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    Surveillance drone crashes in Somali capital

    MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Witnesses say a surveillance drone has crashed into a refugee camp in the Somali capital.

    Drones have been used by the U.S. to attack or observe al-Qaida-linked militants in the Horn of Africa nation.

    Refugees and soldiers in Mogadishu's Badbado camp say they watched the drone crash Friday into a hut made of sticks, corrugated cans and plastic bags.

    Sacdiyo Sheikh Madar, a refugee at the camp, says African Union peacekeepers came to remove it.

    Police officer Ali Hussein says the drone was shaped like a small plane. A similar drone crashed into a house in Mogadishu last year.

     
    • STEVE C  •  Wichita, Kansas  •  3 mths ago
      Is America useing cheap Chiness parts in the drones? why do they keep crashing?
      • John Diddums 3 mths ago
        Maybe they're buying american
      • staccato 3 mths ago
        yes infact DOD oversight committee found the drones and other military equipment were being built with cheap chinese subpar parts so that the american contractors could save money...they have since ceased shipment of those parts from china.
      • Frank 3 mths ago
        Steve great minds do think alike , that was my 1st thought lol
    • Nightfall  •  3 mths ago
      You know... we really need to fix the self destruct on these things.This is getting embarrassing.
      • Carl 3 mths ago
        The kind that crashes in Somalia doesn't need a self destruct.. they're *relatively* low tech and in this case it probable would have killed nearby refugees. The kind that crashes in Iran.. that's a different story.
      • Karmalious 3 mths ago
        Let me guess, the somalians also gained the uber technology to down a drone in flight. I mean, if the Iranians can do it ;-) I was kidding.
      • ieateel 3 mths ago
        That was my first thought when I read the headline.
    • Andrew  •  3 mths ago
      I had no idea that they were even making a third "The Gods Must Be Crazy" movie.
    • Flatusm  •  Seattle, Washington  •  3 mths ago
      "...drone crash into a hut made of sticks, corrugated cans and plastic bags."
      They are taking out the rich folk first I guess.
      • Flying Spaghetti Monster 3 mths ago
        nice, beat me to it. After the quote i was going to say "A mansion by Somali standards"
      • CMI 3 mths ago
        "Uptown Somalia"!!
      • Richard 3 mths ago
        Nahhh The rich use plastic tarps instead of plastic bags. Windows are made from car glass. Tinted of course
    • David  •  Anaheim, California  •  3 mths ago
      Maybe we should recruit 15 year old gamers to pilot these things.
      • Tim 3 mths ago
        Maybe we should recruit 15 year olds to write your comments?
      • O.G. - Oscar the Grouch 3 mths ago
        maybe i have 25 years of experience playing games?
      • WilliamM 3 mths ago
        We do, when they're 18.
    • The Concerned One  •  Seattle, Washington  •  3 mths ago
      Craigslist... Mogadishu....
      For Sale, one slightly used flying spy plane, without small man who flies it.
      Small dent, one AK47 hole in it.
      Will trade for large outboard motor.
      Dollars only, Euros no good.
    • NutSac  •  3 mths ago
      Its a bird... its a plane... no, its another million crashing to the ground.
    • hugh jorgan  •  Denver, Colorado  •  3 mths ago
      These Somali huts must attract drones like trailer courts attract tornados.
    • SteveF  •  3 mths ago
      The US has got to start training drone pilots using Play Station 3. The current Wii training program does not seem to be effective.
    • T  •  3 mths ago
      F-16 fighters crash. So do B-52s. Name a military aircraft, and it has crashed, including reconnaissance aircraft. Same for Boeing and Airbus airliners. If it's made by the hand of man, at least one will go down. There's at least hundreds -- perhaps a thousand or more -- drones buzzing around in service. More will crash -- that's inevitable. But no pilots will die. Sounds like a "win" to me.
    • Timothy  •  Weilheim in Oberbayern, Germany  •  3 mths ago
      Drones must obey gravity. (It's the law.)
    • louise  •  3 mths ago
      W e gave Iran one now we give Somali one,
    • Shlumgullya  •  3 mths ago
      "........it crashed into a hut made of sticks, corrugated cans, and plastic bags...."

      Some of my cousins down Arkansas live in houses just like that ! Talk about a coincidence !
    • Sikovitt  •  3 mths ago
      Some guy in a stick mud hut will boast that he took control of the drone with an iPod tied to a cellphone, and people will believe it.
    • toby jack  •  Henryetta, Oklahoma  •  3 mths ago
      I guess chicken little was right, the sky is falling.
    • S.  •  3 mths ago
      TELL them it's a weather balloon
    • Harold  •  3 mths ago
      Drones are gonna replace the A10 Wart Hog on a base near here. What a joke!.
    • Gverwtfr  •  Indianapolis, Indiana  •  3 mths ago
      Small pilots wanted
    • AtomicWedgie  •  San Francisco, California  •  3 mths ago
      Dont these things have a destruct mechanism on them? They're falling out of the skies like
      rain lately.
    • -----------------  •  Orlando, Florida  •  3 mths ago
      Did the Somalis drag it through the streets?
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