Missile hit British chopper downed in Iraq-official

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/


06 May 2006 10:51:38 GMT
Missile hit British chopper downed in Iraq-official
BASRA, Iraq, May 6 (Reuters) - A British military helicopter that crashed in the Iraqi city of Basra on Saturday was hit by a missile, a military spokeswoman in Basra said ...

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. AND a Brit tank was destroyed by the crowd of chanting Iraqis.

They REALLY don't want us there anymore.

[NNN0LHI]

3. And this is in the Shiite part of Iraq where they "love" us

Just a few miles from Kuwait.

Don

[leftchick]

5. "Basra: British troops in Iraq's 'peaceful' city"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3676308.stm

of course this was from 2004. Tell me how things are better again?

[madokie]

10. heck, I/we don't either

the Karma from allowing this to continue is gonna be a bitch.

[sweettater]

2. Now wait a doggone minute

the news reports said this morning it WAS NOT shot down.................... uh oh somebody goofed! :wow:

[ChairmanAgnostic]

4. CNN reporting they are sitting on bad footage -

showing four mangled bodies and the Iraqis rioting and rejoicing at the crash site.

Is this what we call a civil war?

[leftchick]

6. now that would be a revolutionary war

getting rid of the occupiers.

[0007]

7. Perhaps reality will start to settle in. The death count skyrocketing.

Five Italians and three Americans yesterday and now a Brit chopper with an unknown count.

The lies we're being told doesn't add up in the name of Democracy that the situation is grinding to a halt.

[alcibiades_mystery]

9. Where are you getting 5 Italians killed?

n/t

[ChairmanAgnostic]

11. VOA, BBC and IHT reported on the Italians.

CNN mentioned only the Basra attack.

[maddezmom]

12. here's a report about the Italians...in Afghanistan

http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/articles/2006/05/06/news/national_world/daab5070fa1b9839862571660013ef41.txt

[leftchick]

8. I don't think The Iraqis are letting the Brits near the wreck! Photo...

Crowds stand around and watch as others throw stones and Molotov cocktails on a british tank as it arrived on the scene where a British military helicopter crashed in Basra, Iraq Saturday May 6, 2006 in this image from TV. (AP Photo/TEL)

[NNN0LHI]

13. Link in OP does not work anymore. Here is another one

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IBO642413.htm

British chopper downed by rocket - Basra police

BASRA, Iraq, May 6 (Reuters) - A British military helicopter that went down in central Basra on Saturday was hit by a rocket, Lieutenant Colonel Kareem al-Zaidi, spokesman for the Basra police, told Reuters.