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The Grand Turk
Alleged video of US-supplied anti-tank missile destroying Russia chopper
2015-11-25
The video is spurious. A cut job.

Following that shoot-down as Russian rescue helicopters searched for the pilots of that airplane, at least one of the helicopters was destroyed by U.S.-backed Syrian rebels using a CIA-provided TOW anti-tank missile.

The rebel group posted video of the destruction of the Russian helicopter...As part of the CIA program, Syrian rebel groups receiving U.S. TOW missiles are required to video each use and return each spent container.

The potential repercussions of these two incidents today could be unprecedented. The first is that the U.S. may get drawn into an armed confrontation with Russia if Turkey should invoke Article 5 of the NATO Treaty. In a speech following the plane shoot-down, Vladimir Putin said that measures will be taken against Turkey for their actions.

The second is that solid evidence of U.S. weapons being used against the Russians operating in Syria could be the pretext for direct confrontation between the U.S. and Russia.

And as I've reported here at PJ Media previously, the TOW missiles provided to "vetted moderate" Syrian rebel groups have repeatedly found their way into the hands of terrorists.
Posted by:Anguper Hupomosing9418

#3  As part of the CIA program, Syrian rebel groups receiving U.S. TOW missiles are required to video each use and return each spent container.

Oh. Hohoho. Yasure, promisizys.

I think both 49 Pan and badanov are correct.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2015-11-25 17:54  

#2  The video is spurious, a cut and paste job.
Posted by: badanov   2015-11-25 10:40  

#1  Just wait till all the surface to air missiles lost at Bengasi show up...
Posted by: 49 Pan   2015-11-25 10:37  

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