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2007-02-24 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Helo shot down in Iran, eight IRG + 2 commanders Tango Uniform

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Posted by Seafarious 2007-02-24 17:19|| || Front Page|| [11134 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Message to the Mullahs who run the weapons bazaar?

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2007-02-24 17:49|| 2007-02-24 17:49|| Front Page Top

#2 there are no coincidences in this business....anybody notice the publicized cancellation of the 700 ton blockbuster the other day, with explicit description of how it produces a mushroom clound and penetrates tens of meters down? Hmmmmmmmm
the messages are everywhere....Cheney yesterday, carrier deployments, Iran bombings....what do you think is happening under our very noses!

Posted by JustAboutEnough">JustAboutEnough 2007-02-24 18:40|| 2007-02-24 18:40|| Front Page Top

#3 "This morning while on a mission in the northwestern province of West Azerbaijan the commander Saeed Ghahari was martyred in a helicopter crash," the semi-official Fars news agency Fars said without giving a source.

Martyred? Is this some tacit admission that they were on a ~~recon~~ martyrdom mission, so to speak?

To quote that great modern philosopher Maynard James Keenan,

"Cause I need to watch things die, from a good safe distance..."

Posted by Raj 2007-02-24 18:45|| 2007-02-24 18:45|| Front Page Top

#4 Payback is a biatch. I wouldn't be surprised if a lot more Iranian aircraft suddenly develop acute mechanical problems mid-flight in the next few weeks.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-02-24 19:21|| 2007-02-24 19:21|| Front Page Top

#5 Well, well. What a surprise. Funny how things can have consequences. There is so much more to "The Surge" than meets the eye. Sort of like when Lincoln finally got Grant as a General. This is VERY encouraging. Count on the Dem's to whine and pound their little fists over this.

Posted by Remoteman 2007-02-24 19:35|| 2007-02-24 19:35|| Front Page Top

#6 How can the Democrats complain when an indigenous insurgent group gets in a hit against the majority government that discriminates so blatently against them?

Posted by trailing wife 2007-02-24 19:47|| 2007-02-24 19:47|| Front Page Top

#7 MEK. Unsavory group. Guess we've let them out of the camps to go wreak havoc on the mullahs.

Posted by Gluter Creatch7739 2007-02-24 19:54|| 2007-02-24 19:54|| Front Page Top

#8 If the Iranian Kurds can now reliably shootdown helios, the Mullahs have a big problem. Just as the Russians in Afghanistan did when the Muj got Stingers. These are remote areas with few roads and many places to hide.

BTW, I doubt ethnic Persians are a majority in Iran.

Posted by phil_b 2007-02-24 20:15|| 2007-02-24 20:15|| Front Page Top

#9 MEK out? Doubtful.

Posted by Pappy 2007-02-24 20:26|| 2007-02-24 20:26|| Front Page Top

#10 Al Jazeera says PKK

Posted by Angoger Slavitle2088 2007-02-24 20:31|| 2007-02-24 20:31|| Front Page Top

#11 If I had guess I would think Kurds PKK, too. MEK would be a different province

Posted by Flolumble Elmuling1667 2007-02-24 20:38|| 2007-02-24 20:38|| Front Page Top

#12 Next! I don't care who is beind it: Kurds, US, Mossad. Just keep knocking 'em down, blowing IRG things up, etc..

Posted by anymouse">anymouse 2007-02-24 20:39|| 2007-02-24 20:39|| Front Page Top

#13 FE1667, you would expect MEK in Teheran or in Balochistan then? or ???

We've been pretty successful in quietly dismantling the MEK leadership in their camp. Bunch of people came over to the other side ... maybe a few working for us.

Posted by Angager Jiter8588 2007-02-24 20:57|| 2007-02-24 20:57|| Front Page Top

#14 AJ8588
FE1667, you would expect MEK in Teheran or in Balochistan then? or ???

I would expect MEK further south, this was shot down on the Turkish border, no expert here , just speculating the little I know about them.

Posted by Flolumble Elmuling1667 2007-02-24 21:12|| 2007-02-24 21:12|| Front Page Top

#15 "revenge is a dish best served cold" - Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, 18th century French official and army general

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-02-24 22:06|| 2007-02-24 22:06|| Front Page Top

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