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.