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5 NATO personnel killed in helicopter crash in Kabul
Khaama news ^ | 10-12-2015 | Khaama Press

Posted on 10/11/2015 1:16:35 PM PDT by tcrlaf

At least five personnel of the NATO-led Resolute Support (RS) mission lost their lives in a helicopter crash in capital Kabul this afternoon.

A statement by the alliance said “A coalition helicopter assigned to the Resolute Support Mission crashed due to a non-hostile incident Oct. 11 at approximately 4:15 p.m. at Camp Resolute Support, Kabul, Afghanistan.”

The statement further added “The incident resulted in the death of five Resolute Support personnel and the injury of five others.”

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; gwot; nato; oef
Ask any average sheeple how many Americans have died in Afghanistan this month, and all you'll get is just a blank stare.

This news is too impolitic for the US Media to discuss, and would likely harm a Democrat meme.

Damn sad, that.

1 posted on 10/11/2015 1:16:35 PM PDT by tcrlaf
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To: tcrlaf

ClintonObamaMcCain MANPAD?


2 posted on 10/11/2015 1:27:26 PM PDT by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: tcrlaf

“Non-hostile incident”? Maybe a Muzzie threw a rock at it, practicing up to stone the devil.


3 posted on 10/11/2015 1:33:44 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: tcrlaf

5 more lives pissed away on a failed liberal enterprise. 5 more lives a nuke would have saved.


4 posted on 10/11/2015 1:52:15 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: tcrlaf

Whats a NATO personnel??


5 posted on 10/11/2015 1:59:55 PM PDT by DesertRhino ("I want those feeble minded asses overthrown,,,")
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To: tcrlaf

RIP.


6 posted on 10/11/2015 1:59:55 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: tcrlaf

They weren’t fighting for NATO

They were brave Americans wasted by an incompetent corrupt administration

RIP


7 posted on 10/11/2015 2:03:43 PM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: All

The two RAF personnel were from 230 and 33 squadrons, both of which are based at RAF Benson, Oxfordshire, the MoD spokesman said.

He added: “The helicopter crashed while landing at the headquarters of Resolute Support: the Nato train, advise and assist mission in Afghanistan.

“The incident is currently under investigation but we can confirm that it was an accident and not the result of insurgent activity.”

British combat troops pulled out of Afghanistan a year ago after a conflict that lasted 13 years and in which 454 UK troops lost their lives.

Nato’s Resolute Support mission, which was launched after its combat mission ended, consists of more than 13,000 troops from 42 countries. It focuses on training and supporting Afghan security forces and institutions.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-34501878?ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_breaking&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=news_central


8 posted on 10/11/2015 2:08:49 PM PDT by McGruff (Trump-Cruz 2016. Make America Great Again.)
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To: silverleaf

Two were British RAF, I just heard this on the radio news.


9 posted on 10/11/2015 2:12:59 PM PDT by Lucy Hamilton (Lucy from Occupied Europa)
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Don't let FR fade away!

10 posted on 10/11/2015 2:40:10 PM PDT by RedMDer (Support Free Republic and Keep FReedom ALIVE!)
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To: Lucy Hamilton

There is always a lot more to the story than being told. I was in HKIA and NKC both on the 11th. And as fate would have it I was in Jalalabad when the C-130 went down. This is a place where accidents happen all the time and people get killed. It just goes with the job.


11 posted on 10/11/2015 2:43:15 PM PDT by Just_de_facts ("Charity degrades those who receive it and hardens those who dispense it." - George Sand)
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To: tcrlaf

Now they are NATO personnel? Sure sound like US Military to me.

This horseshit is disgraceful.


12 posted on 10/11/2015 3:07:20 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
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To: Sequoyah101; All

It is with regret that the Ministry of Defence must announce the death of two personnel from 230 and 33 Squadrons, Royal Air Force.

https://www.gov.uk/government/fatalities/fatalities-in-afghanistan


13 posted on 10/11/2015 3:23:34 PM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: Lucy Hamilton

Perhaps British helo?

Poor buggers, following the orders of obama and his pig snorking pal Cameron

Tragedy all around ..


14 posted on 10/11/2015 3:37:14 PM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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