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To: FairOpinion

I doubt that this claim is true.


4 posted on 05/13/2006 10:17:37 AM PDT by TexanToTheCore (This space for hire...)
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To: TexanToTheCore

Why do you doubt that?

Do you have any idea what kind of news source Azzaman is?

You don't but I do and they are a source base in the UK and Iraq that is better then the vast majority of papers in the UK.

Here is some more info about the missles and the report.

http://iraqthemodel.blogspot.com/


6 posted on 05/13/2006 10:59:31 AM PDT by jmc1969
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Missile may have come from Iran

The Army now believes that the Lynx helicopter shot down over central Basra at the weekend was most probably hit by a surface-to-air missile, obtained possibly from neighbouring Iran, after missile casings were discovered on the third floor of a nearby building, security sources in the city said yesterday.

The discovery, if confirmed, will be a worrying development for British operations in Iraq, which are increasingly reliant on helicopter "air bridges" to move men and equipment to reduce the risk of convoys being ambushed by roadside bombs.

The discarded missile parts were located when a search was conducted of the building as British troops swept the surrounding area.

The missile is understood to have been identified as a Russian-made weapon that can be packed into a golf bag and quickly assembled and fired by one person with minimal training.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/05/09/wirq209.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/05/09/ixnewsnew.html


9 posted on 05/13/2006 11:02:28 AM PDT by jmc1969
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