NATO Chopper Crash Claims 38 Lives

[acidhead]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/06/us-afghanistan-violence-idUSTRE7750UW20110806

By Michelle Nichols

KABUL | Sat Aug 6, 2011 8:20am EDT

(Reuters) - A NATO helicopter crashed during a battle with the Taliban in Afghanistan, killing 31 U.S. soldiers and 7 Afghans, the Afghan president said on Saturday, a devastating toll and easily the worst single incident for foreign troops in 10 years of war.

A brief statement from the presidential palace said the troop-carrying Chinook helicopter had crashed in Syedabad in central Maidan Wardak province, just to the west of the capital, Kabul, and identified the Americans as special forces troops.

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........ how's that for 'progress'?

End the wars... If you support the troops you'd call for the immediate withdrawal from this losing battle and demand they return home.

[Mr.United_Nations]

If they withdraw, it would be a massacare.

[acidhead]

just curious...

What are the chances the dead Navy Seals are the ones who apparently got Bin Laden?

Just like OBL is 'swimming with da fishes'... dead soldiers tell no tales.

[__Kratos__]

just curious...

What are the chances the dead Navy Seals are the ones who apparently got Bin Laden?

Just like OBL is 'swimming with da fishes'... dead soldiers tell no tales.

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Conspiracy theories & nutjob remarks just for the sake of flapping your gums.

None of the 22 SEAL personnel killed in the crash were part of the team that killed bin Laden in a May raid in Pakistan, but they belonged to the same unit. Their deployment in the raid in which the helicopter crashed would suggest that the target was a high-ranking insurgent figure.

http://news.yahoo.com/copter-downing-afghanistan-kills-30-americans-192301718.html

Here's a link to the right forum for you:

http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/index.php?showforum=11

Enjoy.

[Raptor Witness]

Perhaps Texas Governor Rick Perry's [revival] wasn't received as well as he had hoped?

Edited August 6, 2011 by Raptor Witness

[ninjadude]

If they withdraw, it would be a massacare.

what has that got to do with this story? and who cares? we've done it before.

[Thanato]

Lest We Forget the lives lost in this unfortunate aspect of war.

~Thanato

[acidhead]

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Conspiracy theories & nutjob remarks just for the sake of flapping your gums.

http://news.yahoo.com/copter-downing-afghanistan-kills-30-americans-192301718.html

Here's a link to the right forum for you:

http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/index.php?showforum=11

Enjoy.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_AFGHANISTAN?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-08-06-06-27-19

Aug 6, 11:41 PM EDT

Copter shot down, killing 30 US troops, 7 Afghans

By SOLOMON MOORE and KIMBERLY DOZIER

Associated Press

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Insurgents shot down a U.S. military helicopter during fighting in eastern Afghanistan, killing 30 Americans, most of them belonging to the same elite Navy SEALs unit that killed Osama bin Laden, as well as seven Afghan commandos, U.S. officials said Saturday. It was the deadliest single loss for American forces in the decade-old war.

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[acidhead]

believe what you want

[The_Hoff]

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_AFGHANISTAN?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-08-06-06-27-19

Aug 6, 11:41 PM EDT

Copter shot down, killing 30 US troops, 7 Afghans

By SOLOMON MOORE and KIMBERLY DOZIER

Associated Press

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Insurgents shot down a U.S. military helicopter during fighting in eastern Afghanistan, killing 30 Americans, most of them belonging to the same elite Navy SEALs unit that killed Osama bin Laden, as well as seven Afghan commandos, U.S. officials said Saturday. It was the deadliest single loss for American forces in the decade-old war.

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That statement can be taken a couple ways: It *could* imply that the soldiers on the chopper belonged to the SAME UNIT vs saying the SAME SOLDIERS that killed OBL died. It's a bit vague.....

[MichaelW]

believe what you want

We will. We're not the ones making up stories for the fun of it.

[acidhead]

We will. We're not the ones making up stories for the fun of it.

current trends form future events.. I called it like it was.. not as I wanted it to be

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[Space Commander Travis]

the same elite Navy SEALs unit

Does that mean the Super Soldiers of Team Six? So how many are in this Team Six? I thought they were like a small elite squad like the A-team. or do they just mean that they were SEALS? How many of them are there?

[__Kratos__]

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_AFGHANISTAN?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-08-06-06-27-19

Aug 6, 11:41 PM EDT

Copter shot down, killing 30 US troops, 7 Afghans

By SOLOMON MOORE and KIMBERLY DOZIER

Associated Press

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Insurgents shot down a U.S. military helicopter during fighting in eastern Afghanistan, killing 30 Americans, most of them belonging to the same elite Navy SEALs unit that killed Osama bin Laden, as well as seven Afghan commandos, U.S. officials said Saturday. It was the deadliest single loss for American forces in the decade-old war.

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At least read my post next time. -.-

Once again this time in bold:

None of the 22 SEAL personnel killed in the crash were part of the team that killed bin Laden in a May raid in Pakistan, but they belonged to the same unit. Their deployment in the raid in which the helicopter crashed would suggest that the target was a high-ranking insurgent figure.

@747 there are probably at least a few hundred seals in seal team 6. Their exact numbers are classified but other groups have a lot more guys in it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy_SEALs#SEAL_Teams

[Space Commander Travis]

At least read my post next time. -.-

Once again this time in bold:

@747 there are probably at least a few hundred seals in seal team 6. Their exact numbers are classified but other groups have a lot more guys in it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy_SEALs#SEAL_Teams

is that right? I was always under the impression they were like just platoon size. So (presumably) not even all of team Six were in on the hit on Bin L, then. I suppose that way it helps to preserve anonymity.

[Raptor Witness]

@747 there are probably at least a few hundred seals in seal team 6. Their exact numbers are classified but other groups have a lot more guys in it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy_SEALs#SEAL_Teams

I heard today PBS that there are approximately 10,000 special forces currently operating in Afghanistan. Many are on multiple tours, brushing up on their killing skills.

It's amazing that something like this hasn't happened before now. We've been very lucky over the course of the past ten years, but par for this course is changing.

Every time I hear a military spokesperson on TV say "the bad guys," I think how frail the argument must be, if we need to be constantly reminded of it.

What percentage of the population must be exterminated in order to be rid of all "the bad guys?"

Is there such a thing as slow genocide?

Edited August 9, 2011 by Raptor Witness

[__Kratos__]

I heard today PBS that there are approximately 10,000 special forces currently operating in Afghanistan. Many are on multiple tours, brushing up on their killing skills.

It's amazing that something like this hasn't happened before now. We've been very lucky over the course of the past ten years, but par for this course is changing.

Every time I hear a military spokesperson on TV say "the bad guys," I think how frail the argument must be, if we need to be constantly reminded of it.

What percentage of the population must be exterminated in order to be rid of all "the bad guys?"

Is there such a thing as slow genocide?

Yeah, from different branches of the military/contractors. I was just quoting wiki about the one team from the seals.

For all the antirocket stuff on helios and the fact the taliban use iron sights on their rpgs makes this shot 1 in a million to get through and to actually take it down. I bet that guy dropped to his knees and felt his jaw hit the ground with them in shock.

Not so much the population we're after but the guys shooting the population and blowing up their markets.

[Raptor Witness]

If it's so good to kill the "bad guys," then how come we never hear how many they're killing every day? We hear of the occasional drone killing people in Pakistan. I guess that's just a robot with human eyes. It's not human directly killing human, so perhaps it's sanitized enough for broadcast.

Afghanistan is nothing but a human game preserve, and the game is no longer about good vs. bad. In a perpetual war, there are no good guys, and "bad guys," there are only dead guys.

[Space Commander Travis]

Hmmmm.. According to the Knews today, NATO Forces have killed, by means of an air strike, the man - yes, the one individual - who shot down the helicopter. Now, how many people believe this?