2 choppers down in Iraq

[Renew Deal]

Faux news just mentioned it. Chuck Hagel on now. 1:10

[Maple]

1. bulletin from CNN

says 2 Blackhawks are down in Mosul.

[HFishbine]

2. No Sh*t?

Damn, this is getting bad.

[Rose Siding]

3. They'll say they collided

But wits in Reuters said one was on fire, pulled up and hit the other and both went down. One crashed into a house. No word on casualties yet.

[Patriot_Spear]

4. Happens all the time...

A Blackhawk I was in one time- clipped a tree with the tail rotar and we hit so hard, we crushed the landing gear.

Boy was the pilot pissed. Being in the Army is dangerous. period.

[nostamj]

5. it should be a CRIME

that this story is not BREAKING NEWS

it's insane. Paris Hilton's porn video gets play, two choppers down... caught in the filters somehow.

[nostamj]

6. CNN reporting that there are definite fatalities

reporter said that bushies thought there would be GOOD NEWS out of Iraq this weekend but the headlines will be NOTHING BUT BAD NEWS.

(you're not hearing about the military train derailing... derailing because the tracks had been BLOWN UP

progress!! 5 choppers in three weeks! trains derailed! troop deaths!! maimings!

life under a bush.

[Dr Fate]

7. that's terrible for those boys and their families...

I'm sad/angry as hell all the time about these situations ...

If Bush/media had not lied to us, we could have had UN troops to share these casualties, thus minimizing the pain of Americans...OR we could have even tried some other solution ...

But NO- Bush/media LIED and Troops DIED

Cake walk indeed! Lying Rat-Basdards.

[nostamj]

8. 13 dead today (at least)

CNN reporting 12 deaths (and could be more) from the choppers and another bomb killed one and injured two in baghdad.

[IndianaGreen]

9. A US patrol came under attack, when the Black Hawk came to help

it was shot down by a missile (not an RPG). The second Black Hawk either collided with the first, or it was shot down as well.

From Murdoch's Sky News:

An Iraqi police officer said that he saw assailants ambushing a US foot patrol in the area, prompting the intervention of a Black Hawk helicopter.

A missile was then fired towards the chopper, which crashed into a second Black Hawk as it tried to dodge the missile, he said.

The two helicopters belonged to the 101st Airborne Division which controls northern Iraq.

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-12927788,00.html

[sable302]

10. Oh, so these won't be counted as 'combat deaths'

Since the missle missed the first chopper.
:eyes:


Any bets?

[nostamj]

12. eyewitnesses said the missle did hit

there was an explosion before the crashes...

[Bandit]

11. There are a lot of flowers indeed but they come from greiving

relatives of our young GIs who gave their lives for the wealthy to get wealthier. God have mercy on America because we have lost our way and need God's mercy because no one else in the world gives a damn.

[jonoboy]

13. so sad..and now we know Saddam was ready to give in before the war