U.S. General Was Aboard Downed Helicopter (not)

[Rose Siding]

Okay, it's early and I've read this article more closely and it actually says the Gen WASN'T on board the downed helicopter even though the title says so

TIKRIT, Iraq -- An American major general was aboard a military helicopter that flew with the Black Hawk that crashed here last week, a U.S. officer said Sunday. The Black Hawk was apparently shot down by insurgents here in Saddam Hussein's hometown.

The helicopter carrying the general, whom the military refused to identify, landed safely, according to Maj. Josslyn Aberle, spokeswoman of the 4th Infantry Division.

The Black Hawk helicopter, however, burst into flames Friday and plummeted into a grassy field on the eastern bank of the Tigris River, military officials said, citing witnesses. Six soldiers, including two from the Department of the Army headquarters at the Pentagon, were killed.

An investigation was underway Sunday to determine whether mechanical failure or hostile fire caused the crash, but several officers believed the Black Hawk was shot down.
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http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-iraq-black-hawk,0,586789.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines

[matcom]

1. THAT gets the Misleading Headline of The YEAR Award!

correct me if i am wong as i am only on my second cup of coffee.

am i reading this as the General was aboard the chopper that was SHOT DOWN?

no he wasn't. he was in a SECOND chopper!

tell me i am missing something, not reading it right, need to clean my glasses!

:wtf:

[Rose Siding]

3. I KNOW

I'd gone back in to read it closely (posted in a rush, thinking this is a BIG deal!) I haven't had coffee.

[Mel]

6. I've had one cup of coffee

this morning and no you aren't wrong your reading it the same way I did. :shrug:

Tell me this why in the world did an editor let this piece go through?

[DUreader]

7. There was a Second Missile...hmmm. Maybe the Gen.'s Copter was hit

but landed safely?

Newspapers trying to let us know what they aren't allowed to report?

[leetrisck]

2. Headline is misleading - story

says the general was with the accompanying helicopter. Am I misreading this or is this a non story

[Don_G]

4. At Least The SF Chronicle Got The Headline Right

But I'm wondering why it took a week to get that news item out?

[Rose Siding]

5. Is it usual for just one helo to accompany

another with someone of that rank?

[MrPrax]

8. So the news that they reported...

was that a General in a helicopter landed safely...:eyes:

Mission Accomplished!

[izzie]

9. Did I read that we were tearing this city apart?As a Pay back

n/t

[Rose Siding]

10. The press said "retaliartory" raids

which violates some of the Geneva Conventions, but hey, who's watching?

[ProudGerman]

11. Yes, you read right

We let loose the hounds of war on that city. I saw video of tanks firing on that city, during a report that stated that tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles went through the city and just blasted homes. It was at that moment when I said to myself, this isn't Vietnam, we have our own West Bank now.

The sad thing is this indiscriminate bloodshed will only improve Americans' approval ratings of how Dipshit is running Iraq. The 2 heli's getting shot down really hurt his ratings on Iraq, this will bump it back up. Vengeance sells well with Americans, justice is too hard and complicated.

[shrike]

12. Lou Dobbs was so desperate for positive spin when this happened that

he and the CNN correspondents touted the fact that the "other" helicopter was downed, not the one carrying the general. This was positive because the "insurgents" would have gained great psychological advantage by killing a general's helicopter.