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Turkey claims warplanes shoot down Syrian helicopter
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Published: 16.09.13, 19:22
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1. Lying Turks, shot 2 km inside Turkey and fell in Syria?
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (09.16.13)
This is an Helicopter going at low speed and relatively low altitude, it is impossible that hit at 2 km from border fell down over the border. It was an attack initiated by Turkey to help the IslamoNazi Sunni rebels against the much hated Alwaites, by the IslamoNazi regime in Ankara.
2. Kurd rebel helicopter shot down?
Rudy Haugeneder ,   victoria, BC, Canada   (09.16.13)
Let me play devil's advocate. Was it a Syrian government military helicopter, or did the helicopter belong to Syrian Kurdish freedom fighters who, with their fellow Kurd rebels in Turkey, are trying to establish a Kurdish homeland where they are the overwhelming majority but killed by Turkish military and police.
3. #1 Steve Benassi
Albrecht Klein ,   Germany   (09.16.13)
2 km for a helicopter travelling at 200 - 250 km/h? Does not sound impossible for me.
4. I agree with #3
Joseph ,   USA   (09.16.13)
If the blades did not get hit, a chopper can do crash landing or crash within the three miles diameter area. So two km is very normal range after the hit.
5. Flying tank
Lior   (09.16.13)
The Mi-17 chopper is like a flying tank. Not out of the realm of possibility to believe that it could have made it back to Syria before going down. Especially if it was a top speed.
6. #1 STEVE
Robert S Levine ,   Las Terrenas,DR   (09.16.13)
Are you not feeling well today??? You blame Muslims(Turks) for shooting down helicopter. Are you sure it is not the Jews trying to make Muslims look bad????
7. All these analysis of downing the chopper here sound funny
TURKER ,   Zeugma, Turkiye   (09.16.13)
Turkish Chief of Staff issued the radar trajectory of the helicopter and where it was hit on the map. You can see it in Turkish news sites.
8. #1 Stevie boy
Ed ,   Toronto, Canada   (09.16.13)
FSA video footage shows the helicopter descending in flames from very high altitude.
9. #2 "kurd" theory
Adam ,   BC, Canada   (09.16.13)
You couldn't be more off. Besides a few captured t-72 tanks in Syria, kurds don't have any such heavy weapons. (Let alone the logistics to keep them airworthy). And even if they had, a conventional war with Turkey would be a suicide for them. Your "theory" is completely unsubstantiated.
10. #6
Adam H ,   NY, USA   (09.17.13)
Bravo! Maybe Stevie is off his meds due to Obummer Care?
11. # 10 Touche' LOL the first casualty of obama care?
BUILD BABY BUILD !!! ,   United States   (09.17.13)
Revenge is sweet, BUILD YOUR BUTTS OFF!!!! WHEN'S THE THIRD TEMPLE DUE TO OPEN?????
12. # 6 Robert S Levine ( ? really )
BUILD BABY BUILD !!! ,   United States   (09.17.13)
Muslims don't need any help for looking bad, they do quite a nice job all by themselves. How many Muslims have other Muslims murdered??? How many 'honor killings'? How many rapes?? GIve em a break buddy, your really on the wrong side of history. BUILDING THE THIRD TEMPLE SOON.!!!!
13. #1 Poster is a fake
A ,   Belgium   (09.17.13)
The real Benazzi would never critisize anything moslems do as he LOVES them more than he loves his moose piss beer, no matter what terrible things they do. And actually, this poster wrote a grammatically correct talkback, which the real Benazzi is incapable of.
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