Not to downplay the real security concerns, but the mortar attack from geotagged photos almost certainly did not happen. Here is a March 2012 post from a skept

Not to downplay the real security concerns, but the mortar attack from geotagged photos almost certainly did not happen. Here is a March 2012 post from a skeptic about the mortar story: http://www.spacerogue.net/wordpress/?m=201203 http://www.spacerogue.net/wordpress/?m=201203 It's also worth noting that there are no contemporary 2007 accounts of the incident. The wikipedia listing of aircraft losses in the Iraq War lists contemporary sources for every incident except for this four helicopter attack -- Wikipedia lists the 2012 geotagging source Steve Warren. This is the Internet though, so I'll email Mr. Warren and see if I can get his citation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aviation_shootdowns_and_accidents_during_the_Iraq_War#2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aviation_shootdowns_and...