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SEALs were sent to stop fleeing Taliban
The Washington Times ^
| August 10, 2011
| Rowan Scarborough
Posted on 08/11/2011 12:35:59 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
The top NATO commander in Afghanistan said Wednesday that the doomed Navy SEALs mission that claimed 30 American lives was intended to stop fleeing Taliban fighters and not necessarily a rescue mission as first reported.
After the crash Saturday, news reports quoted NATO officials as saying commanders dispatched the CH-47 Chinook helicopter with 22 SEALs onboard to rescue an Army Ranger team pinned down by the Taliban.
The huge twin-engine CH-47 was downed by a rocket-propelled grenade as it approached a “hot” landing zone.
U.S. Marine Corps Gen. John R. Allen, the top commander in Afghanistan, told Pentagon reporters via a teleconference from Kabul that the mission was to stop Taliban fighters from fleeing in the Wardak province’s Tangi Valley.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; ch47; seals; taliban
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Like I have been saying, we will never know the truth.
To: Berlin_Freeper
Where were our damn drones NATO, //????
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posted on
08/11/2011 12:38:21 PM PDT
by
org.whodat
(What does the Republican party stand for////??? absolutely nothing.)
To: ilovesarah2012
Why should they even bother talking about it. The public doesn’t have the right to know everything that goes on in a war zone.
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posted on
08/11/2011 12:39:03 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Berlin_Freeper
They’re changing the story. It must be coming unraveled. What was Caligula’s involvement in this travesty?
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posted on
08/11/2011 12:41:58 PM PDT
by
Jemian
To: org.whodat
"Where were our damn drones NATO, //????"
That is a good point. This mission doesn't sound like it needed troops. It sounds more like an air mission should of been dispatched.
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posted on
08/11/2011 12:42:17 PM PDT
by
Steve Van Doorn
(*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
To: Berlin_Freeper
Afghan children are seen near the Wreckage of Chinook helicopter shot down last week at Tangi Valley in Wardak province some 60 miles (97 kilometers) southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011. The Chinook helicopter that insurgents shot down over the weekend burst into flames before hitting the ground, leaving wreckage scattered on both sides of a river in eastern Afghanistan and killing 30 Americans and eight Afghans, witnesses told The Associated Press on Thursday. The crash of the Chinook CH-47, about 60 miles (97 kilometers) southwest of Kabul, was the deadliest single loss for U.S. forces in the nearly 10-year Afghan war.
To: dfwgator
Why should they even bother talking about it. The public doesn’t have the right to know everything that goes on in a war zone.Exactly
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posted on
08/11/2011 12:44:45 PM PDT
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: dfwgator
but why change the story?
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posted on
08/11/2011 12:45:44 PM PDT
by
Steve Van Doorn
(*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
To: Berlin_Freeper
Kinda strange. One of the Ranger missions is to be a rapid-react force in support of Special Operations missions and operators like the SEALs. The initial report indicated the opposite - that the SEALs were re-inforcing the Rangers. Certainly both are possible, but sending a half-platoon of SEALs after an undislosed number of US Rangers seems like a misuse of the asset... or a very desperate situation.
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posted on
08/11/2011 12:45:55 PM PDT
by
Tallguy
(You can safely ignore anything that precedes the word "But"...)
To: Steve Van Doorn
Well that’s the other side of the coin, the Obama Administration seems awfully eager to reveal these things.
Imagine during WWII if after we downed Yamamoto’s plane, FDR immediately went on the radio and congratulated the pilots who shot him down.
The only way people here found out what happened to Yamamoto was when the Japs held the funeral.
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posted on
08/11/2011 12:47:47 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Steve Van Doorn
...SNAFU...
...they wanted SOMEBODY really bad...
...hence the dog...
...and they wanted this SOMEBODY alive...
...hence all the PJ's...
...just a thought...
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posted on
08/11/2011 12:48:34 PM PDT
by
cyberaxe
(....Uuuummpphhhh.....)
To: Berlin_Freeper
The names of the dead were released, and the count is 17 SEALS, and five other Navy personnel, with five Army, and 3 Air Force, of the American GIs.
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posted on
08/11/2011 12:56:49 PM PDT
by
ansel12
( Bristol Palin's book "Not Afraid Of Life: My Journey So Far" became a New York Times, best seller.)
To: cyberaxe
yeah you are right. that makes sense
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posted on
08/11/2011 12:58:09 PM PDT
by
Steve Van Doorn
(*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
To: Berlin_Freeper
This doesnt make sense. If they were fleeing that would make them targets from the air. You dont need a huge contingent of Seals!
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posted on
08/11/2011 1:06:25 PM PDT
by
blasater1960
(Deut 30, Psalm 111...the Torah and the Law, is attainable past, present and forever.)
To: Berlin_Freeper
That’s what Specter Gunships and Apache helicopters do,Why use our special forces to kill rats???
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posted on
08/11/2011 1:19:06 PM PDT
by
Cheetahcat
( November 4 2008 ,A date that will live in Infamy.)
To: blasater1960
...wanted them (him) alive...
...hence dogs and PJ's...
...SOP...
...the Helo is the weird thing...
...maybe Haji knows the difference now???...
...2 cents...
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posted on
08/11/2011 1:19:57 PM PDT
by
cyberaxe
(....Uuuummpphhhh.....)
To: Berlin_Freeper
Here it states the hit happened when the CH-47 was INbound.
The original story alleged the chopper was OUTbound.
Whassup...?
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posted on
08/11/2011 1:34:56 PM PDT
by
gaijin
To: Berlin_Freeper
SEALs were sent to stop fleeing Taliban Next time use B-52s to carpet bomb the fleeing Taliban with napalm.
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posted on
08/11/2011 2:02:22 PM PDT
by
The Sons of Liberty
(Psalm 109:8 Let his days be few and let another take his office. - Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
To: org.whodat
The drones were probably over the Nafusa Mountains in Libya.
This mission of chasing down fleeing Taliturds should have been dealt with via nape and snake.
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posted on
08/11/2011 2:10:57 PM PDT
by
donozark
(Never loan money to a preacher...)
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