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US Marines Land In Liberia...aboard an Mi-8T!!



 
 
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Old July 7th 03, 11:00 PM
Micbloo
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Default US Marines Land In Liberia...aboard an Mi-8T!!


Anyone catch this on the news channels? A contingent of US military experts
including heavily armed US Marines landed today at the US Embassy compound
helipad in Monrovia, Liberia aboard.....a Russian Mi-8T helicopter. Nice
looking ship, hooked up with rescue winch, in blue-white colors. It had an
American flag
stenciled on the cockpit door with the word :"MARINES" printed above it. The
pilots also looked to be Marines also. Anyone have any info on this? Where
did they get the ship and why use the Mi-8? Possibly because they didnt want
to scare the locals so they "snuck in" on the Mi-8.

Gerard
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Old July 8th 03, 12:20 AM
Andrew Chaplin
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Micbloo wrote:

Anyone catch this on the news channels? A contingent of US military experts
including heavily armed US Marines landed today at the US Embassy compound
helipad in Monrovia, Liberia aboard.....a Russian Mi-8T helicopter. Nice
looking ship, hooked up with rescue winch, in blue-white colors. It had an
American flag
stenciled on the cockpit door with the word :"MARINES" printed above it. The
pilots also looked to be Marines also. Anyone have any info on this? Where
did they get the ship and why use the Mi-8? Possibly because they didnt want
to scare the locals so they "snuck in" on the Mi-8.


I saw that too and thought it passing strange.
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Old July 8th 03, 03:07 AM
Micbloo
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Subject: US Marines Land In Liberia...aboard an Mi-8T!!

From: Andrew Chaplin


I saw that too and thought it passing strange.


Apparently this is old news. Check out this website:
http://www.icioregon.com/



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Old July 8th 03, 04:44 PM
Harry Andreas
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In article , Andrew Chaplin
wrote:

Micbloo wrote:

Anyone catch this on the news channels? A contingent of US military

experts
including heavily armed US Marines landed today at the US Embassy compound
helipad in Monrovia, Liberia aboard.....a Russian Mi-8T helicopter. Nice
looking ship, hooked up with rescue winch, in blue-white colors. It had an
American flag
stenciled on the cockpit door with the word :"MARINES" printed above

it. The
pilots also looked to be Marines also. Anyone have any info on this? Where
did they get the ship and why use the Mi-8? Possibly because they

didnt want
to scare the locals so they "snuck in" on the Mi-8.


Picture on the front page of the LA Times today.

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