Moldovan plane that crashed in Iraq was downed - eyewitness

http://en.rian.ru/world/20070112/58977626.html

ANKARA, January 12 (RIA Novosti) - A Moldovan An-26 cargo plane that crashed in Iraq January 9, killing 34 people, was downed by a missile, an eyewitness said Friday.

"The plane is said to have crashed due to fog, but I saw no fog," Ozcan Sahin, a brother of Hamdi Sahin, a Turkish worker killed in the crash, told Turkish NTV television. He said he was 300-400 meters from the crash site, near Balad, north of Baghdad.

"The plane was downed by a missile that struck the right section of the fuselage. Employees of other companies also saw it. More than 20 F-16 fighters took off from an American base that day, and had there been fog they would have been grounded," he said.

It is not the first claim that the An-26 was shot down rather than having crashed as the result of bad weather. The Islamic Army in Iraq group claimed responsibility Thursday for the downing.

only the BFEE gets to declare how their war is working out. :sarcasm:

one must wonder.

Have we been hearing lie upon lie about events there?

I'm inclined to think that, yes, the rebels do have anti-aircraft armaments.

If only the Iraqis would get in line, if only they would accept their fate, they will be a client State, toadies of the Americans. We still want our flowers and sweets.

;)

Particularly that many?