{"id":32826,"date":"2019-04-11T10:52:57","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T14:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/?p=32826"},"modified":"2019-04-11T10:57:59","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T14:57:59","slug":"american-empire-at-an-end-us-b-52-stratofortress-shot-down-by-taliban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/?p=32826","title":{"rendered":"American Empire at an End: US B-52 Stratofortress Shot Down by Taliban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><a href=\"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/B-52_Stratofortress_assigned_to_the_307th_Bomb_Wing_cropped.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/B-52_Stratofortress_assigned_to_the_307th_Bomb_Wing_cropped-1024x697.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"436\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-32828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/B-52_Stratofortress_assigned_to_the_307th_Bomb_Wing_cropped-1024x697.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/B-52_Stratofortress_assigned_to_the_307th_Bomb_Wing_cropped-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/B-52_Stratofortress_assigned_to_the_307th_Bomb_Wing_cropped-768x523.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Taliban Claims It Shot Down US B-52 Bomber in Afghanistan &#8211; Reports<\/h1>\n<p><strong>The alleged attack comes days after the Taliban targeted a US convoy in north-eastern Afghanistan, killing three soldiers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Taliban* militants have claimed they shot down\u00a0a US B-52 heavy bomber, Syrian news site\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/muraselon.com\/en\/2019\/04\/taliban-claims-b52-bomber-afghanistan\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Muraselon<\/a>\u00a0reports.<\/p>\n<p>The incident purportedly took place when the aircraft was departing from\u00a0the Shawrab Airbase in\u00a0southern Afghanistan in\u00a0the early hours of\u00a0Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"marker-quote1\">&#8220;Mujaheddin (a militia fighter) of\u00a0the\u00a0Islamic Emirate\u00a0targeted a US B-52 bomber with\u00a0heavy weapons today early morning in\u00a0Lar area in\u00a0the Washir district of\u00a0Helmand Province,&#8221; a spokesman for\u00a0the Taliban was quoted as\u00a0saying.<\/p>\n<p>The B-52 is said to\u00a0have crashed after\u00a0the strike, killing all of\u00a0its crew. Both Afghan and US authorities are yet to\u00a0comment on\u00a0the matter.<\/p>\n<p>On 8 April, three US service members were killed in a car bomb attack on a convoy near the Bagram Air Force Base in north-eastern Afghanistan. The terror group claimed responsibility for the bombing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/tags\/tag_Taliban\/\">The Taliban<\/a>\u00a0emerged in\u00a01994 at\u00a0the height of\u00a0a civil war in\u00a0Afghanistan. The group held power in\u00a0most of\u00a0the country between\u00a01996 and 2001; during\u00a0this period, it introduced Islamic Sharia law.<\/p>\n<p>The Taliban was ousted from\u00a0power by\u00a0a US-led coalition in\u00a02001 and has since\u00a0then been waging a guerrilla war against\u00a0the Kabul-based government, and NATO forces in\u00a0Afghanistan and neighbouring Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>Russia&#8217;s envoy to\u00a0Afghanistan said in\u00a0February that the militants control at\u00a0least 50 per cent of\u00a0Afghanistan&#8217;s territory and their ranks include from\u00a03,500 to\u00a010,000 Daesh* fighters, who regularly carry out\u00a0terror attacks across\u00a0the country.<\/p>\n<p><em>*The Taliban and Daesh (aka IS\/ISIS\/Islamic State) are<\/em>\u00a0<em>terrorist groups outlawed in\u00a0Russia.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/asia\/201904101073997340-taliban-shoots-down-us-bomber-report\/\">https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/asia\/201904101073997340-taliban-shoots-down-us-bomber-report\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32826\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}