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Copter Downed by Taliban Fire; Elite U.S. Unit Among Dead
New York Times ^ | 6 AUGUST 2011 | RAY RIVERA, ALISSA J. RUBIN and THOM SHANKER

Posted on 08/06/2011 3:36:59 PM PDT by rdb3

KABUL, Afghanistan — In the deadliest day for American forces in the nearly decade-long war in Afghanistan, insurgents shot down a Chinook transport helicopter on Saturday, killing 30 Americans, including some Navy Seal commandos from the unit that killed Osama bin Laden, as well as 8 Afghans, American and Afghan officials said.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afganistan; afghanistan; biden; binladen; ch47; navy; navyseals; obama; obamasfault; osama; seals; sealteam6; taliban; talibanshootdown; usn; usnavy
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To: rdb3
30 J-DAM must GO NOW!

Level Afgan-a-dam!

21 posted on 08/06/2011 4:58:01 PM PDT by jaz.357 (Rush Limbaugh, "Once upon an America")
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To: rdb3

The best destroyed by our government. Obama, Hillary, Holder, Homeland Security and the rest should be held responsible. Not only should they be kicked out of office; but they should be in prison for life.


22 posted on 08/06/2011 5:01:00 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: rdb3

Obama, Hillary and the rest of our government are murderers.


23 posted on 08/06/2011 5:14:33 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: rdb3

I have been seeing this story all day.

I can’t express how sad and upset it makes me for us to lose so many fine young men. I really hope it does not turn out to be for nothing.


24 posted on 08/06/2011 5:33:08 PM PDT by yarddog
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To: rdb3

Did Obama have them killed?


25 posted on 08/06/2011 5:49:05 PM PDT by rokkitapps ( Hearings on healthcare waivers NOW! (If you agree make this your tagline))
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To: gotribe
"Out of Iraq, Afgh, and Libya NOW. No more dying for Obama."

I hope you know how stupid that statement is.

Two outta three you can pin on Bush. He did not get the job, as he defined it, done in his two. O is just keepin' on to keep on there.

O owns the Libya problem, but no US fighters are "dying for Obama" there.

I agree we oughta be out of all three, but you can't pin it on Obama.

26 posted on 08/06/2011 6:15:17 PM PDT by diogenes ghost
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To: rdb3; All

Why do Spec-Op’s men have to fly aircraft that can be heard approaching from 20 miles? Did someone decide it would save money?


27 posted on 08/06/2011 6:23:56 PM PDT by fso301
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To: rokkitapps

That makes the most sense. Pure setup.


28 posted on 08/06/2011 6:43:05 PM PDT by himno hero
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To: rokkitapps

That makes the most sense. Pure setup.

Its the improbability that makes it probable. That wasn’t the only helicopter in the air, but it was with that payload. Way too coincidental to be random.


29 posted on 08/06/2011 6:45:24 PM PDT by himno hero
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To: rdb3

LEON PENETTA is the Sec. of Defense. What a loser commie POS! He found his level of incompetence...too bad American sons had to die to prove the point!


30 posted on 08/06/2011 6:58:59 PM PDT by broken_arrow1 (I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
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To: rokkitapps

Considering the timing of the news, on a Saturday, it wouldn’t surprise me.


31 posted on 08/06/2011 7:10:21 PM PDT by murron (Proud Mom of a Marine Vet)
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To: rdb3

I was trying to remember which one of these treasonous bturds announced their unit to the press when they were flapping their wings about how brave it was of Obammy to kill BinLaden. It was Biden?! Figures.


32 posted on 08/06/2011 8:14:58 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: rdb3

I am sickened by this news. Obozo needs to be held responsible and tried as a traitor....at the very least. The pig is probably smoking a joint right about now.


33 posted on 08/06/2011 10:27:39 PM PDT by GreatRoad (O < 0)
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To: GreatRoad

Makes me think of the T-shirt Bill O’Reilly has been hawking on his TV show: Seals 1 Bin Laden 0. Even though it wasn’t Bin Laden personally because he’s supposedly dead, but it was his sympathizers. Will he still hawk this?


34 posted on 08/07/2011 9:40:44 AM PDT by murron (Proud Mom of a Marine Vet)
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To: rdb3
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Gentlemen ....here are some thoughts that I've had over the past 24 hours ...



For starters, I've been at Free Republic since 1996 ... so I'm NOT a Troll ...

As Jackie Gleason used to say "And Away We Go ..."





1) Osama Bin Laden was (carefully stated) the most "publicly visible" War Criminal since Hitler ...


2) Osama Bin Laden and Al Quada (sp) have certainly infiltrated the continental United States ... possibly a couple of years before 9/11 ... they CERTAINLY have Assasins and Sleeper Agents here ...


3) Osama Bin Laden might have actually been "hiding" in Pakistan and then Executed-Captured by the United States military a few months back ... but who REALLY knows ?


4) "SEAL Team Six" may not even ACTUALLY exist ... except on a Pentagon Public Relations / Counterintelligence chart ...


5) If I were the POTUS I actually would have assisted the Pentagon into "fabricating" the story of SEAL Team Six ... CERTAINLY THE UNIT'S names ... and possibly even Osama Bin Laden's capture-killing ...


6) Why fabricate a ficticious military unit SEAL Team Six ?


7) To protect the ACTUAL combat fighters and their families, relatives and GRANDCHILDREN for the next fifty (50) years ... against Al Quada retaliation ...


8) And what is the BEST way to handle this entire scenario ?


9) Allegedly kill Osama Bin Laden ... BURY HIM AT SEA (?????)


10) THEN ... MURDER or pretend to murder (by tragic accident, of course) ... the ENTIRE military unit SEAL Team Six ...


11) Dead Men tell no tales ... and this is "made for Hollywood" movie special ... ala "Wag the Dog" ...


12) At a minimum, IF there was a SEAL Team Six who really did kill Osama Bin Laden ... ALL OF THEIR SECRETS are now buried with them ...


13) Moreover, their Commanding Officers, CIA-NSA contacts, Support personnel will also be DEAD soon ... and all records mysteriously disappear ...


14) Could either President Bush or Bill Clinton EVER approved such a devious and EVIL plan ?


15) No ... not even Bill Clinton ...


16) Can you say THAT about U.S. President Barry Sorreto ?


17) No. He is EVIL. He is NERO in Rome. He is a traitor.


18) He is "Obama Bin Laden" (no mispelling) ... the FIRST moslem POTUS ...


19) And as Barry will whisper into Mooschelle's ears tonight in their Whitehouse Bedroom ... "May Allah be Praised" ...




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35 posted on 08/07/2011 12:41:02 PM PDT by Patton@Bastogne
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7) To protect the ACTUAL combat fighters and their families, relatives and GRANDCHILDREN for the next fifty (50) years ... against Al Quada retaliation ...


8) And what is the BEST way to handle this entire scenario ?


9) Allegedly kill Osama Bin Laden ... BURY HIM AT SEA (?????)


10) THEN ... MURDER or pretend to murder (by tragic accident, of course) ... the ENTIRE military unit SEAL Team Six ...


11) Dead Men tell no tales ... and this is "made for Hollywood" movie special ... ala "Wag the Dog" ...


12) At a minimum, IF there was a SEAL Team Six who really did kill Osama Bin Laden ... ALL OF THEIR SECRETS are now buried with them ...


13) Moreover, their Commanding Officers, CIA-NSA contacts, Support personnel will also be DEAD soon ... and all records mysteriously disappear ...


14) Could either President Bush or Bill Clinton EVER approved such a devious and EVIL plan ?


15) No ... not even Bill Clinton ...


16) Can you say THAT about U.S. President Barry Sorreto ?


17) No. He is EVIL. He is NERO in Rome. He is a traitor.


18) He is "Obama Bin Laden" (no mispelling) ... the FIRST moslem POTUS ...


19) And as Barry will whisper into Mooschelle's ears tonight in their Whitehouse Bedroom ... "May Allah be Praised" ...

Very interesting, yet disturbing...


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36 posted on 08/07/2011 3:51:04 PM PDT by rdb3 (The mouth is the exhaust pipe of the heart.)
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