UN, US Helicopters Fired Upon in South Sudan

Soldiers injured

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Two officials have told The Associated Press that a U.N. helicopter trying to evacuate peacekeepers and civilians was fired on and sustained significant damage on Friday in the same restive South Sudan state where a U.S. helicopter was hit Saturday.

Rob McKee of Warrior Security said the U.N. helicopter was hit by small arms fire and made an emergency landing while trying to evacuate personnel from a base in Yuai in Jonglei state. A second official who insisted on anonymity because the information hasn't been released said the helicopter was abandoned and remains unable to fly. No injuries were reported.

Comments

[On The Road To Mandalay]

What are U.S. Helicopters doing in that armpit country in the first place? Most of the U.S. Helicopters need to be on the U.S.-Mexico border where we are being invaded by the f***ing drug cartels.

[BigT]

My brother was evacuated from S Sudan last week. He's been in Egypt and Afghan in some unrest, but this was first time he seemed shaken. Lots of old scores being settled under the cover of the unrest, think Baghdad 2004.