It was not immediately clear whether the aircraft had developed a mechanical or any other technical problem, or had been downed by Iranian fire. The incident is being investigated.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 weeks ago

we can't rule out a laundry fire

[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

It was ghosts. Big ones. And a tornado.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago

Holy shit, it's the Ghost of Kiyv

[–] nosuchanon@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Is this the new Gulf of Tonkin false flag operation? Seems that way.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They didn't even bother coming up with pretext when they attacked Iran initially, I don't see why they would now. Iran is also openly saying they shot that piece of shit down.

[–] nosuchanon@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Iran’s deputy FM says country did not deliberately target US helicopter

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago

Yet, Iranian officials have also been posting this