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Taliban say downs alliance helicopter,not US plane
Reuters
| Saturday, September 22, 2001
Posted on 09/21/2001 11:52:38 PM PDT by JohnHuang2
ISLAMABAD, Sept 22 (Reuters) - The Taliban's information ministry said on Saturday its forces had shot down a helicopter belonging to the opposition Northern Alliance and not a pilotless U.S. pilotless spy plane.
"It is a helicopter, we shot it down," a ministry official told Reuters from the Afghan capital kabul. "As yet we don't know how many people were on it."
Earlier, the Afghan Islamic Press quoted Taliban sources as saying they had downed a pilotless aircraft over Samangan province. The Gulf-based television station Al-Jazeera said in a report in Dubai that the aircraft was American.
In Washington, a Pentagon spokesman said he had no information about the report.
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To: JohnHuang2
LOL - soon it will be downgraded to those bat kites with the big eyes I used to fly in the late 1970's.
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To: Carol-HuTex
LOL!
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posted on
09/21/2001 11:55:47 PM PDT
by
Impeach98
To: Senator Pardek
ROFLOL!!!!
To: JohnHuang2
When pigs fly?
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posted on
09/21/2001 11:57:04 PM PDT
by
GVnana
To: Carol-HuTex
ROFLOL! Good one, Carol
To: JohnHuang2
You've just given us a glimpse of how fantastic their claims will be, John.
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posted on
09/21/2001 11:58:14 PM PDT
by
Ruth A.
To: JohnHuang2
Holy Allah batman!.... They dont know the diff between a Heli and a plane? Im leaning towards the cocky side if this continues.
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posted on
09/22/2001 12:00:36 AM PDT
by
smith288
To: JohnHuang2
Ten to one they shot down their own helicopter.
To: Ruth A.
How true, Ruth. This is only the beginning....
To: Born to Conserve
Wouldn't surprise me in the least...
To: smith288
hehehe
To: JohnHuang2
Prolly just dreamin
To: JohnHuang2
Had it been a "pilotless U.S. pilotless spy plane," How many Americans do you suppose they would claim they killed?
To: classygreeneyedblonde
What do they have a hotline to Reuters. Whatup with that.
To: JohnHuang2
Shot it down? How, by throwing rocks? I have a feeling they're out of those Stinger missiles.
To: JohnHuang2
LOL - not. Whether it was a U.S. drone or a Northern Alliance helicopter - it's not good news.
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posted on
09/22/2001 12:11:35 AM PDT
by
HAL9000
To: Brimack34
What do they have a hotline to Reuters. Whatup with that Good Point ...
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posted on
09/22/2001 12:15:16 AM PDT
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Mo1
To: Carol-HuTex
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09/22/2001 12:22:57 AM PDT
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ppaul
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