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Stunning Video Purportedly Shows Syrian Rebels Shooting Down Military Helicopter

Nov. 28, 2012 10:09am Erica Ritz

Syrian rebels say they have shot down a military helicopter near Aleppo, and stunning video of the event is now surfacing on the internet. If true, he surface-to-air missiles mark a significant advancement in the rebels’ military capabilities.

The New York Times relates:

In one video, a utility helicopter that appeared to be a Russian-built Mi-8 can be seen banking in a slow left turn and then being hit squarely near its engine by a fast-moving projectile rising at a sharp angle from below. Another video showed what appeared to be the same helicopter moments after the strike. The crippled aircraft manages a partly controlled descent in spreading flames, as a voice off-camera shouts, “sarook,” or rocket, before it strikes the ground and explodes.

In recent months, rebels have used mainly machine guns to shoot down several Syrian Air Force helicopters and fixed-wing attack jets. In this case the thick smoke trailing the projectile, combined with the elevation of the aircraft, strongly suggested that the helicopter was hit by a missile.

Rebels hailed the event as the culmination of their long pursuit of effective antiaircraft weapons, though it was not clear if the downing was an isolated tactical success or heralded a new phase in the war that would present a meaningful challenge to the Syrian government’s air supremacy.

Debate has raged since the start of the insurgency over whether Western and Arab nations should provide Syria’s rebels with portable antiaircraft missiles, often called Manpads. Some fear that such weapons could be smuggled away from the conflict and later used by terrorists against civilian airliners.

Here are some still shots from one of the videos:

Video: Syrian Rebels Seemingly Shoot Down Military Helicopter With Surface to Air Rockets

(Photo: YouTube)

The alleged rebels can be heard yelling “Allahu Akbar!” over and over, sprinkled in with “We hit it!” according to Al Jazeera.

The New York Times continues:

Andrew J. Tabler, a Syria analyst at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, called the use of the missile “a big deal, but not a surprising deal,” and said it appeared to confirm one of two things: weapons seized from bases are functional, or that there has been truth to the quiet talk that after the recent meeting in Doha, Qatar, to reorganize the Syrian opposition into a new coalition, outside countries would provide more sophisticated weapons to the rebels.

Since that, several Arab countries and France have recognized the coalition as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people, perhaps making it more politically palatable to provide rebels with the weapons.

In interviews over the past months, Syria’s rebel have described a concerted effort to acquire and master such weapons. Last month, a rebel commander in Idlib said that he had received a small quantity of Soviet heat-seeking missiles dating to 1974 and that one had been used to shoot down a helicopter. That downing could not be independently confirmed.

He also said his fighters had seized numerous heavy machine guns from government bases and that more weapons had been delivered from Libya via Qatar. He said rebels’ tactics and skills were improving. “They know how and where to set or position the launchers,” he said.

Here are the videos, via The Washington Post:

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Comments (56)

TJexcite
Posted on November 29, 2012 at 10:46pm
Russian built Helicopter shot with Russian built Surface to Air missiles and it did not explode in a fireball. There was that other video where the Helicopter really did end up as a fire ball and bits. Must have been a better pre-flight inspection of this craft and it is easy to learning what to shield when the same country is helping both sides with weapons.

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Totally Domestic
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 7:32pm
Manpad fm Benghazi?

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Salamander
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 5:49pm
Hmmm, imported from Libya?

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ronin_6
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 3:02pm
Maybe an MI 38? Looks like they hit it but did not down it. Maybe it auto rotated in after the video ends? Could just as easily limped home. Sounds to the layman like one of the guys in addition to thanking Allah, thanks Ahmadinejad.

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bankerpapaw
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 1:17pm
What are they all yelling? “A little more to the left.”

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AbrahamsSheepdog
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 1:15pm
Bush had screw ups like all men. But you knew he was on good guys side. You felt safe knowing he paid attention and would stand up for the USA. Yes he had a speach impediment & not super slick coolio. Thanks media you Judas lovers. You too Chicago cesspool.

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MetalPatriot
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 12:45pm
I call “false propaganda”. Syria doesn’t have the capability to engage Russia on a serious level, not would they want to upset a potential oil customer. Just an opinion…

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- LetUsReason
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 2:23pm
  Interesting point, but from what I know about these types, consequences aren’t things they like to consider.
  
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AbrahamsSheepdog
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 12:41pm
For a gunhater, he sure screws up, huh? Give em to drug dealers, all the Jerks bestfriends, but take ours away. Is this a pattern here?

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- AbrahamsSheepdog
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 12:53pm
  By the Jerk I mean big santa bird. Not the troll.
  
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judyaz
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 12:13pm
How many of Gaddafi’s shoulder-fire weapons did you report in September were on that ship from Libya to Turkey to be funneled to the rebels in Syria, some who were Al Qaeda affiliates who fought in Libya?

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AnAmerican111
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 12:05pm
That’s what happens when you give a bunch of towel headed monkey’s a dangerous toy!

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Marsh626
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 11:30am
Oh, yes. How stunning. Let’s cheer on a bunch of islamic jihadists like mindless idiots. Way to go Blaze staff…

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- judyaz
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 12:24pm
  Covert CIA ops, you guys? We may have an unholy alliance to try to keep or take the fight to the enemy. Didn’t Bush say that after 9-11-01? Remember in 1979 when the CIA trained and funded Bin Laden to raise an army of rebels to drive the Soviets out of Afghanistan. He won, then formed Al Qaeda in 1988. Yes, they attacked us later, having made their goal to drive US forces out of the Middle East and form a Caliphate. And then a branch, Soldiers of Sharia, attacked and burned our safe house in Libya and killed our Ambassador just after the Turkish representative left the dinner meeting there. Last guns out to be delivered to Syrian rebels? No more use for our Libyan Ambassador by Al Qaeda, who plans a Caliphate in N. Africa too? “The enemy of my enemy is my friend?” An unholy alliance.
  
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- AbrahamsSheepdog
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 12:59pm
  Good points judy. WoOF WOoF
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 1:40pm
  judyaz
  Every time the CIA & Afghanistan is brought up, someone says we armed Bin Laden?
  
  Which cause me to re-read “Charlie Wilson’s War” by George Crile. I’ll re-read some other sources too & find new ones.
  
  Weapons did got to Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. He had no tribal support & so the Pakistani Intel people felt that they could control & use him. A lion’s share of American aid went to him. He is Anti American. So Is America guilty of providing aid to him? Yes.
  
  Nowhere but nowhere, do I find where we set Bin Laden up or provided him any aid. He was a rich boy with inherited money, who was a Johny come lately to Afghanistan. Besides his own money, Saudis sent a lot of money to various groups. No American money was needed to get him to Afghanistan to keep him there for the little if any fighting he did.
  
  I don’t think he got there until 3 to 7 years after the CIA was funding the mujaheddin.
  
  The British favored Ahmad Shah Massoud. They supplied him as best they could.
  
  We supplied several groups thru the Pakistani ISI with overmuch going to the aforementioned ogre Hekmatyar.
  
  Why do you persist in saying Bin Laden? Did Tom Hanks say it in the movie “Charlie Wilson’s War”? Are you paid to say that? Have you read extensively & can link stuff that alleges or proves it?
  
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djhrr
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 11:20am
……. ummmm…. 3 videos and I’m still waiting for the copter to go down… This wasn’t a shooting down of a helicopter; it was ‘puny rockets bouncing off a helicopter’. With a bunch of idiots shouting “Aloha snack bar!!!! “ (Thanks RJJinGadsden for that quote)

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- one.dakine.howlie
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 12:46pm
  Watch the videos displayed after these ones finish. They show the rest of the decent which ends in the heli burning up and eventually exploding a hundred feet off the ground then falling to the ground in pieces. Everyone in this heli is dead.
  
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Jarhead 88
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 10:59am
That’s why the traitor Obama let those 4 be killed, they were there to recover these MANPADS. Obama couldn’t let that happen.

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- Walkabout
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 11:11am
  I believe that Ambassador Christopher Stevens might have been involved in Arms smuggling similar to that described in “Charlie Wilson’s War” The CIA bought manpads from Egypt, a rogue polish general & others.
  
  Putin & the Russian intelligence services knows what we are doing. They paid the jihadis to d something they wanted to do. Russians did it to at least temporarily stop the arms pipeline to the Syrian rebels, fire a shot across our bow & as vengeance (payback for Afghanistan)
  
  Some manpads were destroyed to honestly prevent civilians airliners form being shot down & for show to the press. But Benghazi was about arms smuggling.
  
  Assad will fall Read Debkafile. Back in January they predicted an Assad win. However with the fall of the M1 radar station, I believe there are too many countries lined up against Assad. To get the radar & airfield, a while brigade was defeated. That is serious. The M1 rada station was of more concern than the M2 or M3. The Isreaelis, Brits, French, U.S. provided intel, planning & logistics to take that airfield.
  
  It is looking bad for Assad unless Hezbollah & Iran surge to prevent it. Look for Obama to take a victory lap. Question is will worse monsters take over?
  
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- Kregneva
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 11:33am
  Sir Walkabout; If you are correct would that not explain why the current administration and our CIA are doing the right thing by not answering public questioners? You seem to have some US diplomatic or intelligence expertise. Were you in the mix back then?
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 12:11pm
  Kregneva
  
  I have gotten around but I have never been a Case Officer or a Foreign service Officer. I have been in the military, I am well read & well travelled. My reading & education has included all the STEM subjects, religion & a lot of history.
  
  Among my current favorite site are Debka (Israeli) & ZeroHedge. But one must periodically go out & take a survey of all news sources/aggregators & adjust one’s protfolio.
  
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- Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 1:22pm
  @Walkabout:
  
  Look more deeply into the panic-filled cover up of the administration, only one matter could bring this strong of an reaction and confrontations: the aiding of terrorists in gaining control over Syrian chemical and nuclear (material-wise) weaponry and systems.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 6:18pm
  Cat,
  No doubt there is a cover up of the non-help to our Ambassador & other Americans.
  
  I think it is CIA gun running also that the administration approved of.
  
  We can leave the does Obama have sympathies out of the equation & Obama still looks bad.
  
  This still might blow up in the left’s face when Iraqi weapons are found in Syria. No doubt the left will argue that all of them are Syrian in manufacture & not a one of them came from Iraq. They’ll fight hard on that one & hope that it blows over & then get revenge on any that opposed them later
  
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luvmyfam5
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 10:56am
Hey Jerk, its called sarcasm. Both sides are no friend of America

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- The_Jerk
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 11:09am
  Sarcasm is good. So is staying out of the Middle East.
  
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- luvmyfam5
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 11:27am
  I’m with you on that one
  
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bhosux
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 10:54am
This is probably the most exciting event in these Barbarians life to date.

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Lotus503
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 10:39am
One of those U. S. tax payer paid for missiles that were being smuggled out of Benghazi, Libya by ship on September 11th…the day our ambassador died there, most likely trying to stop the export.

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- Walkabout
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 11:15am
  The CIA & Ambassador could have been involved in smuggling weapons out of Libya.
  
  The enemy of my enemy is my temporary(?) friend?
  
  If there are say a 1,000 missile, you could destroy 800 & ship 200 to rebels fighting an American enemy. It is something any country or countries intelligence service is wont to do.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 6:15pm
  Kid
  
  That doesn’t explain though why Osama bin Laden’s right hand man has publicly called for the extermination of Syria’s Bashar al Assad
  ***
  Yes, Al Qaeda got what they wanted out of Syria. With the U.S.gone and riots & worse against Assad & the Ba’ath party, the situation on the ground has changed. Al Qaeda does not need Assad any more. The were a temporary & strange bedfellow. Try Again.
  
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PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 10:39am
Any doubt that the missing Libyan MANPADS have made their way to Syria? Wonder how they go there?

REMEMBER BENGHAZI

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luvmyfam5
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 10:32am
wait……..who’s side are we on?

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- The_Jerk
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 10:39am
  Shouldn’t be on any side. We need to stay out.
  
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NinjaJuice
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 10:31am
Sounded like bunch of retards just accomplished their one of many goals. Got rid of sticks and rocks to a rocket.

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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 10:23am
So we see once again the arms given to the terrorist allies of Obama in play; how soon until they will be turned on the US planes – military and civilian? How much more treason of our President must we put up with?

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- bpodlesnik
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 10:35am
  Aren’t these the same guys Romney wanted to arm?
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 10:40am
  For years we supplied the Taliban. Wake up. Stay out.
  
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- muffythetuffy
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 10:57am
  THE MISSAL DID NOT WORK
  
  The chopper was still airborne and looked un-harmed. It must have been a Russian armored gun ship. The missal must have been a “do no harm” US SAM”.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 11:25am
  bpodlesnik
  
  There are at least 3 different factions among the Rebels. Those would be “The Muslim Botherhood”, Al Qaeda, & Free Syrian Army (FSA). Arming the FSA might not be a bad ideal.
  
  If Assad were to fall, it would be better that he fall and someone who likes us take over than someone who hates us.
  
  You can question who likes us “all day long” & whether they would be effective. But a choice we must make. To not Choose is to make the default choice. People do not hate people who attack them. At time they hate those who did not help them. So again to not make a choice is to still make one.
  
  One can also question whether Assad falling is better or worse than what might replace him.
  
  Assad falling would seriously harm Iran’s ability to supply their stalking gorse & hunting dog, Hezbollah. It would seriously harm their strategic position viz-a-viz other Muslim regional powers and their ability to attack the U.S. directly or via terrorism.
  
  It is worth debating if Obama favors backing the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), cuz they are the majority. We might honestly help the MB, but they might in no way be grateful and turn around & harm us in the future.
  
  Assad was the bast/rd that assisted Al Qaeda infiltrating into Iraq & killing U.S. Soldiers. 1 or 2 thousand less GIs would have died except for Assad.
  
  Payback is a b/.tch!
  
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- KidCharlemagne
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 12:17pm
  Walkabout
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 11:25am
  
  Assad was the bast/rd that assisted Al Qaeda infiltrating into Iraq & killing U.S. Soldiers. 1 or 2 thousand less GIs would have died except for Assad.
  ============================
  
  That’s not even remotely true:
  
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  Al-Qaida threatens Hezbollah over its support of the Syrian regime
  
  Amid threats against Lebanon-based Hezbollah, tensions among Syrian opposition groups could deteriorate into fighting, alongside conflict with Assad’s regime.
  
  By Zvi Bar’el | Sep.02, 2012 | 1:06 AM
  
  A new ally has joined Israel in the struggle against Hezbollah. Al-Qaida recently published a harsh attack on Hezbollah, in which it calls on Shi’ites to leave the renounce the organization “if they do not wish to be the target of Al-Qaida attacks.”
  http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/al-qaida-threatens-hezbollah-over-its-support-of-the-syrian-regime-1.462076
  
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- KidCharlemagne
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 12:22pm
  bpodlesnik
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 10:35am
  
  Aren’t these the same guys Romney wanted to arm?
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  Yes:
  
  The Guardian (Oct. 8, 2012): “Mitt Romney: arm the Syrian rebels”
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 1:26pm
  KidCharlemagne
  
  Assad was the bast/rd that assisted Al Qaeda infiltrating into Iraq & killing U.S. Soldiers. 1 or 2 thousand less GIs would have died except for Assad.
  ============================
  
  That’s not even remotely true:
  
  ***
  All those Al Qaeda types infiltrated from Greenland or New Zealand, because we all know that Syria is not remotely close to Iraq & Assad has been such a staunch ally & friend of America.
  
  BTW what are you smoking. I might want some of that.
  
  I suppose you were stationed Husaybah, Iraq & therefore know there was no infiltration from Syria.
  
  You Da MAN!
  
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- KidCharlemagne
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 2:18pm
  Walkabout
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 1:26pm
  
  All those Al Qaeda types infiltrated from Greenland or New Zealand, because we all know that Syria is not remotely close to Iraq & Assad has been such a staunch ally & friend of America.
  =====================================
  
  That doesn’t explain though why Osama bin Laden’s right hand man has publicly called for the extermination of Syria’s Bashar al Assad:
  
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  (Reuters) – Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri has called on all Muslims to back the rebels in Syria, saying the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad would bring them closer to the ultimate goal of defeating Israel, according to an audio recording posted on the Internet on Thursday.
  Reuters (Sept. 13, 2012): “Al Qaeda leader urges support for ousting Syria’s Assad”
  
  Sorry Walkabout……all the evidence out there suggests that you are grossly misinformed….
  
  If Assad was helping Al-Qaeda (as you suggest), then explain why Al-Qaeda has publicly called for Assad’s extermination (????).
  
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 10:17am
Aloha snack bar, another old Soviet era fling wing bites the sand.

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- Zipit
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 10:50am
  Up the rear, and autorotate!
  
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- Mandors
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 10:54am
  “Aloha snack bar”–LOL, that’s awesome.
  
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- Salamander
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 5:57pm
  If somebody came up with a candy bar called ‘Aloha Snack Bar’, it would sell like hot cakes!!! Proceeds ought to go to the development of an Israel anti-rocket ‘Mitigator’, a vapor-trail sniffer that will follow the exhaust plume of the incoming missiles to their point of launch!
  
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USPATRIOT101
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 10:17am
UUmmm, its still flying….

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The_Jerk
Posted on November 28, 2012 at 10:15am
Stay out of the Middle East.

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 10:25am
  NAVIN, This is Muslim on Muslim violence. Furthermore I will practice MY personal freedom to express myself regarding this. But, where in the hell do you get the idea that we want to get involved with this particular mess? I’m fine with sitting back and letting these fools occupy themselves with expressing their hate toward each other. Tell you boss, 0bama to not get involved, not us. He is the most likely to poke a nose into this for as he has expressed that he will always back the Muslims.
  Since there was no mention of Jews in this story, I’ll substantiate your willingness to hate and express it.
  JEW, JEW, JEW, JEW, JEW, JEW, ZION, JEW, JEW, JEW, JEW, JEW, JEW!
  There, reason for you to express your profound hatred, go for it.
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 10:38am
  RJJinGadsden, “Since there was no mention of Jews in this story, I’ll substantiate your willingness to hate and express it.
  JEW, JEW, JEW, JEW, JEW, JEW, ZION, JEW, JEW, JEW, JEW, JEW, JEW!
  There, reason for you to express your profound hatred, go for it.”
  
  You really are one sick puppy. Fact is, both of the Bush’s got us far more involved in the Middle East than any president since Truman. And, don’t embarrass the alumni of Alabama.
  
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- Zipit
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 10:54am
  YO Sick puppy! Roll Tide!
  
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- Salamander
  Posted on November 28, 2012 at 5:58pm
  Hmmmm, wasn’t it Eisenhower who put the Shah of Iran in power???
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 8:41am
  THE_JERK, I’m sick? I am simply disgusted with the likes of you. With the news focusing mostly in the Middle East now you have toned down only SOME of your verbal attacks on Jews. For the moment you persist with just slamming the nation of Israel, but continue to spew the same amount of hate. While in the recent past you have attacked many by name and their occupations for being Jewish. And, how the Jews in general have been something like the scourge of the planet from the beginning of time. Furthermore, although not quite as often, you have expressed no less of such an attitude toward African-Americans. You tell me not to offend the Alumni of Alabama, when it is you who gives me the feeling that you would curse the number of black players on the field tomorrow. It is you who is sick, and a self expressed racist here, not me. Although I read from one person here the other night who is obviously a fan of yours, just about everybody else here gives me the impression that they find you and your ideas just as repulsive.
  As for Truman’s involvement in Iran, didn’t he pass off that mess where the CIA and British were trying to divert a Communist take over of the nation? Then about the time of that coup it was plopped into Eisenhower’s lap as he assumed the office 20 January 1953. But, just what is your point?
  OH yeah, SALAMANDER, I’ve heard these stories before, but Eisenhower did not just pull The Shah out of thin air to assume the throne in Iran. His father was the Shah
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on November 29, 2012 at 8:43am
  The Shah that we all know had assumed the throne during WWII when his father was deposed. There was just a coup in ’53 that was put down. The Shah was not the choice of the U.S. or the United Kingdom. It just worked out that way, and our alliance only wanted to keep the Communist out.
  
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