US Coverup Of Major
Losses Exposed -
2 Chinooks Downed
Jihad Unspun
7-11-4
Details surrounding the downing of two American helicopters in Iraq
early this week are now in and tell a totally different story than
published by mainstream press.
The "official" US version of the story went like this. Earlier on
Monday, the US military claimed that Iraqi Resistance fighters had
attacked a US military medevac helicopter with automatic weapons and
launched rocket-propelled grenades on Monday. The pilot and co-pilot
of the aircraft were wounded in the Resistance attack, according to
the US report.
The American statement said that the helicopter was crossing the sky
above an area located north west of Fallujah and was carrying a very
badly wounded US soldier. The US military spokesman said that after
the attack, the helicopter was able, with extreme difficulty, to move
to a different location where all the wounded personnel were
transferred to another helicopter that took them to hospital.
Here is the real account of the event. This report comes from the
local correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam who is on the ground with
Iraqi resistance fighters and has been translated from the original
Arabic.
Mafkarat al-Islam's correspondent reported on Monday that the Iraqi
Resistance had shot down an American Apache helicopter in the
al-Azraqiyah area after sunset on Monday evening. The US helicopter
crashed after Resistance fighters struck it with a surface-to-air
missile and came as US invader troops battled Resistance fighters on
the ground. All those aboard the helicopter were killed, according to
the correspondent.
On Tuesday the correspondent filed a further story providing more
details on the course of the fighting. He wrote that the Resistance
managed to shoot down two US Chinook helicopters in the course of the
al-Azraqiyah fighting. One of them was struck and crashed instantly,
killing all aboard. The other Chinook, however, continued its flight
after being hit, but then crashed four kilometers from the scene of
the Resistance attack.
In the same attack, the Iraqi Resistance destroyed one US Humvee,
killing all four US troops aboard. An American armored vehicle was
also totally destroyed in the same engagement, but the number of
casualties in than incident remains unclear.
The morale of the story is simply this. We caution Muslims who garner
their news from mainstream sources. While some aspects of their
reports may be true, the propaganda is often very subtle. For
instance, the Muslims in Iraq who are waging a legitimate resistance
against US occupation are transformed by the media into "terrorists"
through the clever manipulation of facts, aimed at drawing sympathy
for US forces and disqualifying legitimate armed resistance against
its subjugators.
This fact could not be more explicit than in the al-Zarqawi myth.
During the past months, we have published dozens of direct reports
from resistance fighters on the ground in Iraq and not once have we
received a report containing any reference whatsoever to al-Zarqawi.
Further, Fallujah resistance fighters have even taken to the airwaves
to say they do not know of this individual.
The Al-Zarqawi myth continues to be propagated by the US military and
fueled by a dutiful mainstream media while every action of blatant
aggression against Iraqis who have a legitimate right to defend their
land and property from American pillage is blamed on this non existent
"terrorist" al-Zarqawi. As was reported at the time, al-Zarqawi was
killed in a bombing raid in 2002.
The American propaganda machine is wide spread and effective. Its sole
purpose is to peddle hate against Muslims to justify the theft of our
lands and resources. Be cautious of what you read and don't be fooled
by this slight of hand.
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