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Tue Jun-28-05 08:08 PM
Response to Reply #34 |
| -US military helicopter crashes in Afghanistan |
maddezmom |
Jun-28-05 12:53 PM |
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CNN said it was a CH-47? |
maddezmom |
Jun-28-05 12:53 PM |
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It's the Same Thing |
maxrandb |
Jun-28-05 12:59 PM |
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thanks... |
maddezmom |
Jun-28-05 01:02 PM |
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Sadly, the Taliban *is* making a comeback. |
Career Prole |
Jun-28-05 01:31 PM |
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Yes, it is heating up, here is an article in a Canadian newspaper |
Spazito |
Jun-28-05 01:52 PM |
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My husband left for Afghanistan yesterday |
inanna |
Jun-28-05 03:44 PM |
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I takes a couple days |
Herkdrvr |
Jun-28-05 03:47 PM |
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Yes, I just mean that things are heating up |
inanna |
Jun-28-05 03:48 PM |
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Afghanistan has been hot on and off |
Herkdrvr |
Jun-28-05 03:52 PM |
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My Best Wishes That Your Husband Comes Back Soon & Safe! |
K8-EEE |
Jun-29-05 01:46 AM |
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Here's a picture of a CH-47... |
Media_Lies_Daily |
Jun-28-05 02:20 PM |
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Meant to add that I HATED riding in those dadgum things.... |
Media_Lies_Daily |
Jun-28-05 02:22 PM |
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I've seen these flying over Kansas City (up North) lately n/t |
onecent |
Jun-28-05 02:48 PM |
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it looks like it holds a lot of folks |
leftchick |
Jun-28-05 04:12 PM |
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There might be a lot of casualties. It was transporting troops. |
barbaraann |
Jun-28-05 01:01 PM |
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Chinooks would usually carry 35 troops and 2-3 crew, right? |
alcibiades_mystery |
Jun-28-05 01:02 PM |
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That's about right. |
barbaraann |
Jun-28-05 01:03 PM |
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BBC: can carry up to 54 including crew & more serious than previous crash |
maddezmom |
Jun-28-05 01:47 PM |
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Shit. |
bemildred |
Jun-28-05 01:03 PM |
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Hmmm |
gratuitous |
Jun-28-05 02:04 PM |
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Wearing out the equipment? |
Herkdrvr |
Jun-28-05 03:39 PM |
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Afghanistan, the other 'success' story... |
Spazito |
Jun-28-05 01:03 PM |
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I Don't Know Why More People Don't Point this Out |
maxrandb |
Jun-28-05 01:10 PM |
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Those SCHOOLS bushCo vaunt? Afghan school used as bomb factory |
LynnTheDem |
Jun-28-05 01:16 PM |
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Look Boss |
Oversea Visitor |
Jun-28-05 01:05 PM |
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It could be out of Giebelstadt, Germany |
lebkuchen |
Jun-28-05 01:07 PM |
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"The cause of the crash is unknown" |
The_Casual_Observer |
Jun-28-05 01:09 PM |
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probably a "sand storm" |
lebkuchen |
Jun-28-05 01:43 PM |
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16 on board |
LynnTheDem |
Jun-28-05 01:11 PM |
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#1744 + 16 + 1760.... |
AFSCME girl |
Jun-28-05 01:19 PM |
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actually, this happened in Afghanistan, so the numbers are different |
alcibiades_mystery |
Jun-28-05 01:20 PM |
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"success story" Afghanistan, not Iraq. |
LynnTheDem |
Jun-28-05 01:26 PM |
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Sorry, didn't think about the two |
AFSCME girl |
Jun-28-05 01:30 PM |
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IMO, they're both wars based on nothing but lies. |
LynnTheDem |
Jun-28-05 01:47 PM |
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Yes, thank you.. |
AFSCME girl |
Jun-28-05 02:15 PM |
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I thought I had...was chatting one night online with my hubby soldier who |
LynnTheDem |
Jun-28-05 02:22 PM |
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Wow! |
Roland99 |
Jun-28-05 02:32 PM |
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Omigosh, Lynn... |
AFSCME girl |
Jun-28-05 02:49 PM |
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I couldn't either, until I thought it had happened to me. |
LynnTheDem |
Jun-28-05 03:30 PM |
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Lynn, have a link? |
lebkuchen |
Jun-28-05 01:45 PM |
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Yeppers, sorry, got both my newsfeeds going mad & forgot... |
LynnTheDem |
Jun-28-05 01:49 PM |
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MSNBC and CNN; may be more than 16 |
maddezmom |
Jun-28-05 01:52 PM |
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Thanks, and look at this article in today´s Stripes |
lebkuchen |
Jun-28-05 01:59 PM |
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More senseless loss |
realcountrymusic |
Jun-28-05 01:16 PM |
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Perhaps This is Related |
maxrandb |
Jun-28-05 01:19 PM |
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instead and sadly, he may have to keep quiet about additional casualties |
Supersedeas |
Jun-28-05 02:27 PM |
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By the way... " US military servicemember missing in Afghanistan" |
LynnTheDem |
Jun-28-05 01:27 PM |
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Taliban is claiming responsibility |
maddezmom |
Jun-28-05 01:45 PM |
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It is IMPOSSIBLE to be "undisclosed location" if using ANY type of |
dArKeR |
Jun-28-05 01:50 PM |
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CNN said AP rec'd a call, too |
maddezmom |
Jun-28-05 02:59 PM |
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My friend flew a Chinook in Nam. I've never met a more anti-war |
dArKeR |
Jun-28-05 01:47 PM |
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This Vet and most in my chapter VVA- |
Old Vet |
Jun-28-05 02:00 PM |
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Welcome to DU |
saigon68 |
Jun-28-05 08:08 PM |
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welcome to DU old vet |
maddezmom |
Jun-28-05 08:27 PM |
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CNN just reported that the Taliban just claimed responsibility. |
flpoljunkie |
Jun-28-05 02:59 PM |
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Reuters: Up to 20 on US chopper down in Afghanistan-official |
maddezmom |
Jun-28-05 03:26 PM |
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Hmmmmmmmmm |
malaise |
Jun-28-05 03:42 PM |
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CNN reporting the Helicopter was a MH-47 |
maddezmom |
Jun-28-05 04:02 PM |
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MH-47 |
Herkdrvr |
Jun-28-05 04:08 PM |
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how many troops can this one hold...didn't see it on the link above |
maddezmom |
Jun-28-05 04:25 PM |
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Same as a CH-47 |
Herkdrvr |
Jun-28-05 04:29 PM |
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thanks for the info |
maddezmom |
Jun-28-05 04:45 PM |
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They're definitely trying to smoke out OBL. |
americanstranger |
Jun-28-05 04:16 PM |
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We were lied into Afghanistan? |
Herkdrvr |
Jun-28-05 04:21 PM |
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This on top of the Apache we lost yesterday.... |
Chicago Democrat |
Jun-28-05 04:10 PM |
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This breaks my heart!!! On those helicopters they are sitting |
lovuian |
Jun-28-05 04:29 PM |
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RAIL the soldiers in? |
Herkdrvr |
Jun-28-05 04:30 PM |
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Now saying up to 33 dead... |
Jeff In Milwaukee |
Jun-28-05 07:31 PM |
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Bushco should ask the Russians what |
lumpy |
Jun-28-05 07:45 PM |
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If Russia should support the insurgents in any way (secretly) |
ckramer |
Jun-28-05 08:26 PM |
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The Russians went about it the wrong way |
Herkdrvr |
Jun-28-05 11:12 PM |
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Kuwait news: 13 of 16 killed in Afghan copter crash U.S. service members |
rainbow4321 |
Jun-28-05 11:55 PM |
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They would say bad weather |
daleo |
Jun-29-05 12:05 AM |
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Why not bad weather? |
Herkdrvr |
Jun-29-05 12:08 AM |
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Here is a bit from the BBC |
daleo |
Jun-29-05 12:16 AM |
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It could be the result of a variety of reasons |
Herkdrvr |
Jun-29-05 12:22 AM |
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May very well be true.. |
rainbow4321 |
Jun-29-05 12:28 AM |
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Taliban leader claims they will release a video.. |
rainbow4321 |
Jun-29-05 12:22 AM |
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Who knows...I guess we'll see |
Herkdrvr |
Jun-29-05 12:27 AM |
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Update from the BBC - military says shoot-down possible now. |
daleo |
Jun-29-05 01:13 AM |
#79 |
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