Posted on 08/31/2021 10:27:07 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
A video which has been claimed to show a condemned man being hanged from a helicopter seized by the Taliban appears to have been misleadingly captioned.
The 11-second clip - which has over 2m views and has been shared thousands of times on Twitter - is blurred and doesn’t give a clear indication of what is going on.
Further footage and still photographs seen by the BBC show that the man flying over the city of Kandahar is very much alive. These images show him wearing the Blackhawk helicopter’s diver’s winch and waving the Taliban flag.
Several Afghanistan experts, quoting Taliban sources, have told the BBC that the flight yesterday was an attempt to fix a flag over a public building using their newly-captured US-built equipment.
The helicopter appears to be the aircraft which was seen taxiing at Kandahar several days ago after it was seized by the Taliban from the Afghanistan Air Force. One defence analyst suggests the aircrew probably defected to the Taliban with their aircraft.
US-trained helicopter winch operators wear the loop at the back, which could easily be mistaken for a noose in poor quality video footage. British RAF, Royal Navy and HM Coastguard divers, on the other hand, wear the loop to their front.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
Sure. Take the Taliban’s word for it
Sure. Take the Taliban’s word for it
Yeah. I was pretty sure that was a stretch.
Reminds of the scene from Scarface.
Leave it to the (British Boys Club) to carry the enemies water
Yeah he WAS alive before he was killed. Harkens back to the old NYC taxi phrase “he was already dead when I hit him.”
OK BBC. We’ll just say the Taliban is selling and offering bungee rope jumping from helicopters, only with the jump band tied around your neck!
OK...a dude hanging or not hanging... big deal...
Can we talk about the fact that we did not put thermite grenades in our shit before we just left it there? And now we are certain that at least one goat humper knows how to fly the thing-—any takers on how many of his goat humper homies he can train before he cashes his chips in for 72 raisins?
That’l teach Achmed not to hang with the Taliban!
All we need is a rogue squadron of 6 F-22s and those helicopters will be gone in 1 day as soon as they leave the field.
. I’m sure the Taliban would have no problem tossing people out of helicopters. But I think this is just flying practice.
One does not do work with a heir hands tied behind their back
Yeah, pretty obvious dude wasn’t being hanged. More internet silliness.
FYI
Houdini comes to mind
The video showed him raising his arm above his head to the
line he was dangling from.
I thought we might get a different story later on.
Every piece of communications gear has instructions on how to destroy it so it cannot be used by the enemy. Our own DoD “de-mils” i.e. destroys billions of dollars worth of military hardware every year so it can’t be used by hobbyists and collectors who are US citizens.
Leaving this stuff is giving aid to the enemy...treason!
Right now, I’m a bit more disturbed by the fact that the Taliban has acquired and is flying an operational American combat helicopter than whether the man is being hanged in a novel way or is attempting show the flag.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.