Taliban Claims It Used Surface-To-Air Missile To Down Helicopter

[GAP]

Taliban Claims It Used Surface-To-Air Missile To Down Helicopter
Thursday February 22, 2007 (0344 PST)
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KABUL: Taliban fighters using Surface-to-Air Missile 7 (SAM 7) brought down a coalition CH-47 Chinook helicopter in south-eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, according to high-level Taliban sources speaking to Adnkronos International (AKI).
According to the sources, who provided AKI with exclusive documents and video CDs, the attack on the helicopter marks the start of the Taliban spring uprising and the use of more sophisticated weapons in their fight against foreign forces. Coalition forces said aircraft crashed killing eight people because it had "a sudden, unexplained loss of power and control".

The Taliban sources told AKI that they would be using more advanced missile technology in their upcoming attacks. The militant group had acquired the surface to air missiles in 2005 and had arranged for a training programme for its fighters.
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[Armymedic]

According to other credable sources, this story is BS.

There were witness to the crash.

 

[GAP]

I don't think it is being portrayed as anything else, other than BS.

One of these days their claims are going to sound credible, maybe they do in Pastun, but in English, they just flop....

 

[The Bread Guy]

I don't think it is being portrayed as anything else, other than BS.

One of these days their claims are going to sound credible, maybe they do in Pastun, but in English, they just flop....

Just remember, though, as Mark Twain said, "A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes."  I know WE don't believe it, but some do.  Good to have army.ca and similar fora to get at least a BIT more of the truth out there!

 

[volition]

"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on."---Winston Churchill

 

[birdgunnnersrule]

Although the Taliban claim is probably a ruse, given the recent rash of helicopters being downed in Iraq by insurgent fire, the optics of targeting coalition airpower is an obvious target of choice.  It makes for great headlines plus the potential for a large number of causalities if you hit a chinook full of troops.  It helps disrupt flow of troops and supplies via the air, forcing them back on the ground where IEDs/VBIEDs can be utilised.  Not being biased, however, it will be only a matter of time before the Taliban are successful at targeting coalition choppers/transports.

 

[FuzzyLogic]

Here is a video of the Taliban boasting about their upcoming spring plans ... and they do say in it that they have new anti-aircraft weapons.  It would seem though that their main weapon will be an army of kids with explosive belts.

http://cjunk.blogspot.com/2007/02/taliban-offensive-in-their-own-words.html

 

[Flip]

Again, we have the taliban "advertising".

Stephan Dion will of course take the bait.

Pretty soon they will claim they invented the SAM technology.

Stay tuned............

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