Black Hawk down, 14 US troops killed

[DuctapeFatwa]

Iraqi Resistance Fighters were successful yesterday in downing a US Black Hawk during fierce fighting that occurred in the area of “Duwailiba” to the south west of the Iraqi capital.

The fighting began when the Resistance Fighters ambushed a convoy consisting of 8 armored vehicles by detonating 3 IED’s destroying 1 Bradley vehicle and 1 Hummer.

A Black Hawk was called in to support the US troops, whereupon it was later fired at and downed by the Resistance Fighters using a “C5K” missile.

In total the fighting lasted for 90 minutes during which 14 US troops were killed and 6 wounded.

The Iraqi Resistance suffered losses of 8 fighters...

http://iraqwar.mirror-world.ru/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=27514

This story is based on reports filed by non-western reporters on the ground in the locations mentioned, as opposed to US military approved reporters barricaded in a hotel in Baghdad, so it is not suitable for the news forum.

The reporters who file the these stories do not even attend US military briefings. They are spread out all over Iraq in areas where it would be too dangerous to have a US military briefing.

These reports are not vetted by US military censors, and the reporters consistently disregard US cover bans and engage in unauthorized entry into areas that have been declared closed military zones by the US.

[indigobusiness]

1. DAMN IT ALL TO HELL

STOP THE FUCKING MADNESS!

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. Stop the world, we want to get off.

[BeHereNow]

8. How STRANGE for you to say that!

That was EXACTLY the phrase that went through
my head this morning- the minute I opened my eyes.
Word for word.
Carl Jung and the collective consciousness, eh?
BHN

[indigobusiness]

11. I'd say "great minds think alike"

but I've got a ways to go.

[GreenPartyVoter]

19. Not at all! I'd say anyone who comes to DU to work on the

progressive vision for our country and planet has a good head sitting on their shoulders. ;)

[indigobusiness]

22. You are too kind...

very sweet of you.

[GreenPartyVoter]

20. That phrase has been stuck in my head for the duration of the

* Administration.

And yeah, I am all for chalking it up to the collective consciousness. What say we worm our way into the collective subconsciuosness and start telling * what to do? *g*

[Kagemusha]

2. Their inside track on Russian unfiltered field intel's gone.

These reports are not exactly reliable.

Then again neither are most US news reports. Still.

[DuctapeFatwa]

13. when you click the link, you will see that this story is not from Russia

It is echoed on a Russian site, but the source is Islam Memo, whose reporters, as I said in the disclaimer, routinely disregard US military bans on press coverage, including the reporting of casualties, and their reporters are on the ground in Iraq, some may have never been to the Baghdad Sheraton in their lives.

They stories are NOT vetted or authorized by US military press officers, and are frequently based on observation of events that take place in areas declared off-limits to journalists.

[rocktivity]

If the insurgents don't get them

The contaminated fuel will.

:cry:
rocknation

link

[Kukesa]

3. Tell me it isn't true, please tell me. n/t

[RivetJoint]

15. It's probably not

Their reports are about as accurate as Fox .

[TNOE]

4. Oh yea, and by the way

There will BE NO DRAFT. Who in the hell can possibly believe that????

[Eloriel]

6. Well, we know that

"major combat operations" were over by May 2003. So I guess these are just continuing "minor combat operations."

What a shame that all these minor combat operations have taken more lives than the major combat operations.

I wish I could figure out a good way out of this; even if Kerry does get elected it's going to be nasty, with many more deaths.

[mike_c]

27. not if he has moral courage to end this madness....

But I won't hold my breath.

[Dhalgren]

7. The official fascist report cannot say 14 killed at one time,

it wouldn't look good on the nooz. Wait and watch, there will be deaths of 2s, 3s, 4s, and maybe even 5s over the next three or four days - with most coming late Friday. It's the fascist information management style. And the American public goes right along smiling at their mirror saying "How do you do? No,no; how do you do?"


Hey Duct, been a while. :hi:

[BeHereNow]

9. "What will we tell the children?"

Oh wait, nevermind...
there wont BE any children to tell.
There fathers died before they could have any.
DAMN YOU TO HELL YOU CORPORATE WAR MONGERS!
BHN

[sadiesworld]

10. :sob:

[Zinfandel]

12. Support the troops, bring them home!

[BlueNomad]

14. send this...

to someone who will ask Scott McClellan what's up?

[qanda]

16. Has this been confirmed

Please tell me this isn't true.

[DuctapeFatwa]

18. The story has not been vetted by US military censors, se post 13

and the disclaimer in the original post.

Full text transcripts of US military briefings are available at centom.mil

All authorized and vetted news stories come from information released at these briefings.

[Comadreja]

23. I would expect a photo to confirm this

Digital cameras are not so hard to get even for Iraqi fighters. A downed Blackhawk would be posted on the Net in no time.

[DuctapeFatwa]

25. It is too dangerous. Especially since the US banned them

if one of these reporters were seized and had a camera, it would be a lot harder for him to pass himself off as whatever the crusader would be less likely to murder or send off to an "interrogation facility."

Same thing if he happened to run into some suspicious Resistance commander without a lot of experience.

Occasionally, a video or a photo does get out, and you are correct, it is immediately posted on the internet, but this is done more for the benefit of westerners. The Iraqis don't really need photos or videos, and as you can see from the muted reaction to the Abu Ghraib pics, they don't make much of a ripple in the west either.

Bush could roast and eat Muslim babies live on CNN and the next day both Internet and airwaves would ring with lively and heated debate on whether they should have just cut to Aaron Brown smilingly speculating on whether the Texas-bred Bush would add salsa.

Why should anybody put their life at greater risk for that?

[HughBeaumont]

17. My Marine reserve mechanic gets to go there for SEVEN MONTHS!

Beginning January.

And people STILL want to re-select this coital excretion and his war posse?

[proud patriot]

21. :-(

:-(

[catmandu57]

24. It may be heresy, bur I can believe this

I wonder how it will be hidden. I know that electing Kerry is not going to stop the killing, I'm just hoping that we will get true and accurate reports of what has happened in Iraq, and what is happening.

[ladybugg33]

26. So why haven't we heard about this in the mainstream news? WTF?

Is this a reliable source? Any other world media reporting on this?

[Flagg]

28. I'll wait for confirmation from more reliable sources.

[n2mark]

29. Crap

Each day our men or women are killed in Iraq we should send a message to the White House with the death count. Let the scumbugs, we are aware of the attrocities they are supporting.

[Duppers]

30. small price to pay for democracy <sarcasm alert>

Did any one see Hamill (escaped hostage) interviewed on bitch Zahn's CNN program today?

He said "the Iraqi people do not understand democracy!!" He was quite emphatic about his statement.

[Mike L]

31. You guys are wack. Do you believe this?

And look at the responses posted on that site:

"Well Done
by Wise Owl Guest on 20.10.2004 <09:30 >

Second bit of good news today :-) Any updates on the convoy that was blown up on hte airport road this morning ?


14 guilty misled pirates ameriKKKunts
by CanadianPeaceWarrior on 20.10.2004 <09:52 >

By far the best news to date for the freedom fighters!


However...
by BNW Guest on 20.10.2004 <10:15 >

As long as it never hits the mainstream press, it may have never happened.


Good news
by Phoenix14 Guest on 20.10.2004 <10:27 >

Very good news
Heil Hitler"


You guys should keep it real.

[ArkDem]

32. Blackhawks don't provide tactical support . That job is done

by the Apache (Army) or Cobra (Marines).