There is much speculation floating around about the tragic crash of the British C-130 Hercules yesterday which occurred barely twenty miles northwest of Baghdad. While the BBC reports in Ten feared dead in Hercules crash that “…wreckage from the C-130 plane, which is known for its reliability, was spread over a wide area, after crashing in fine conditions,” the most telling statement in the entire article is this one:
“It is thought the investigation into what caused the crash could prove difficult in the hostile territory.”
“Hostile territory?” Are they saying there is still hostile territory merely twenty miles northwest of Baghdad? That tells a lot about current security conditions in Iraq. In fact, it sounds quite similar to conditions in Afghanistan outside of Kabul for the past three years.