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	<title>Fitaloon at MicroShaft &#187; ER-MCV</title>
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		<title>Plausible Deniability in Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://diack.co.uk/fitaloon/2009/08/plausible-deniability-in-afghanistan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 07:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fitaloon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ER-MCV]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://diack.co.uk/fitaloon/?p=1574</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Two stories from two different sources show how the war in Afghanistan is now being fought on a Plausible Deniability basis . First we have from EUReferendum more on a  story which I highlighted last month about dodgy firms being contracted indirectly by the MOD. This allows the the UK government to  plausibly deny as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ER-MCV: Update &#8211; Ainsworth admits it was carrying our Supplies</title>
		<link>http://diack.co.uk/fitaloon/2009/07/er-mcv-update-ainsworth-admits-it-was-carrying-our-supplies/</link>
		<comments>http://diack.co.uk/fitaloon/2009/07/er-mcv-update-ainsworth-admits-it-was-carrying-our-supplies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fitaloon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://diack.co.uk/fitaloon/?p=1452</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Finally true to his name &#8220;Slow Bob&#8221; Ainswoth admits that ER-MCV the MI-26T helicopter that went down on 14th July was carrying supplies for the British Forces. Ann Winterton (Congleton, Conservative) To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what supplies were lost when the Mi-26T helicopter carrying supplies to a British base in Afghanistan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ER-MCV: Daily Mail begin to Cotton on</title>
		<link>http://diack.co.uk/fitaloon/2009/07/er-mcv-daily-mail-begin-to-cotton-on/</link>
		<comments>http://diack.co.uk/fitaloon/2009/07/er-mcv-daily-mail-begin-to-cotton-on/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 23:38:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fitaloon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ER-MCV]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Daiky Mail]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://diack.co.uk/fitaloon/?p=1437</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A Borrowed or actually technically a leased Mi-8 helicopter tales off from Lashkar Gar. This is the Picture at the top of a Daily Mail article that tells us the public that we are borrowing Russian Helicopters. Amazingly Associated Newspapers have been on this blog a number of times in the past week so they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Attention MOD: MI-26 &#8211; Russian helicopters for sale</title>
		<link>http://diack.co.uk/fitaloon/2009/07/attention-mod-mi-26-russian-helicopters-for-sale/</link>
		<comments>http://diack.co.uk/fitaloon/2009/07/attention-mod-mi-26-russian-helicopters-for-sale/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 23:14:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fitaloon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ER-MCV]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://diack.co.uk/fitaloon/?p=1426</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just in case the MOD is in need of a replacement MI-26, you can buy one here. Actually you can buy 3-4 with  no problem at all with delivery in 3-6 months. More details below: Helicopter Mi-26: BUYING NEW First of all, we need you to prepare and send to us a Letter of Intent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sir Jock Stirrup Says Helicopter Shortage Causing Casualties</title>
		<link>http://diack.co.uk/fitaloon/2009/07/sir-jock-stirrup-says-helicopter-shortage-causing-casualties/</link>
		<comments>http://diack.co.uk/fitaloon/2009/07/sir-jock-stirrup-says-helicopter-shortage-causing-casualties/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:06:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fitaloon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://diack.co.uk/fitaloon/?p=1411</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Lack Of Choppers Hurting&#8217; The head of the UK&#8217;s Armed Forces has admitted to Sky News that a shortage of helicopters is causing casualties on the ground in southern Afghanistan. Sir Jock Stirrup had just delivered a &#8216;shopping list&#8217; of British troop requirements to Downing Street. It will be hurting even more after the loss [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ER-MCV: EU Referendum: Brown envelopes galore</title>
		<link>http://diack.co.uk/fitaloon/2009/07/e-mcv-eu-referendum-brown-envelopes-galore/</link>
		<comments>http://diack.co.uk/fitaloon/2009/07/e-mcv-eu-referendum-brown-envelopes-galore/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:45:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fitaloon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://diack.co.uk/fitaloon/?p=1402</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This post by EU Referendum says what I have been thinking and looking at over the past few days. The operation creep is  worrying, had it started to become about moving troops as well? Did that happen, was it about to happen, will we ever know? Secrecy abounds. The worry about attacks on Chinooks will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ER-MCV: Update on Status &#8211; Why all the Secrecy</title>
		<link>http://diack.co.uk/fitaloon/2009/07/er-mcv-update-on-status-why-all-the-secrecy/</link>
		<comments>http://diack.co.uk/fitaloon/2009/07/er-mcv-update-on-status-why-all-the-secrecy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fitaloon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bob Ainsworth]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://diack.co.uk/fitaloon/?p=1399</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A big problem I have with the crash of Helicopter ER-MCV and the loss of six Ukranian Crew and one Afghan civilian is why is there such secrecy about the deployment of this helicopter in Afghanistan? The helicopter and its two stablemates have been operating for our Armed Forces in Afghanistan for some time and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Search for Skylink (TheyWorkForYou.com)</title>
		<link>http://diack.co.uk/fitaloon/2009/07/search-for-skylink-theyworkforyou-com/</link>
		<comments>http://diack.co.uk/fitaloon/2009/07/search-for-skylink-theyworkforyou-com/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fitaloon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://diack.co.uk/fitaloon/?p=1394</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Interesting? Results 1-5 of 5 for skylink Written Answers — Defence: Military Aircraft (20 Apr 2009) John Hutton: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 25 March 2009, Official Report, column 424W. The UK currently supplements the NATO ISAF Contracted Air Transport with a national contract through SkyLink Aviation. Written Answers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wired.Com: Chopper Shoot-Down Reveals Deeper Flaws in Afghanistan Ops</title>
		<link>http://diack.co.uk/fitaloon/2009/07/wired-com-chopper-shoot-down-reveals-deeper-flaws-in-afghanistan-ops/</link>
		<comments>http://diack.co.uk/fitaloon/2009/07/wired-com-chopper-shoot-down-reveals-deeper-flaws-in-afghanistan-ops/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fitaloon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://diack.co.uk/fitaloon/?p=1388</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Story is now beginning to get out onto the more mainstream media. A heavy-lift helicopter, contracted by NATO, was shot down by the Taliban on Tuesday near the town of Sangin, in Afghanistan’s Helmand province. Reports indicate a rocket-propelled grenade brought down the 30-ton, Moldovan Mi-26 chopper (pictured, above), the biggest operational model in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EU Referendum: Was it British?</title>
		<link>http://diack.co.uk/fitaloon/2009/07/eu-referendum-was-it-british/</link>
		<comments>http://diack.co.uk/fitaloon/2009/07/eu-referendum-was-it-british/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:08:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fitaloon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://diack.co.uk/fitaloon/?p=1381</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[EU Referendum has picked up on my earlier post and goes a bit further. It is also possible that another company is doing the same sort of lease to the MOD, more details (possibly) later. EU&#8217;s post in full follows: From here, speculation that ER-MCV was under contract to the MoD as an asset not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ER-MCV: Update on Status &#8211; Hired by MOD not Nato</title>
		<link>http://diack.co.uk/fitaloon/2009/07/er-mcv-update-on-status-hired-by-mod-not-nato/</link>
		<comments>http://diack.co.uk/fitaloon/2009/07/er-mcv-update-on-status-hired-by-mod-not-nato/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 07:04:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fitaloon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://diack.co.uk/fitaloon/?p=1375</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Interesting comment left by one reader as follows: Interesting speculation here. ER-MCV was under contract to UK MOD. Asset not declared to NATO. Logistical resupply only. UK and NATO troops are not authorized to fly on aircraft without ballistic protection and Self Protection Suites. This asset strictly moved cargo…cargo supplied largely by British Forces. Can’t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Helicopter ER-MCV &#8211; Pecotox owned, Nato Contracted &#8211; It&#8217;s role?</title>
		<link>http://diack.co.uk/fitaloon/2009/07/helicopter-er-mcv-pecotox-owned-nato-contracted-its-role/</link>
		<comments>http://diack.co.uk/fitaloon/2009/07/helicopter-er-mcv-pecotox-owned-nato-contracted-its-role/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:40:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fitaloon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://diack.co.uk/fitaloon/?p=1370</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some digging around has established a couple of things about the above helicopter and the firm that runs its. First the company Pecotox has a number of issues concerning it&#8217;s shady history particularly its operations history in the Congo and where it got some of it&#8217;s fleet. Nice to see that Nato can pick on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Strange tale of Helicopter ER-MCV</title>
		<link>http://diack.co.uk/fitaloon/2009/07/the-strange-tale-of-helicopter-er-mcv/</link>
		<comments>http://diack.co.uk/fitaloon/2009/07/the-strange-tale-of-helicopter-er-mcv/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:05:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fitaloon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://diack.co.uk/fitaloon/?p=1363</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Let me just say this first If this helicopter has been used for carrying our Armed Forces then this is a betrayal on the highest scale of our Troops. If it has then at the least Ainsworth should go and in reality it should be Brown who carries the can. Yesterday buried amongst the news [...]]]></description>
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