22 f\u00e9vrier<\/a> :<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\u00abLieutenant General Raymond Odierno, the second ranking US commander in Iraq,<\/em> [] said cells affiliated with Al-Qaeda in Iraq are believed be stalking US helicopters, a vital cog in the US military machine.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\u00bbTwo or three of the eight helicopters that have been downed since January 20 appeared to have been ambushed, he said. I think they’ve probably been trying to do this for a long time, but my guess is we have a cell out there that’s somewhat effective, he said.<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\tOn sait depuis longtemps que la menace contre les h\u00e9licopt\u00e8res est la plus grave menace tactique qui puisse peser sur les Am\u00e9ricains, si grave qu’elle pourrait avoir des effets strat\u00e9giques si elle \u00e9tait men\u00e9e \u00e0 son terme. On a une indication indirecte mais tr\u00e8s significative de la gravit\u00e9 de la menace, effectivement, lorsque le m\u00eame Odierno pr\u00e9cise que l’emploi des h\u00e9licopt\u00e8res US en Irak a presque doubl\u00e9 en deux ans :<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\t\u00abIn 2005, US military helicopters in Iraq flew 240,000 hours. Last year they flew, 334,000 hours and the current rate they’ll fly 400,000 hours this year, Odierno said.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\u00abWe realize that effective use of helicopters is essential to operational success. And we are using all means at our disposal to protect our aircraft, he said.<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\tL’\u00e9volution est impressionnante. L’ann\u00e9e de r\u00e9f\u00e9rence, 2005, est une ann\u00e9e de combats tr\u00e8s intenses, sans doute aussi intenses sinon plus pour les forces US que 2006 et ce d\u00e9but 2007 (les forces US ayant eu tendance \u00e0 se d\u00e9sengager des combats terrestres, ceci explique cela, depuis 2005.). Cette augmentation de l’usage des h\u00e9licopt\u00e8res devient, dans ce cadre r\u00e9f\u00e9rentiel, encore plus impressionnante. Elle signifie certes la crainte des pertes au sol dans un environnement de plus en plus incontr\u00f4lable, mais \u00e9galement une tendance grandissante des forces US \u00e0 non seulement refuser le combat, mais refuser la guerre elle-m\u00eame, cette guerre au sol, meurtri\u00e8re et insaisissable. Ce fait seul mesure les risques de la d\u00e9faite.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\tDans ce cas, bien entendu, la mise en p\u00e9ril de la flotte d’h\u00e9licopt\u00e8res US, de menace tactique, devient une menace strat\u00e9gique.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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\tMis en ligne le 23 f\u00e9vrier 2007 \u00e0 17H54<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Les pertes US en h\u00e9licopt\u00e8res atteignent huit appareils en un mois, ce qui repr\u00e9sente la p\u00e9riode la plus co\u00fbteuse \u00e0 cet \u00e9gard. Les Am\u00e9ricains pensent effectivement que les insurgents ont mis au point des proc\u00e9dures efficaces. Selon Jim Mannion, de AFP, le 22 f\u00e9vrier : \u00abLieutenant General Raymond Odierno, the second ranking US commander in… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[6470,3916,857,4394,2671],"class_list":["post-68561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bloc-notes","tag-emploi","tag-helicopteres","tag-irak","tag-pertes","tag-us"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68561\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}