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Helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan kills 6
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 19 Jan 2012 | By MIRWAIS KHAN

Posted on 01/19/2012 6:24:47 PM PST by BlackVeil

A NATO helicopter crashed in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing six members of the international military force, the U.S.-led coalition said.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; ch53; helicopter; usmc
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1 posted on 01/19/2012 6:24:51 PM PST by BlackVeil
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To: BlackVeil

bush years - US soldiers dead

Bisexual Muslim years - NATO soldiers dead


2 posted on 01/19/2012 6:26:40 PM PST by gaijin
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To: BlackVeil

bush years - US soldiers dead

Bisexual Muslim years - NATO soldiers dead


3 posted on 01/19/2012 6:26:55 PM PST by gaijin
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RIP.


4 posted on 01/19/2012 7:09:34 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj
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I fear for the safety of our troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. I’m grateful my son is back on U.S. soil as of last evening. If we are not going to prosecute this war, then bring them all home.


5 posted on 01/19/2012 9:04:04 PM PST by SoldierDad (Proud dad of an Army Soldier arriving tonight in Hawaii from his tour in Afghanistan.)
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It is great to hear that your son has returned and is safe home.


6 posted on 01/19/2012 11:09:48 PM PST by BlackVeil
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RIP


7 posted on 01/19/2012 11:47:28 PM PST by My Favorite Headache (In a world where I feel so small, I can't stop thinking big.)
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To: gaijin

Good point.
All those KIA counts have disappeared from the front pages of the Democrat newspapers, too.


8 posted on 01/19/2012 11:52:04 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: BlackVeil

What are we still doing in that hellhole?


9 posted on 01/20/2012 2:16:00 AM PST by fortheDeclaration (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. Burke)
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http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/137726088.html?id=137726088

my guys ....


10 posted on 01/20/2012 2:28:05 AM PST by LeoWindhorse
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Marine CH-53

U.S. chopper crashes in Afghanistan; 6 dead

CBS/AP) Updated at 9:28 a.m. Eastern

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A NATO helicopter has crashed in southern Afghanistan, killing six members of the international military force, the U.S.-led coalition said Friday.

Sources in Afghanistan and Washington tell CBS News it was a U.S. Marine CH-53 helicopter that crashed, and a U.S. military official tells the Associated Press that all those killed were Marines, but the coalition has not officially disclosed the nationalities of the victims. Details of such incidents are generally kept private until the families of the dead are notified.

CBS News is still seeking independent confirmation on the nationalities of the crash victims. ...

11 posted on 01/20/2012 8:40:57 AM PST by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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Thanks to this war, the parents and relatives of these 6 brave Marines are now devastated.


12 posted on 01/20/2012 9:29:56 AM PST by Redalways
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To: fortheDeclaration

That’s a good question but I don’t have an answer for it. The same question used to be asked in Russian, back in the 1980s.


13 posted on 01/20/2012 12:13:20 PM PST by BlackVeil
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To: Redalways

IMO, it’s thanks to the inability to properly prosecute this war such that the enemy’s back is broken, and his will to fight destroyed, which should have been accomplished in less than four years, that the families of these Marines are now devastated.


14 posted on 01/23/2012 8:29:53 AM PST by SoldierDad (Proud dad of an Army Soldier arriving tonight in Hawaii from his tour in Afghanistan.)
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