Posted on 08/06/2011 9:56:11 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
A US helicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan has killed 31 US special forces and seven Afghan soldiers, President Hamid Karzai's office says.
US media reports that many of those killed were from the elite Navy SEALs.
Neither the US nor Nato have confirmed the cause, but witnesses, officials and the Taliban say it was shot down.
The incident is believed to be the biggest single loss of life for US forces in Afghanistan since operations began in 2001.
The Chinook helicopter went down overnight in Wardak province, the statement from President Karzai's office said.
It was returning from an operation against the Taliban in which eight insurgents are believed to have been killed.
A senior official of President Barack Obama's administration said the helicopter was apparently shot down, Associated Press news agency said.
An official with the Nato-led coalition in Afghanistan told the New York Times the helicopter was shot down with a rocket-propelled grenade.
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ABC News said 25 Navy Seals were on board, plus seven Afghan special forces soldiers, five crew and one interpreter.
AP says most of those killed were from Seal Team Six - the same unit which killed Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan May.
The size of Team Six is not known.
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Are you calling Obama a 6th century savage?
Why didn’t we spread that team out after the high profile hit? Why did we put so many of them in the same chopper?
This is gut wrenching. Any one of these men sacrificed, before this loss, more for our country than Obama ever has or will. Any one of those men are worth more than thousands of Barack Obamas. Any one of those men would have run our nation as President the way someone who loves our nation should run it, and would in turn would have done a better job than Barack Hussein Soetoro Obama.
November 2012, I wish you were tomorrow.
I bet you EVERY damn dime I have that someone in the WH snitched on the where abouts of the navy seals!!
I pray that you are wrong. We need to see an AAR to see what happened. It is very odd the LZ wasn't secured.
5.56mm
This is a direct result of Obama's
UBL Press Release identifying the Seals.
Panetta is not qualified to be Sec of Defense.
Yep!!
From what I’ve been reading about that Westboro Church, I would not want to be one of them that shows up at any of their funerals. OTOH I read where those that were involved in the Osama Bin Ladin thing were not in that crash.
Also, so far not a word from Obama - probably too busy with his b’day BBQ celebrations.
God bless these men and their families.
seems unlikely to be an accident
taking out osama was unavoidable
taking revenge via leaking location info on the teams could easily have come from the admin
and yes, i believe this admin is that far gone as to work with our enemies directly
Monday morning, their names, bios and pictures would adorn the front page of The NYT if George W. Bush were still in office.
Almost impossible that the Taliban knew who was on that aircraft. CH-47’s are very common platforms in theater and the Talis are going to try to shoot down any one of them they can whether it is carrying Special Operations Troops or a pack of Cub Scouts.
This was probably just bad luck that they were able to down this aircraft. Even the bad guys get lucky sometimes.
We should not know this. We should not have known about Seal Team Six. The families who will bury their dead will now be an easy target.
Joe Biden should be tried for treason.
Loud mouth Biden and the O’puppet should both be tried for treason.
Or it was an inside job, as when the supposed “snitch” blew himself up and killed the CIA station chief.
Ed
What is “victory” over there? Killing the Taliban? They are all Taliban over there....or Taliban when it meets their needs.....bring our troops home...not in body bags....what a waste of good men for a bunch of know nothings back over here who want to “fight” from 8,000 miles away....
I’m just sick about this. I have a young friend who is a SEAL over there right now. Last I heard he was on a different team, but they back and fill sometimes, so who knows...
Of course we don”t know the whole story yet but if they were “returning” from an operation as has been reported, it is much less likely that it was an inside job.
There are many “possibilities” as to what happened but right now the “probability” is lucky shooting on the part of the enemy.
I am greatly saddened to hear of the loss of these brave patriots and brother’s in arms. They were among the best and brightest of their chosen profession. Our country is poorer to have lost them. Our prayers and most humble condolences to their friends and families.
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