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Yazidi MP wounded in helicopter crash on Mount Sinjar
Zeenews/AFP ^
| 8-12-2014
| AFP
Posted on 08/12/2014 11:12:37 AM PDT by tcrlaf
Kirkuk: An Iraqi lawmaker who helped bring attention to the plight of besieged members of her Yazidi community was wounded Tuesday in the crash of a helicopter delivering aid, officers said.
The pilot was killed when the chopper, overloaded with rescued Yazidis, crashed during takeoff on Mount Sinjar, two senior army officers said.
A New York Times journalist also sustained non-life threatening injuries in the crash, the paper said
(Excerpt) Read more at zeenews.india.com ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: evacuation; iraq; isisiraq; kurdistan; yazidi; yazidimp; yazidis
We have forces and aircraft all over the region, from Turkey to Dubai.
Why is Obama allowing this genocide to happen?
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posted on
08/12/2014 11:12:37 AM PDT
by
tcrlaf
To: tcrlaf
It’s a good question. But the Kurds are kicking bootie and posting many pics of dead ISIS on twitter. If countries supply them I think they will make great headway.
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posted on
08/12/2014 11:14:00 AM PDT
by
MarMema
(Run Ted Run)
To: tcrlaf
It’s Saigon ‘75 all over again.
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posted on
08/12/2014 11:14:35 AM PDT
by
reg45
(Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class.)
To: tcrlaf
A New York Times journalist also sustained non-life threatening injuries in the crashWas probably there to give ground coordinates to ISIS.....
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posted on
08/12/2014 11:15:51 AM PDT
by
capydick
(''Life's tough.......it's even tougher if you're stupid.'')
To: tcrlaf
Legacy making
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posted on
08/12/2014 11:23:25 AM PDT
by
McGruff
("We're Leaving Behind a Sovereign, Stable, and Self-Reliant Iraq" - Obama in 2011)
To: tcrlaf
Because 0bama sides with ISIS
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posted on
08/12/2014 11:23:56 AM PDT
by
combat_boots
(The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
To: tcrlaf
Thank God the O-hole enabling POS NYT propagandist was safe... /s
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posted on
08/12/2014 11:32:09 AM PDT
by
Common Sense 101
(Hey libs... If your theories fly in the face of reality, it's not reality that's wrong.)
To: tcrlaf
A New York Times journalist also sustained non-life threatening injuries in the crash, the paper saidBe prepared for hosannas on high for the journalist (unnamed in this article) in the NY Times.
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