2 posts tagged “iraq”

The Age reports that a US Black Hawk  has been shot down by Sunni militants in Latifiyah, just south of Baghdad. 
This was the 9th helicopter to go down this year.  This is barely April. 3 helicopters a month have been downed. Remember back in the day when a  single downed copter was extraordinary enough to get made into a movie?
An insurgency armed with fire power heavy enough to shoot down helicopters is scary to contemplate. According to the Globe, the militants were using anti-aircraft machine guns. I am no expert on this, but where are they getting that kind of firepower from?

The Onion breaks it down in honor of the 4th anniversary.