31 Dead, Including 25 Navy SEALS, in Afghan Chopper Attack

CBS News via WIBW ^ | Saturday, August 6, 2011 | David Martin

[kristinn]

KABUL, Afghanistan -- A helicopter crash in Afghanistan's eastern Wardak province has killed 31 U.S. special operation troops and seven Afghan soldiers, the country's president said on Saturday. It was the highest number of casualties recorded in a single incident in the decade-long war.

More than 20 U.S. special operations forces killed, most of them Navy SEALs. They were not members of SEAL Team 6, as some reports claim. The crew of five U.S. servicemen was also killed along with seven Afghan commandos, a civilian interpreter and a dog. Bodies are being evacuated from the crash site.

[kristinn]

Irresponsible leaks and reporting have caused alot of heartache to alot of families today.

God bless all our military and their families. And give strength to those whose duty it is to inform the families of those who gave their lives this weekend.

[ozzymandus]

It always takes a few days for the true story to come out, and by then, everybody has already absorbed the false ones.

[tanuki]

I know this is late, but still you’d think something like this would be a priority.

http://www.popsci.com/node/4040

[Moonman62]

The press is despicable as always.

[gaijin]

If it really WERE Seal Team 6, would they SAY so?

I think they would deny it, even if the leak were accurate.

[NormsRevenge]

AP was out front on the initial report of Seal Team 6 involvement.. who else?

Thanks for the Update!

[kristinn]

Now CBS is reporting they were members of SEAL Team 6:

Although Martin earlier reported that they were not members of SEAL Team 6, as some reports claimed, he is now reporting that It was Navy SEAL Team 6 but no members of bin Laden raid. The total of American dead appears to be 30, and we can say they came from the Navy, Air Force and Army, most of them Navy SEALs from Team 6.

[kristinn]

See comment #7. CBS News now says it was members of SEAL Team 6.

[petitfour]

It’s terrible news regardless. :(

[petitfour]

This is one of those darned if you do and darned if you don’t stories. I think I’d rather the Taliban believe they had killed the members of Team 6 who raided the OBL compound.

[DemforBush]

Prayers and thoughts for the fallen and their families.

[xrmusn]

This is one of those darned if you do and darned if you don’t stories.
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I kind of find it hard to believe that many “SpecOps” people were in one vulnerable place at one time.

Not the USN I grew up in.

Guess it is a cost saving thing?

God Bless their souls and look over all our troops.

The Brass and Government don’t appear to be doing such a good job.

[NormsRevenge]

It’s happening ‘Fast&Furious’ in the news rooms and here too.. Thanks for the up-update!

It takes a little while for the dust to settle in that part of the world.

[parisa]

Is it at all possible that this was a planned ambush and the SEALS were lured by informants to that spot to be shot down?

[ken21]

ditto.

[fortheDeclaration]

Exactly! Media gloating!

[Patton@Bastogne]

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Gentlemen ....here are some thoughts that I've had over the past 24 hours ...



For starters, I've been at Free Republic since 1996 ... so I'm NOT a Troll ...

As Jackie Gleason used to say "And Away We Go ..."





1) Osama Bin Laden was (carefully stated) the most "publicly visible" War Criminal since Hitler ...


2) Osama Bin Laden and Al Quada (sp) have certainly infiltrated the continental United States ... possibly a couple of years before 9/11 ... they CERTAINLY have Assasins and Sleeper Agents here ...


3) Osama Bin Laden might have actually been "hiding" in Pakistan and then Executed-Captured by the United States military a few months back ... but who REALLY knows ?


4) "SEAL Team Six" may not even ACTUALLY exist ... except on a Pentagon Public Relations / Counterintelligence chart ...


5) If I were the POTUS I actually would have assisted the Pentagon into "fabricating" the story of SEAL Team Six ... CERTAINLY THE UNIT'S names ... and possibly even Osama Bin Laden's capture-killing ...


6) Why fabricate a ficticious military unit SEAL Team Six ?


7) To protect the ACTUAL combat fighters and their families, relatives and GRANDCHILDREN for the next fifty (50) years ... against Al Quada retaliation ...


8) And what is the BEST way to handle this entire scenario ?


9) Allegedly kill Osama Bin Laden ... BURY HIM AT SEA (?????)


10) THEN ... MURDER or pretend to murder (by tragic accident, of course) ... the ENTIRE military unit SEAL Team Six ...


11) Dead Men tell no tales ... and this is "made for Hollywood" movie special ... ala "Wag the Dog" ...


12) At a minimum, IF there was a SEAL Team Six who really did kill Osama Bin Laden ... ALL OF THEIR SECRETS are now buried with them ...


13) Moreover, their Commanding Officers, CIA-NSA contacts, Support personnel will also be DEAD soon ... and all records mysteriously disappear ...


14) Could either President Bush or Bill Clinton EVER approved such a devious and EVIL plan ?


15) No ... not even Bill Clinton ...


16) Can you say THAT about U.S. President Barry Sorreto ?


17) No. He is EVIL. He is NERO in Rome. He is a traitor.


18) He is "Obama Bin Laden" (no mispelling) ... the FIRST moslem POTUS ...


19) And as Barry will whisper into Mooschelle's ears tonight in their Whitehouse Bedroom ... "May Allah be Praised" ...




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