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Iraqi Fighter Jet Drops Bomb Over Baghdad, Kills 12 People |
2015-07-06 |
"Oops. Our bad" An Iraqi Russian-made fighter jet accidentally dropped a bomb over a Baghdad neighborhood on Monday, killing at least 12 people on the ground, Iraqi officials said. The plane ‐ one of several Sukhois used by Iraq in the fight against the Islamic State group ‐ was returning to base when the accident happened. Military spokesman, Brig. Gen. Saad Maan Ibrahim, told The Associated Press that a technical failure caused the Sukhoi jet to malfunction and drop the bomb, which hit a number of houses in the Iraqi capital's eastern neighborhood of New Baghdad. |
Posted by:Frank G |
#5 I'm shocked they haven't blamed the US (yet.) |
Posted by: Glenmore 2015-07-06 15:55 |
#4 other accidents have plague the Sukhoi example |
Posted by: lord garth 2015-07-06 14:54 |
#3 East Baghdad is where the Shia live. It would be interesting to see if the pilot had "turned". (This happened late in the Vietnam war) Al |
Posted by: frozen al 2015-07-06 11:15 |
#2 ..Probably working on the assumption that hey, there HAD to be some ISIS down there somewhere... Mike |
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2015-07-06 09:40 |
#1 a technical failure "When pilots go bad!" |
Posted by: Skidmark 2015-07-06 09:24 |