The US military is lying about helicopter deaths. 37 Troops Die on Deadliest Day in Iraq "A U.S. helicopter crashed in a desert sandstorm in the early morning darkness Wednesday... The crash occurred during severe weather, but its cause was still under investigation, said Army Gen. John Abizaid."
He is lying. This helicopter did not crash due to sandstorms. It was most probably shot-down. There were no sandstorms in Iraq on 1/26. Iraq's sandstorm season typically runs from late April to mid-July. [Remember the problems with sandstorms during the invasion in March and April of 2003?] By Mike Rogers. [LewRockwell.com Blog]
I've noticed that many opponents of the US conquest of Iraq have an unfortunate habit of either lying themselves or else saying things that make them look really stupid. Take this post, for example. If Mr. Rogers had bothered to read more than the first paragraph of the article he linked to, he would have found this:
The CH-53E Super Stallion was carrying personnel from the 1st Marine Division on a security mission in support of the election when it went down about 1:20 a.m. near the town of Rutbah, about 220 miles west of Baghdad, the military said.
The crash occurred during severe weather, but its cause was still under investigation, said Army Gen. John Abizaid, chief of U.S. Central Command. An Accuweather map showed sandstorms Wednesday in the western region of Iraq near the Jordanian border where the crash took place.
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