Taliban militants say they shot down US drone

[xchrom]

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/02/25/uk-pakistan-us-drone-idUKTRE81O0G320120225

(Reuters) - A U.S. drone crashed on Saturday in North Waziristan, not far from the Afghan border, Pakistan intelligence officials said, while Taliban militants said they had shot it down.

Taliban militants led by Hafiz Gul Bahadur said they had collected wreckage of the destroyed drone and would provide its pictures to the media on Sunday.

"The drone today in Machikhel was flying at low altitude and our fighters fired at and shot it down," a local commander of the Taliban said. "We have trained people for such type of job."

It is impossible to verify the militants' account and Pakistani security officials said they did not know what caused the drone to crash.

[davidthegnome]

1. Huh

""We have trained people for such type of job." "

Well, uhm, congratulations. Takes a lot of practice to learn how to shoot down a drone. I imagine that when your "brothers" weren't getting drunk and playing pin the tail on the camel, they had a little time for target practice.

[xchrom]

2. what an interesting response...

[saras]

4. Yeah, the guy has obviously shot down hundreds of them. He's a pro.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

3. How dare they!! Shoot back? Don't they know much those things cost??