Iraqi rebels killed nine by shooting down RAF Hercules

[ckramer]

with 'ageing anti-aircraft gun'

Iraqi insurgents using a rudimentary anti-aircraft weapon against an RAF transport plane are likely to have caused the biggest single loss of life in the conflict, military sources disclosed yesterday.

Nine RAF crew and an SAS signaller were killed when a C130 Hercules was shot down during a "special duties" mission 20 miles north-west of Baghdad on Jan 30.

An interim Ministry of Defence report has ruled out almost everything apart from enemy fire and it was suggested that a missile or rocket-propelled grenade could have brought down the aircraft.

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[billyoc]

1. Oh, man that sucks

I hope Galloway makes a statement about it while he's still in DC.

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. It's old news (Jan 30th); it's just the inquiry result that has come out

now. They long ago said it was either a missile or gunfire; now they seem to have reasons to believe it was guns. It's not a major bit of news.

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