Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Helicopter Crash in Afghanistan Reportedly Kills Members of SEAL Team 6
FOXNEWS.COM ^ | 8/6/2011 | Associated Press

Posted on 08/06/2011 9:37:25 AM PDT by spiderfern

WASHINGTON -- The Associated Press has learned that more than 20 Navy SEALs from the unit that killed Osama bin Laden were among those lost in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/08/06/afghan-president-31-americans-killed-in-helicopter-crash/#ixzz1UGZcWiEh

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afganistan; afghanistan; alreadyposted; bidenbigmouth; binladen; ch47; cic; elite; globaljihad; jihad; kia; military; navy; navyseals; obama; obamasfault; osama; ourheroes; palin; rip; seals; sealteam6; taleban; taliban; talibanshootdown; usn; wot
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 121-140141-160161-180 ... 381-397 next last
To: spiderfern
It sounds like they may have been on their way to a mission, wonder if it is normal procedure for them to all travel together.
141 posted on 08/06/2011 10:34:04 AM PDT by opentalk
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: spiderfern

There are no words to describe the sorrow for the blood of husbands, fathers, sons, mothers, uncles, daughters and aunts, that this corrupt government has sacrificed for power and failure. They have ruined our country and taken lives for absolutely nothing.

Each and every person in this administration, Congress, and all of those that are running things now, should feel profound shame for what they have done.

I feel nothing but disgust and revulsion at our government.

I don’t know how they look at themselves in the mirror as the day closes for the crimes thay have committed against the American people.

I hope God exacts his toll from all of them.


142 posted on 08/06/2011 10:36:06 AM PDT by dforest
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: no-to-illegals

Huma has been talking to her family.


143 posted on 08/06/2011 10:37:05 AM PDT by Josephat
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 49 | View Replies]

To: thefactor
I am pissed more than demoralized. My fellow citizens who vote the Dems in demoralize me.

Hopefully all our Soldiers, Marines, Pilots and Sailors will lock and load and get ready to do what needs doing...(but of course our civilian (mostly Democratic) leaders will not allow this.)

Special prayers for those who lost their lives today. My deepest condolences to their families and friends.

Prayers for all our Soldiers, Marines, Sailors and Pilots. You are our very best of the best.

144 posted on 08/06/2011 10:37:16 AM PDT by Chgogal (WSJ, Krauthammer, Rove et. al., STFU. Thank you.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 46 | View Replies]

To: grey_whiskers; spiderfern

Didn’t Panetta say last week that Al Qaeda was non-existent??


145 posted on 08/06/2011 10:37:33 AM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

To: kaylar
Did you mean capisce?

Irony is so...ironic.

BTW, I love your tagline.

146 posted on 08/06/2011 10:37:41 AM PDT by lonevoice (schizophrenic hostage taking hobbit terrorist)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 118 | View Replies]

To: spiderfern

RIP to the troops, and condolences to their families


147 posted on 08/06/2011 10:37:41 AM PDT by Sarajevo (Is it true that cannibals don't eat clowns because they taste funny?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: spiderfern

Why even reveal that? Dumb move.


148 posted on 08/06/2011 10:38:15 AM PDT by ReneeLynn (Socialism is SO yesterday. Fascism, it's the new black. Mmm mmm mmm...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Gaffer

How many people have to die just for Obama to get a small temporary bounce (and to bury the issue of him releasing a forged birth certificate)? How long before the entire nation realizes that this illegal coup by Obama is costing us dearly in the most precious resources we have?


149 posted on 08/06/2011 10:38:46 AM PDT by butterdezillion
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: dfwgator

>> Obama should have just shut the F up when they killed Bin Laden, but NOOOOO, he had to have his victory lap.

bttt


150 posted on 08/06/2011 10:38:53 AM PDT by Gene Eric (May our dreams converge for a free and prosperous nation.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 45 | View Replies]

RIP to the Brave SEALS.



This "coincidence" stinks.

151 posted on 08/06/2011 10:39:50 AM PDT by pyx (Rule#1.The LEFT lies.Rule#2.See Rule#1. IF THE LEFT CONTROLS THE LANGUAGE, IT CONTROLS THE ARGUMENT.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Memphis Moe
Time for real Shock and Awe in Afghanistan. No quarter!

Obama, get the job done!

To what purpose? There is no "good" side, only Muslims who are against everything we stand for and who hate us. Should we kill the entire population?

Let them live in the cesspool they're used to. Let them kill each other, which is what they've been doing for centuries. Bring our brave soldiers home.

152 posted on 08/06/2011 10:39:52 AM PDT by Prokopton
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 126 | View Replies]

To: quesney
What the hell were these people doing anywhere near Pakistan? They should’ve been home with their families on indefinite leave ...

Exactly. And as pointed out elsewhere, why in the hell are 31 special forces in one single helicopter?! This all stinks to high heaven.

I sense, for the first time ever, conservatives will be on the same side of an issue as Code Pink over this. Or Jodie Evans and her little band of sisters will forever surrender their right to exist.

Bring our men home now [following a 'shock and awe' retalitory strike] instead of leaving them there with there hands tied behind their backs by this usurper-in-chief.

153 posted on 08/06/2011 10:40:24 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 135 | View Replies]

To: spiderfern
10 years we've been at war with these primitives, and they haven't managed to do anything on this scale. And to think: the first time and they take out so many witnesses to Osama's execution.

Geez, I just forgot all about those bonds being downgraded, too.

Rest in peace, brave warriors. I fear that your kind is very last bastion of hope.

154 posted on 08/06/2011 10:41:11 AM PDT by RetroSexual
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: spiderfern

A few years a nephew, now retired CSM, linked me to a USArmy website providing stats on safety issues, injuries/fatalities due to accidental causes, etc., from which it was clear to me that accidents involving helicopters, in training and other routine non-combat ops, as well as crashes in combat zones not directly resulting from enemy action, are responsible for a large number of military fatalities.
Another major cause of deaths among milpers in stateside posts is off-duty motor vehicle crashes, mostly incidental to intemperate use of alcoholic beverages. Even in combat zones, a significant number of fatalities are due to non-enemy-involved accidents or mechanical failures.


155 posted on 08/06/2011 10:41:23 AM PDT by Elsiejay
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: spiderfern

This is just too convenient, for my tastes.....

Something is radically wrong. Why would the Pentagon advertise the fact that it was SEAL Team Six that went down ?

This doesn’t make any sense whatsoever....


156 posted on 08/06/2011 10:41:38 AM PDT by Absolutely Nobama (What do you get when you add Obama to an economic depression ? O-ppression.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: PLD

I agree...a set up. Just like the 7 CIA guys that were killed. Moles....plenty of them.


157 posted on 08/06/2011 10:41:55 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 19 | View Replies]

To: tomkat
Sounds like there’s a mole(s) somewhere around HQ . . .


158 posted on 08/06/2011 10:42:36 AM PDT by Vaquero ("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: All

And it happens just the day after US is downgraded...hmmm...talk about changing the conversation. How convenient is that also.


159 posted on 08/06/2011 10:43:03 AM PDT by American Dream 246 (Open your eyes. Freedom is not a one day fight. Enemies of Freedom are legion.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 69 | View Replies]

To: USMCPOP

Prayers sent your way. This must be so difficult for you to read and think about...my sympathies.


160 posted on 08/06/2011 10:43:14 AM PDT by PennsylvaniaMom ( Barry, eat your own damn peas.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 105 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 121-140141-160161-180 ... 381-397 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson