Chanook down. 15-20 casualties. Afgjanistan.

[bribri16]

U.S. military copter crashes in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A U.S. CH-47 Chinook transport helicopter, which a military official said may have been carrying 15 to 20 people, crashed Tuesday while ferrying reinforcements to fight insurgents in a mountainous region in eastern Afghanistan. The Taliban claimed to have shot down the aircraft.

[hedda_foil]

1. Oh shit! This is bad.

they're calling it a crash, not a "hard landing."

[HuckleB]

2. Chinook. This isn't the last time we're going to read this headline.

Ugh. I'm mad. I'm sad. I'm...

:(

[natrat]

3. wtf why aren't they lying about this like everything else?

[paula777]

4. Too many soldiers on the ground that can contradict their lies

[Bouncy Ball]

5. The Taliban????

I thought we "got rid of" the Taliban a couple of years ago.

:sarcasm:

That is truly sad. Is Afghanistan heating up? God, I hope not. The last thing we need is a two-fronter.

[Dudley_DUright]

6. Talk about Deja Vu in reverse (US switched with USSR)

Not that I am accusing the Russians of supporting the Taliban, but this could have been a headline in Pravda in the 1980s.

[AlCzervik]

7. i bet they won't release the actual # until tommorrow.

but then again I'm pretty cynical.

[catnhatnh]

8. They were a piece of shit in Vietnam...

...and still are...quote from my brother (2nd of the 509th 101 airborne 69-70, I believe)"Guy's would rather stay on the perimeter under fire than come to the LZ and guide one in." They were that prone to "fall down" because of ground fire....

On Edit:Yep, same piece of shit over 35 years later....

[mopaul]

9. TALIBAN CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=3967891&mesg_id=3967891

[mopaul]

10. that brings the death count to 1760, on our side

[natrat]

11. please....1760 x 3