Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Yellow Dog Daily Crap: US Copter Downed
Meanwhile, in the war that, unlike Iraq, actually DOES have something to do with 9/11--the war in Afghanistan--a Chinook helicopter was shot down, likely by hostile fire. The status of the 17 service members on board is "unknown."
From the article:
"The troops were on a mission against al-Qaida fighters when the helicopter went down in mountainous terrain near Asadabad, in Kunar province.
Concerns already have been on the rise that rebel attacks here have been escalating into a conflict on the scale of that in Iraq.
More than 660 people have been killed in Afghanistan since March — including 465 suspected insurgents, 29 U.S. troops, 43 Afghan police and soldiers, and 125 civilians — a level unprecedented since the ouster of the Taliban in 2001."
This is all the more reason we should have saved our resources for finding and fighting the real perpetrators of 9/11 instead of pouring billions of dollars and all of our troops and reservists into launching an unnecessary, preemptive war based on non-existent weapons of mass destruction. Iraq has been Bush's weapon of mass distraction, distraction from the real culprits of 9/11.
Hostile Fire May Have Downed U.S. Copter - Yahoo! News
From the article:
"The troops were on a mission against al-Qaida fighters when the helicopter went down in mountainous terrain near Asadabad, in Kunar province.
Concerns already have been on the rise that rebel attacks here have been escalating into a conflict on the scale of that in Iraq.
More than 660 people have been killed in Afghanistan since March — including 465 suspected insurgents, 29 U.S. troops, 43 Afghan police and soldiers, and 125 civilians — a level unprecedented since the ouster of the Taliban in 2001."
This is all the more reason we should have saved our resources for finding and fighting the real perpetrators of 9/11 instead of pouring billions of dollars and all of our troops and reservists into launching an unnecessary, preemptive war based on non-existent weapons of mass destruction. Iraq has been Bush's weapon of mass distraction, distraction from the real culprits of 9/11.
Hostile Fire May Have Downed U.S. Copter - Yahoo! News
