Posted on 11/24/2015 7:13:35 AM PST by Trumpinator
Tue Nov 24, 2015 10:06am EST
Syria insurgents destroy Russian helicopter with missile
Syrian fighters destroyed a Russian helicopter with a missile, shortly after they forced it to make an emergency landing in a nearby government-held area in Syria's Latakia province on Tuesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Rami Abdulrahman from the Observatory, which tracks the conflict in Syria though a wide network of sources, said at least ten people were on the helicopter when it was hit by the insurgents but they were all evacuated when it landed and before the missile destroyed it.
Read more at Reutershttp://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/24/us-mideast-syria-crisis-helicopter-idUSKBN0TD1KQ20151124#Ast1uovMHDThvjjj.99
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Russian pilot of rescue help was killed when it was downed
Today Russia lost 2 aircraft, and 2 pilots and a 3rd missing perhaps captured
Obama McCain and Lindsey Graham will be having a 3-way hot tub party tonight to celebrate
Could have come from anywhere
Qatar is an accommodating middleman
the pilot was killed
at least in the rescue help downing
rest of crew rescued by special forces
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