Chinook down

[159th_Viper]

Tragic..........

 

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/08/07/uk-afghanistan-violence-idUKTRE7742XW20110807?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-14435854

Edited August 7, 2011 by 159th_Viper

[rextar]

It is probs a lucky rpg although they are know to have sams.= freedom of speach.

Edited August 7, 2011 by rextar
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[tflash]

What a sad loss. RIP

[104th_Cobra]

Probably, a RPG hit on the external fuel tanks... If Team Six is confirmed, what a loss!

[PoleCat]

Tragic loss of some of our finest special forces. Sad day. RIP.

 

Out....

[Heli Shed]

S!

[celticcoho]

They went to help their fellow Soldiers in need...RIP..

[mikoyan]

Where are they getting rpgs and missiles? maybe cracking down their suppliers could change things.

[EtherealN]

I would suspect that there's absolute tonnes of it around from previous wars, and of course there's a tonne of weapons stolen from the early post-soviet days, wars in africa and so on. I'm sure the security agencies are working on it, but just like with narcotics it's not exactly easy to get everything. (And I doubt we'd hear much about such operations that are successful.)

[S77th-konkussion]

<S> to the men and their families

[majapahit]

seeing rising competition with Russia / Syria

I expect Russia to flood the area with Sams

 

in an exact mirror of a certain previous situation

[power5]

Got the shooter, but the leader escaped somehow.

 

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/08/10/afghanistan.seals.chopper/index.html?eref=igoogledmn_topstories

[Frostiken]

Where are they getting rpgs and missiles? maybe cracking down their suppliers could change things.

Well I don't think they have anti-air missiles - the Stingers that they had from the Soviet occupation are pretty much useless since time rendered the missiles inoperative.

 

The RPGs are probably lying around by the truckload. Have you ever seen the AKs that they all use? Some of them look like they were used to fight dinosaurs.

 

 

 

Of course, the unofficial answer is Pakistan.

[power5]

Come on, Pakistan has said they are not helping the Taliban. You do not believe them? I mean, Osama was at least the full length of a football field away from the military base. Way outside any reasonable distance for routine security checks.

[Mud]

Come on, Pakistan has said they are not helping the Taliban. You do not believe them? I mean, Osama was at least the full length of a football field away from the military base. Way outside any reasonable distance for routine security checks.

 

But the compound looked so casual ... who'd have thought anyone else but a snakeskin vendor would have lived there?

[majapahit]

you can find on Youtube the Pakistani TV interview (translated now)

with the friendly neighbour who was standing on his roof watching it all

(who did not recognize any Osama as neighbour btw.)

 

3 copters arrived

1 emptied out a squad team

firing heared

1 squad returned and boarded copter

 

copter took off .. and exploded

 

then masses of pakistan militairy arrived

 

.. ?

[Cornbread]

A friend of mine from school, Kevin Houston, was killed in that incident. Kevin was a great athlete, a dedicated SEAL, and a nice guy.

 

Terrible.