rocket, thanks be to God," the group said in a statement that was posted on an Islamist Web forum often used for its claims.

The authenticity of the statement, which bore the nickname of the group's spokesman, Abu Maysara al-Iraqi, could not be confirmed.
http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGB8EI24LFE.html

[tatertop]

1. We need to get-the-chopper out of that country

I've been up in a few big choppers.
Riding chopper in a war zone would scare the hell out of me:
that is one, big, slow-moving, wobbly, noise maker.
Not for the claustraphobic or those who wish to avoid becoming
a human fireball.

[tuckessee]

4. If you think riding in a chopper in a war zone is scary....

....just imagine what it's like to be one of the poor saps on the ground getting zapped by the chopper's guns.

[tatertop]

5. True. I hope bush doesn't turn those choppers on US.

[thecodewarrior]

2. Which al quida?

The al Quida of SAS posing as Iraqi insurgents?
Or the Israeli MOSSAD Al Quida, or the CIA version.

[Javaman]

3. No, it's the Al quida catch all...

When they really haven't a clue who did it, (read: average pissed off Iraqi angry at the occupation, got his hands on a rocket), they blame the Al quida.