Iranian pilot killed fighting in Iraq: state media

[JUBA]

Iranian pilot killed fighting in Iraq: state media

TEHRAN: An Iranian pilot has been killed while fighting in Iraq, state media reported Saturday, in what is thought to be Tehran's first military casualty during battles against Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) jihadists.

Iran's official IRNA news agency did not say whether the pilot died while flying sorties or fighting on the ground.

It said Colonel Shoja'at Alamdari Mourjani was killed while "defending" Shiite Muslim holy sites in the city of Samarra, north of Baghdad.

His death comes after Iran's declarations that it will provide its western neighbour with whatever it needs to counter the Sunni militants who are laying siege to the Shiite-led government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

Samarra is a major flashpoint in the fighting and is home to the Shiite Al-Askari shrine which was bombed by Al-Qaeda in February 2006, sparking a bloody Sunni-Shiite sectarian war that killed tens of thousands.

The reports of the pilot's death came as Iranian officials insist their assistance is not in the form of troops, but rather of weapons and equipment if Iraq asks for them.

President Hassan Rouhani vowed last month that Iran, which is predominantly Shiite, would protect Shiite holy sites in Iraq, including in Samarra.

The Fars news agency appeared to confirm the IRNA report, publishing photos of a funeral service for the pilot on Friday in his home province of Fars, in southern Iran.

Fars did not give any details, but hinted that Alamdari Mourjani was a member of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, whose elite Quds Force is believed to be on the ground and assisting Iraqi forces, despite Tehran's denials.

Earlier in the week, the Iraqi defence ministry said it had taken delivery of five Sukhoi Su-25 warplanes and released video footage of them being unloaded from a cargo plane.

The London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies said the jets came from Iran.


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[Serpentine]

Since no plane has been downed these days, it should have been on the ground, so why should a pilot fight on the ground?

Maybe he was a pilgrim and died of a mortar or something?

 

[JUBA]

Ince no plane has been downed these day, it should have been on the ground, so why should a pilot fight on the ground?

Maybe he was a pilgrim and died of a mortar or something?

"IRNA, Iran’s official news agency, did not provide details of how or when the pilot, identified as Col. Shoja’at Alamdari Mourjani, was killed, but said he died defending holy places in the Iraqi city of Samarra, which is home to an important Shiite pilgrimage site"

 

[Dem!god]

RIP....

 

[Serpentine]

"IRNA, Iran’s official news agency, did not provide details of how or when the pilot, identified as Col. Shoja’at Alamdari Mourjani, was killed, but said he died defending holy places in the Iraqi city of Samarra, which is home to an important Shiite pilgrimage site"

Actually they say this for every Iranian killed or injured in Syria and now Iraq, but anyway, I don't think we can find out what actually happened.

If he has been killed in a fight, then he should have been a volunteer,not sent by IRGC officially.

 

[JUBA]

Actually they say this for every Iranian killed or injured in Syria and now Iraq, but anyway, I don't think we can find out what actually happened.

If he has been killed in a fight, then he should have been a volunteer,not sent by IRGC officially.

That's your state media talking, and they admitted that he was fighting there, IRGC is officially in Iraq since ISIL captured Mosul.

 

[boomslang]

I'm sure he wasn't crying while Iran was sending all those IED's to Iraq to kill Americans so..........F 'EM !!! May ISIS and Iran kick the shit out of each other.

 

[ResurgentIran]

I'm sure he wasn't crying while Iran was sending all those IED's to Iraq to kill Americans so..........F 'EM !!! May ISIS and Iran kick the shit out of each other.

Same goes for US in Afghanistan. I hope US wear itself out fighting the taliban.
In fact, 3 US soldiers died last week, am I right?
Lovely.

 

[boomslang]

Same goes for US in Afghanistan. I hope US wear itself out fighting the taliban.
In fact, 3 US soldiers died last week, am I right?
Lovely.

We'll be out of there soon, Karzai will be skinned alive, the Talibs will be shooting little girls and everyone will be happy living in the 8th century. See, a happy ending.

 

[ResurgentIran]

We'll be out of there soon, Karzai will be skinned alive, the Talibs will be shooting little girls and everyone will be happy living in the 8th century. See, a happy ending.

So 15 years of wasted American life, efforts and money. All that without really achieving a strategic objective.
Its like those soliders died for absolutely NADA!
How fecking sweet!!

Happy ending indeed.

 

[Alienoz_TR]

Sorry to hear, I hope He bombed enough ISIS terrorists, sending them to the hell.

inna ileyhi ve inna lillahi raciun

 

[boomslang]

So 15 years of wasted American life, efforts and money. All that without really achieving a strategic objective.
Its like those soliders died for absolutely NADA!
How fecking sweet!!

Happy ending indeed.

I didn't agree on how we went about Afghanistan but we DID kill a lot of sweater-bombers. Gotta love that !

 

[Alienoz_TR]

So 15 years of wasted American life, efforts and money. All that without really achieving a strategic objective.
Its like those soliders died for absolutely NADA!
How fecking sweet!!

Happy ending indeed.

They achieved a strategic objective indeed. Kurdestan. White Christian brainwashed u.s. Army boys lost their lives, their arms, eyes, legs in order to serve their Jewish masters. Funny indeed.

If i were a white christian u.s. Army boy with one leg, one arm, and one eye, i would have asked: why?

 

[ResurgentIran]

I didn't agree on how we went about Afghanistan but we DID kill a lot of sweater-bombers. Gotta love that !

I love it too! Seeing as I hate the taliban. But you know what I love more? That you still wasted 15 years without achieving dick strategically. Same goes for Iraq.
Think about those soliders returning home dead to united states.
Its like their lives and sacrifice did not really mean anything, now that US is going home with their tails between their legs.
Just a huge lol @ that one.

They achieved a strategic objective indeed. Kurdestan. White Christian brainwashed u.s. Army boys lost their lives, their arms, eyes, legs in order to serve their Jewish masters. Funny indeed.

If i were a white christian u.s. Army boy with one leg, one arm, and one eye, i would have asked: why?

United States have overextended itself on behalf of a tiny fake entity (israel) and gotten involved in major occupations, without getting anything in return.
How funny is it that an Israeli prime minister gets to embarass a US president, and the next day receive a standing ovation from congress?
How pathetic is that?

 

[Alienoz_TR]

United States have overextended itself on behalf of a tiny fake entity (israel) and gotten involved in major occupations, without getting anything in return.
How funny is it that an Israeli prime minister gets to embarass a US president, and the next day receive a standing ovation from congress?
How pathetic is that?

United States may collapse, not important. "The Parasite" will then find a new host and will suck it then. Losing a few american grunt and wasting a few trillions US taxmoney is not important for the parasite.

Host serves for the parasite, not vice versa. Tomorrow it lands on Kurds and will suck Kurdish blood. Israel is the winner. That Iranian pilot, ISIS fanatics, US soldiers, Taleban, Pakistani soldiers, and most importantly all those civilians overall etc... are necessary casualties of one big dream. Parasite with a dream, very funny.