twinstar_ca Posted April 22, 2005 Report Share Posted April 22, 2005 Gunmen execute Baghdad crash survivor: report Last Updated Fri, 22 Apr 2005 07:44:31 EDT CBC News BAGHDAD - An internet video shows gunmen helping a man purported to be the lone survivor of a helicopter shot down near Baghdad to his feet, then spraying him with bullets. The civilian helicopter was shot down Thursday north of the Iraqi capital. Eleven foreigners working in the country died, including three Bulgarians, six Americans and two Fijians. * FROM APRIL 21, 2005: Civilian helicopter shot down in Iraq, 11 dead There's been no independent confirmation of the authenticity of the video, which was posted on a website used by Islamic militant groups. Clumsily filmed, the video shows burning wreckage and two bodies lying on the ground, one badly charred. Nearby, a man wearing a blue flight suit with a bloodied head is lying in grass. The unseen cameraman shouts in English for the man to stand up, but the injured man replies, "It's broken, give me a hand." The gunmen pull him to his feet and he limps ahead of the camera, with his back to them. They apparently say something to him to make him turn around, when he's hit with gunfire. Shouting "Allahu Akbar" or "God is great," the gunmen continue to fire after his body hits the ground. It's believed the man was one of the Bulgarians. copied this off the cbc website this morning.... :down: :down: my condolences to all of them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bag swinnger Posted April 22, 2005 Report Share Posted April 22, 2005 I am speechless! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldMember Posted April 22, 2005 Report Share Posted April 22, 2005 Shocking but not surprising. Their hatred (the terrorists, for lack of a better word) must run very deep in order to take pleasure in killing someone. Can of worms now open... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skidz Posted April 22, 2005 Report Share Posted April 22, 2005 I think these terrorists are a pretty twisted bunch. They really seem to get off on killing people. How long before their own compatriots see them for what they really are ? It took the Irish what, 50 years to finally realize that the IRA were nothing but a bunch of hooligans who used the "cause" as an excuse for their death and mayhem ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transquebecniece Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 We lost a Fountain, Colorado man on that chopper. Bad. Sad. Don't wanna get into it. :down: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transquebecniece Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 Just wanted to add that he was a former El Paso County sheriff's deputy who left the department recently to earn extra money working in Iraq for Blackwater Security. Leaves behind a wife and two boys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cap Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 Skidz ------you never heard of such things before? I realize the American Focres were blamed for a lot of killing in 'Nam', but perhaps you should read also what the VC and NVA did to their own countrymen and the tens of thousands they killed, raped and tortured. This ain't the first time Skidz.......it's just the first time you've taken note of it. Very little history is new.....we just keep on repeating the same crap over and over and over again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skidz Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 Don't worry Cap. I'm all too well aware of what humans can do to one another. I was just having a wee rant... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cap Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 I hear ya......rant on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinstar_ca Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 i just watched the video this morning... all i can say is that i hope the perps rot somewhere very, very hot... :down: :angry: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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