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2005-06-29 Afghanistan/South Asia

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Posted by Fred 2005-06-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 when shithooks diverge..low %. I hope someone survived.

Posted by Red Dog 2005-06-29 00:18|| 2005-06-29 00:18|| Front Page Top

#2 Update. Not good.

KABUL, Afghanistan (CBS) A senior military official believes the 17 American service members aboard a U.S. Chinook helicopter that crashed in Afghanistan on Tuesday were believed to have been killed, CBS News has learned.
The senior Pentagon official spoke on condition of anonymity after the military earlier said the U.S. Chinook helicopter was likely shot down by hostile fire."Initial reports indicate the crash may have been caused by hostile fire," a U.S. military statement said.
The Chinook helicopter was carrying members of a special operations unit into an operation against al Qaeda and Taliban fighters in the rugged mountains near the border with Pakistan when a second helicopter reported seeing an explosion, reports CBS News National Security Correspondent David Martin.
"Coalition troops on the ground in this area came in contact with enemy forces and requested additional forces to be inserted into this operation," U.S. military spokesman Col. James Yonts told a news conference. "That is why there was an aircraft, that is how it arrived on the battlefield."
Purported Taliban spokesman Mullah Latif Hakimi telephoned the AP before news of the crash was released and said the rebels shot the helicopter down. He said the rebels filmed the attack and would release the video to the media. He also claimed that rebels killed seven U.S. soldiers in an attack in the same area, although U.S. spokeswomen Lt. Cindy Moore said no such attack had been made on an American convoy.

Posted by tu3031 2005-06-29 15:38|| 2005-06-29 15:38|| Front Page Top

#3 He said the rebels filmed the attack and would release the video to the media.

Sounds like someone told them the Chinook was coming if they were ready to film it.

Posted by Charles 2005-06-29 17:18|| 2005-06-29 17:18|| Front Page Top

#4 That "someone" would be our "pals" in the Pakistani Armed Forces.

Posted by Omavitch Cravitch1380">Omavitch Cravitch1380 2005-06-29 18:29|| www.michaelcalderonscall.com]">[www.michaelcalderonscall.com] 2005-06-29 18:29|| Front Page Top

#5 I heard a little snippet on the complimentary TV at the laundry I wash clothes at that said that after the helicopter had crashed, the enemy went in and killed what survivors there were. If there's any truth to this, from here on out, U.S. soldiers should completely destroy by fire any enemy forces they encounter. Leave nothing on the battlefield but bits of flesh and bone. Time to grind these "insurgents" underfoot COMPLETELY.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-06-29 22:25|| 2005-06-29 22:25|| Front Page Top

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