5 GIs killed in Afghan chopper downing

[ProSense]

5 GIs killed in Afghan chopper downing

13 minutes ago

KABUL, Afghanistan - Five U.S. soldiers were killed when their Chinook helicopter was apparently shot down in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, a U.S. military official said. The Taliban claimed responsibility.

Initial reports suggested the helicopter was hit with a rocket-propelled grenade, the U.S. military official, who was not authorized to release the information, said on condition of anonymity. It was not clear if there were any survivors, the official said.

NATO's International Security Assistance Force confirmed that one of its helicopters crashed in southern Afghanistan, but it released no other details.

A purported Taliban spokesman, Qari Yousef Ahmadi, claimed in a phone call to The Associated Press that militants had shot the helicopter down in Helmand province. That claim could not be immediately verified.

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[johncoby2]

1. What are we doing in Afhganistan again?

Why are we still there?

[ellie]

3. My nephew

is with the 82nd Airborne and he is in Afghanistan near the Pakistan border. He is probably involved in capturing bin Ladin to trot him out in time for the '08 elections. Not that I am cynical or anything.

[AlCzervik]

5. hey my nephew was in the 82nd, he was a captain and was in Afghanistan in

the first deployment, he's since left and gone into MI.

[merh]

4. Looking for OBL

and helping the women find freedom and go to school and something about a gas pipeline.

Go look at the number of troops in Afghanistan and compare it to the total NYPD cops. We take this wanted dead or alive shit seriously :sarcasm:

Oh and look how many are NATO forces in Afghanistan, though we would call for any in Iraq.

The most f*ckedupest admin in the history of the world, imho :argh:

[acmavm]

2. Wow! Now they're downing choppers in Afganistan. Well, I guess that

there are plenty American boys and girls to sacrifice for the benefit of the 'war on terra'.

Wonder where things would be now if they bush** criminal cabal hadn't decided to go for the oil?

[KansDem]

6. A rocket-propelled grenade?

Initial reports suggested the helicopter was hit with a rocket-propelled grenade

Isn't that a bit tricky to do?