Holy ****! (Iraq) Helo shot down, up to 35 aboard, 20+ casualties

[MichaeltheGreat]

Just saw one of those banner breaking news things on CNN, a US Helo with as many as 35 passengers was downed over Iraq by an unknown weapon.

No more info as of yet.

edit - Saw BBC, Irish and other Euro sites also, but seemed from those stories that the helo crash landed, not necessarily a hard crash.

[Nubclear]

[Nubclear]

Just hearing it on MSNBC which says the AP has confirmed that 32-35 have been shot down by missile.

[Space05us]

First they welcome us then they celebrate when we are killed, as far as Im concerned they can go **** themselves.

[BKWM]

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A U.S. Chinook helicopter flying toward Baghdad airport was shot down on Sunday and there were at least 20 casualties, the U.S. Army said.
A military spokesman said the downed helicopter had been carrying 32 to 35 people. He said rescue teams were in the area where the helicopter came down.The helicopter was one of two Chinooks heading toward Baghdad airport carrying troops back from a rest and recreation trip.
The spokesman said he had no information on where the helicopter was downed. But locals in the flashpoint town of Falluja, 50 km (32 miles) west of Baghdad, said a U.S. helicopter had come down nearby.

From Reuters.

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[Space05us]

oh wait, thats what they're doing.

[BKWM]

Why don't we just go Midevil on them?

[Space05us]

We cant, we're over there being nice and doing them a favor. We're not invading so we can't act like it.

[BKWM]

Well we where.

[Dis]

****!

they have been shooting at aircraft alot lately

contrary to what the admin. is saying, these attacks are getting more sophisticated.

[BKWM]

All the more reason to go midevil!

[Space05us]

BKWM, at this point doing that would be the same as letting your best friend borrow your favorite toy (pretend you still play with toys). While they were borrowing it got destroyed. You can't just go and beat the **** out of them for it, well you can but then you will look bad.

[BKWM]

And invading Iraq for no aparent reason is supposed to make us look good?

[Space05us]

And invading Iraq for no aparent reason is supposed to make us look good?

no, but that event is now outside of our control it, already happend. "Going medieval" as you put it would only make us look worse.

[BKWM]

We'd pretty much ruined our rep. already.