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Posted on 11/24/2015 10:16:15 AM PST by islander-11
A Russian rescue helicopter has been shot down by Syrian rebels while searching for pilots missing after Turkey downed a Russian jet.
The helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing in a government-held area in Syria's Latakia province.
A Syrian insurgent group, which uses U.S. Tow missiles, said its fighters hit the helicopter with an anti-tank missile.
Video footage has emerged online appearing to show the helicopter after it crashed in dense woodland.
Plumes of smoke can be seen coming from the aircraft.
(Excerpt) Read more at mirror.co.uk ...
New Russian Empire â€@Russianspringru 21m21 minutes ago
BREAKING #RUSSIA HAS CLOSED AIRSPACE OVER #LATAKIA #SYRIA WITH S-300 ALL ENEMIES WHO FLY IN WILL BE SHOT DOWN.
There are NO weapons of any kind of destruction in Syria
Those were milk trucks ... POWDERED milk trucks
Not good.
The United States believes Russia’s incursion into Turkish airspace on Tuesday likely lasted only a matter of seconds before Turkey shot down a Russian warplane, a U.S. official said, saying the assessment was based on preliminary indications.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the United States was still investigating the incident.
http://news.yahoo.com/russian-entry-turkish-airspace-lasted-seconds-u-official-164618732.html
Time enough for 10 warnings?
Update: Russian military general staff says 1 pilot shot dead from ground, another soldier died during rescue operation for downed jet - @Reuters
Turkey, Obama and the Syrian terrorist/ISIS are all allies.
Latakia. How ironic.
In the fiction book ‘Alas Babylon’, the scenario leading up to the triggering of World War III was centered around a U.S. Navy air-to-air missile losing it’s target (a bogey monitoring the Sixth Fleet), chasing a train of all things, and then exploding in Latakia, setting off all sorts of chaos and destruction.
Interesting comment.I read that excellent book years ago.Pat Frank.
That makes three aircraft within a month. Putin is getting ready to lower the boom.
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