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US helicopter 'shot down in Taliban trap'
Daily Telegraph (UK) ^
| 8/8/2011
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Posted on 08/08/2011 5:05:26 AM PDT by 1066AD
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Did they know which units were aboard ?
After all the whole world knows about Seal Team 6 thanks to Biden & Obama.
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posted on
08/08/2011 5:05:32 AM PDT
by
1066AD
To: 1066AD
Just Wow! This accusation should result in quite a thread this morning.
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posted on
08/08/2011 5:11:58 AM PDT
by
ngat
To: 1066AD
When you have a vain moron who’s only waking thought is to get reelected this is the result.
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posted on
08/08/2011 5:12:07 AM PDT
by
Recon Dad
( five words most feared by a Louisiana politician: “Will the defendant please rise.”)
To: 1066AD
Bring the troops home. Notify Afghanistan and Pakistan that they are considered hostile nations and send nuclear tipped tomahawks their way as needed.
Enough is enough...
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posted on
08/08/2011 5:13:06 AM PDT
by
TSgt
(When in the Course of human events...)
To: 1066AD
I’m skeptical. It’s all to easy for some unattributable source to claim a transmission tricked the Special Forces.
The radio transmissions are encrypted to begin with and it is hard to believe there are not validating procedures in place on top of the encryption to prevent things like this from happening.
Hell, I was in the AF and even we didn’t just take any radio transmission as fact and act on them without proper confirmations.
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posted on
08/08/2011 5:13:57 AM PDT
by
101voodoo
To: 1066AD
Lose lips sink ships. The final chapter of the Bin Laden debacle.
Pray for America
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posted on
08/08/2011 5:14:26 AM PDT
by
bray
(Hey Country Club, your turn to hold your nose!)
To: 1066AD
After all the whole world knows about Seal Team 6 thanks to Biden & Obama.
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posted on
08/08/2011 5:15:39 AM PDT
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: 1066AD
If the US thought there was a high level meeting of top Taliban commanders taking place we would likely send our elites.
Ensure the job got done.
Thanks, Joe Biden.
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posted on
08/08/2011 5:16:01 AM PDT
by
Vinnie
To: ngat
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posted on
08/08/2011 5:18:25 AM PDT
by
1066AD
To: 1066AD
Assuming that Spcl Ops troops were aboard....some questions.
Is this the normal way to move these highly specialized troops - bunched into an overly large group in a single aircraft? Has this been done before? If no, why this time? Is this normal?? If not, why this time?
Who is the commander who ordered this? Is he/she being held accountable for this decision?
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posted on
08/08/2011 5:19:08 AM PDT
by
Logic n' Reason
(The stain must be REMOVED (ERADICATED)....NOW!!)
To: TSgt
Agreed - and because we can’t trust this CIC with precious American blood & toil.
To: 1066AD
Notice that this article is attributed to sources inside Karzai’s government..Karzai made the first announcement of the crash....not US HQ..something stinks here..
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posted on
08/08/2011 5:24:11 AM PDT
by
ken5050
(uities)
To: ngat
Today is not the first suggestion of an inside deal or a set up.
Being bunched in a single aircraft is awfully irregular.
Being taken out with a single shot is also unusual.
Too much has been said about what is supposed to be a deep shadows outfit.
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posted on
08/08/2011 5:27:07 AM PDT
by
Sequoyah101
(Half the people are below average.)
To: Logic n' Reason
Is this the normal way to move these highly specialized troops - bunched into an overly large group in a single aircraft? Has this been done before? If no, why this time? Is this normal?? If not, why this time?
The Chinook is definitely the preferred helo for ops of this kind. It can fly higher, and in hotter temps, than other helos in the US inventory. Critical when operating in the Afghan mountains in Summer.
To: 1066AD
Thanks, DUMB and DUMBER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
To: tanknetter
I just re-read my post. I did not ask about the particular type of aircraft used.
If you wish, please re-read the original post and address the questions asked.
Thanks.
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posted on
08/08/2011 5:30:12 AM PDT
by
Logic n' Reason
(The stain must be REMOVED (ERADICATED)....NOW!!)
To: 1066AD
at first blush, sounds plausible but would the SEALS really go to a battle like that in a chithook?
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posted on
08/08/2011 5:30:18 AM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(From her lips to the voters' ears: Debbie Wasserman Schultz: "We own the economy" June 15, 2011)
To: kristinn; All
We need a Af/Pak news and statement timeline put up.
Will message the usual suspects.
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posted on
08/08/2011 5:30:37 AM PDT
by
AliVeritas
(Pray. For all the latest, check out: http://directorblue.blogspot.com/)
To: 1066AD
After all the whole world knows about Seal Team 6 thanks to Biden & Obama. The top layer has been peeled off this onion of conspiracy. As more layer peel off will they reveal a Cpl. Manning on the inside of the operation giving them organizational information?
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posted on
08/08/2011 5:31:39 AM PDT
by
Calusa
(The pump don't work cause the vandals took the handles. Quoth Bob Dylan.)
To: Allegra
PING
to one who would know more than most FReepers
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posted on
08/08/2011 5:31:49 AM PDT
by
Roccus
(Obama & Holder LLP, Procurers of fine arms to the most discerning drug lords (202) 456-1414)
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