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JLB
February 14th, 2007, 10:18:31 AM
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSCOL44762820070214

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A transport helicopter that crashed in Iraq last week killing all seven on board was brought down by a "sophisticated piece of weaponry", the U.S. military said on Wednesday.

It was the first time they acknowledged that insurgents could be using complex weapons to attack its helicopters in Iraq.

A spokesman did not say what brought the Marine Ch-46 Sea Knight down on February 7, but an insurgent video released at the time showed what appeared to be a missile hitting the twin-rotor helicopter, sending it plummeting to the ground.

The spokesman, Major General William Caldwell, made the statement at a news briefing in Baghdad that concentrated on presenting evidence of what the U.S. military says is proof of Iran's involvement in arming Iraqi militants.
rob on the job
February 14th, 2007, 10:35:56 AM
It was this guy:

http://jam.canoe.ca/Books/2006/11/15/e111509A.jpg
Green Lantern
February 14th, 2007, 11:08:21 AM
Was this the Blackwater mercenaries that went down?
TheGoodShepherd
February 14th, 2007, 11:14:27 AM
Yup.
Green Lantern
February 14th, 2007, 11:15:45 AM
Why doesn't the article mention it? The liberal press having a go at us again?
JLB
February 14th, 2007, 2:29:31 PM
It was this guy:

http://jam.canoe.ca/Books/2006/11/15/e111509A.jpg

The Juice is loose.
JLB
February 15th, 2007, 2:09:56 PM
Why doesn't the article mention it? The liberal press having a go at us again?

Is their a liberal bias Aqua?
Green Lantern
February 15th, 2007, 7:08:04 PM
Is their a liberal bias Aqua?

This whole thing begs the question.

If there is a liberal bias, if seems to be of a certain sort. There are things the media will bring up and things it won't.
JLB
February 15th, 2007, 10:13:37 PM
This whole thing begs the question.

If there is a liberal bias, if seems to be of a certain sort. There are things the media will bring up and things it won't.

Are you saying they cover up certain stories for certain special people.
Green Lantern
February 15th, 2007, 10:31:58 PM
Are you saying they cover up certain stories for certain special people.

Cover-up has a sinister feel to it. The press used to know about indiscretions of politicians and not go to press with it, Kennedy being the favored example these days. At the time, it was not really news worthy, it got a free pass.

Free passes still exist, even if they would be of interest to some or many and even if they promoted the "liberal" bias of the person doing the reporting. Certain things are always off limits.
JLB
February 16th, 2007, 9:27:13 AM
Cover-up has a sinister feel to it. The press used to know about indiscretions of politicians and not go to press with it, Kennedy being the favored example these days. At the time, it was not really news worthy, it got a free pass.

Oh it was very news worthy he just belonged to the right party.
Green Lantern
February 16th, 2007, 6:06:15 PM
Oh it was very news worthy he just belonged to the right party.

i thought you were old enough to remember those times. You disappoint me.
JLB
February 16th, 2007, 6:08:30 PM
i thought you were old enough to remember those times. You disappoint me.

Why was it not worthy?

They were protecting him.
Green Lantern
February 16th, 2007, 6:16:08 PM
Why was it not worthy?

They were protecting him.

There was more personal privacy in those days. People could have lives.
JLB
February 16th, 2007, 9:55:01 PM
There was more personal privacy in those days. People could have lives.

It was sure kept under wrap.