Iraqi resistance shoots down US helicopter!

[kentuckyklira]

Looks like everything´s going well there a few days before the "elections"!

[Sgt Schultz]

Re: Iraqi resistance shoots down US helicopter!

Originally posted by kentuckyklira
Looks like everything´s going well there a few days before the "elections"!

Eat shit, terrorist scrotum-licker. The helicopter crashed due to mechanical failure.

[kentuckyklira]

Re: Re: Iraqi resistance shoots down US helicopter!

Originally posted by Sgt Schultz
Eat shit, terrorist scrotum-licker. The helicopter crashed due to mechanical failure.

I´d say the same if I was a spokesperson for the US forces.

BTW, what took you so long??:confused:

[Sgt Schultz]

Re: Re: Re: Iraqi resistance shoots down US helicopter!

Originally posted by kentuckyklira
I´d say the same if I was a spokesperson for the US forces.

BTW, what took you so long??:confused:

I thought it was a pretty quick response....

So, are you saying that U.S. helicopters don't crash in accidents, especially in bad weather - or that there are not accidents that cause deaths in war? OR could it be you just have it in for the U.S. ?

[kentuckyklira]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Iraqi resistance shoots down US helicopter!

Originally posted by Sgt Schultz
I thought it was a pretty quick response....

So, are you saying that U.S. helicopters don't crash in accidents, especially in bad weather - or that there are not accidents that cause deaths in war? OR could it be you just have it in for the U.S. ?

The US forces say accident, Iraqi sources say shot down.

You´re free to believe the version you want to, just as I am!

Plus, yes there are accidents that cause deaths in war, just that this war is a criminal act by a bunch of madmen!

[BigBadBrian]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Iraqi resistance shoots down US helicopter!

Originally posted by kentuckyklira
The US forces say accident, Iraqi sources say shot down.

You´re free to believe the version you want to, just as I am!

Plus, yes there are accidents that cause deaths in war, just that this war is a criminal act by a bunch of madmen!

While it is possible the helicopter could have been shot down, it is more likely it went down due to mechanical failure. That is just the odds of the situation.

Regardless of the situation, I imaginine you are celebrating the event, huh?

[Sgt Schultz]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Iraqi resistance shoots down US helicopter!

Originally posted by kentuckyklira
The US forces say accident, Iraqi sources say shot down.

You´re free to believe the version you want to, just as I am!

Plus, yes there are accidents that cause deaths in war, just that this war is a criminal act by a bunch of madmen!

Which Iraqi sources? We've had discussions here in the past about how the fledgling Iraqi media has reported things like "Nuclear Wepons Found!" - so you are automatically believing whatever sounds the "worst" for the U.S. becasue that's what you want, even though all reputable news sources say otherwise. So why do you hate the U.S. so much?

[kentuckyklira]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Iraqi resistance shoots down US helicopter!

Originally posted by Sgt Schultz
Which Iraqi sources? We've had discussions here in the past about how the fledgling Iraqi media has reported things like "Nuclear Wepons Found!" - so you are automatically believing whatever sounds the "worst" for the U.S. becasue that's what you want, even though all reputable news sources say otherwise. So why do you hate the U.S. so much?

When will American neocons ever understand that hating your current administration and what it stands for doesn´t equal hating the US as a whole??

[Sgt Schultz]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Iraqi resistance shoots down US helicopter!

Originally posted by kentuckyklira
When will American neocons ever understand that hating your current administration and what it stands for doesn´t equal hating the US as a whole??

Don't be so daft.

So hating the current administration means hating U.S. troops in combat and celebrating them being killed is ok - as long as you hate the administration?

[Nickdfresh]

For What's It's Worth: CNN Reports:

Deadliest day for U.S. in Iraq war
Weather suspected in chopper crash that killed 31 Marines

Wednesday, January 26, 2005 Posted: 12:32 PM EST (1732 GMT)

Super Stallion CH-53E


BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Thirty-one Marines were killed in a helicopter crash near Iraq's border with Jordan, bringing the number of U.S. troops killed Wednesday to 36 -- the deadliest day for U.S. forces since the start of the war in Iraq.

Four U.S. Marines were killed during combat in Iraq's Al-Anbar province, and a U.S. soldier died when insurgents attacked a combat patrol north of Baghdad, according to the U.S. military.

The cause of the chopper crash is still under investigation, although it appears to be weather-related, according to Gen. John Abizaid, chief of U.S. Central Command.

"The weather was bad, we don't know of any enemy action, the investigation continues," he said.

There is no evidence of any survivors, according to Abizaid, who said the helicopter was on "a routine mission in support of the elections."

"It's a dangerous environment that we operate in Iraq, we all understand that, and again our condolences to the families," he said.

Wednesday's death toll surpassed the 31 U.S. forces killed on March 23, 2003 -- four days after the start of the war in Iraq. Twenty-nine of them died in combat that day.

Wednesday's incidents brought the U.S. death toll in the war to 1,417.

The CH 53E Super Stallion crashed near Ar Rutba in western Iraq about 1:20 a.m. local time (5:20 p.m. Tuesday ET). (Map)

It was carrying personnel from the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing and the 1st Marine Division.

The four Marines who died Wednesday were killed during combat operations in Iraq's Al-Anbar province, according to a military news release. The Marines were assigned to the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force. Ar Rutba is also in Al-Anbar province.

Elsewhere, a U.S. soldier was killed Wednesday when insurgents attacked a combat patrol with grenades near Ad Duluiyah, military officials said.

The soldier, from the 1st Infantry Division, died and two others were wounded in the attack about 11:20 a.m. (3:20 a.m. ET). The injured were taken to a military hospital for treatment; one was in serious condition.

President Bush said, "Any time we lose life it is a sad moment," at a press conference Wednesday, referring to the deaths in Iraq. (Full story)

In addition to the U.S. military deaths, four multinational soldiers were wounded Wednesday morning when a car bomb exploded near a convoy in southwestern Baghdad, along the road to the city's airport, a source with the U.S. Army's 1st Cavalry Division said.
Seven Iraqis killed

In Tamin province, also on Wednesday, three car bombs within an hour killed five Iraqis and injured six other people, according to the police chief in Kirkuk.

The bombs exploded between 11 a.m. and noon (3 and 4 a.m. ET), said Maj. Gen. Torhan Abdul Rahman. The first was in the town of Riyadh, about 30 kilometers (19 miles) west of Kirkuk, and targeted a police station, he said. Three Iraqi police officers were killed and three civilians injured.

The second detonated outside the Riyadh mayor's office, killing two Iraqi soldiers. The third bomb exploded outside Riyadh and targeted a U.S. military convoy. Three other Iraqi civilians were wounded.

Insurgents attacked the offices of two political parties in Baquba on Wednesday, triggering clashes that left an Iraqi police officer dead and four others wounded -- three of them working as guards for the parties, Baquba police said.

The insurgents used grenades and small arms fire to attack the Kurdish Democratic Party office and the office of the Iraqi Patriotic Gathering Alliance about 6:30 a.m. (10:30 p.m. Tuesday ET), police said, and the resulting battles lasted two hours.

In al-Nahrawan, a southeastern suburb of Baghdad, city council leader Karim Sarhan was gunned down Wednesday morning in a drive-by shooting on his way to work, Iraqi police said.
Pre-election violence Tuesday

Three government employees were shot and killed in attacks Tuesday, according to police.

Three Baghdad schools to be used as polling centers in Sunday's election were attacked Tuesday night, an Iraqi police officer said. A bomb planted at a fourth school was defused.

About 8 p.m. (noon ET), Salah al-Deen school in northern Baghdad was damaged when insurgents threw a grenade at it, authorities said. Thirty minutes later, a bomb exploded near the main gate of Al-Fursan school in southeast Baghdad, causing damage, police said.

About 10:30 p.m. (2:30 p.m. ET), Al-Balquees school in northern Baghdad was damaged when it was hit by a rocket, police said.

About 90 minutes later, experts defused a bomb planted near al-Yemen school in al-Gazaliyah neighborhood in western Baghdad.

Iraqis go to the polls Sunday, and U.S. and Iraqi officials have been warning that insurgents would ramp up their attacks in a bid to derail the vote.
Other developments

# A videotape was released on Tuesday showing American hostage Roy Hallums pleading for his life while an off-camera captor holds a gun to his head. Hallums was kidnapped November 1, and the video gives no clues about when it was made or whether he is still alive. (Full story)

# A high-ranking official in Iraq's Justice Ministry was gunned down in a drive-by shooting Tuesday as he was leaving his home southeast of Baghdad, police said. A group calling itself the Army of Ansar al-Sunnah claimed responsibility for the attack on Judge Qais Hashim al-Shonmari, and warned of more attacks to come. Shonmari's son was also killed in the shooting.

# The concept of democracy appears to have taken root in the dusty town of Karma, a predominantly Sunni community of 75,000 people about nine miles (15 kilometers) northeast of Falluja. Although most residents say they don't know who the candidates are or where to go to vote, they say they will vote come Sunday. (Full story)

# As the Iraqi elections near, women are changing the face of politics. On TV women are encouraged to not only vote, but participate. Election organizers have mandated that 30 percent of the candidates in next week's elections be women. (Full story)

CNN's Tomas Etzler, David Ensor, Octavia Nasr, Cal Perry, Auday Sadik and Mohammad Tawfeeq contributed to this report.

CNN

[Nickdfresh]

We broke 1,400 dead (1,417) today. I wonder if any of those Marines were sons or daughters of Congressmen? No...I doubt it.

[Sgt Schultz]

Originally posted by Nickdfresh
We broke 1,400 dead (1,417) today. I wonder if any of those Marines were sons or daughters of Congressmen? No...I doubt it.

Don't think so. There are at least 7 members of Congress who have family members in the military which means Michael Moore was wrong about that too.

[Nickdfresh]

Originally posted by Sgt Schultz
Don't think so. There are at least 7 members of Congress who have family members in the military which means Michael Moore was wrong about that too.

Define members. Sons and daughters? Only one Congressman has a son in harms way, and he's a Democrat. And even counting the 'seven,' that is still a ridiculously small number, especially since they are counting those in the Naval intelligence reserves and ROTC that have not been activated.

How many of those seven are enlistees or officers in the combat arms?

I didn't get my info from Moore. I remember it from a news repost around the time of the bullshit Republican grandstanding of Hagels bill!

[whodat]

kentucky jackass, even if it was shot down is it necessary for you to ridicule the death of 36 people..dumbass

[Nickdfresh]

Originally posted by whodat
kentucky jackass, even if it was shot down is it necessary for you to ridicule the death of 36 people..dumbass

Maybe you can quote his post in which he 'ridicules' their deaths. I don't think he did.