(UK) SAS Flight Downed By Rebels (Hercules C-130 on 1/30/05)

sabra

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Wed Dec-07-05 08:54 PM
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(UK) SAS Flight Downed By Rebels (Hercules C-130 on 1/30/05)

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=16458868&method=full&siteid=66633&headline=sas-flight-downed-by-rebels--name_page.html

SAS FLIGHT DOWNED BY REBELS

AN SAS warplane that crashed in Iraq killing 10 servicemen was shot down, a military probe has revealed.

Defence Minister John Reid will tell MPs today that the low-flying Hercules C-130 was hit by a "projectile" fired by rebels on the ground.

The crash on January 30 has been shrouded in mystery with rumours it happened through "aircraft fatigue" or even sabotage.

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It took the specialist team almost a year to forensically examine the wreckage. Military sources say evidence points to "multiple hits" from a ground-fired projectile.

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Oversea Visitor

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Wed Dec-07-05 09:04 PM
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1. Aaaah no fly zone still in force

If it flys shoot it.

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RagingInMiami

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Wed Dec-07-05 09:06 PM
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2. So they're called "rebels" in the UK

Rather than "insurgents"

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SpiralHawk

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Wed Dec-07-05 09:34 PM
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3. Ahhhhh so, the dreaded Skull & Boner Right-wing Rebel chapter

Edited on Wed Dec-07-05 09:35 PM by SpiralHawk

located deep in the kreepy krypts of the Persian hinterlands.

Rears its gruesome head.

Ahhhhrimannn is calling. Ahriman is warring.

But this, too shall pass.

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