Extortion 17 - 8/6/11

[Admiral Blue]

It was 4 years ago today that Extortion 17 was shot down. :sadangel:

R.I.P. but until we find out what really happened, that might not happen. FOIA requests are being stonewalled by our administration.

It is such a shame to lose so many of our nation's most capable and dedicated warriors and even more insulting that there are many unanswered questions surrounding the matter.

:halfmast:

[69camfrk]

Whatever the truth really is, it will never get out.:sadangel:

[Admiral Blue]

I fear the same. But I hope some of it will.

[Mike Mercury]

On 6 August 2011, a U.S. Boeing CH-47 Chinook military helicopter was shot down while transporting a quick reaction force attempting to reinforce an engaged unit of Army Rangers in Wardak province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan. The resulting crash killed all 38 people on board—25 American special operations personnel, five United States Army National Guard and Army Reserve crewmen, seven Afghan commandos, and one Afghan interpreter—as well as a U.S. military working dog.

Reports alleged that the Taliban had laid an elaborate trap for U.S. special operations forces, luring them in with false information. A senior Afghan government official, speaking anonymously, said that Taliban commander Qari Tahir had fed U.S. forces false information about a meeting of insurgent leaders and fighters waited for the helicopter from both sides of a steep valley: "The Taliban knew which route the helicopter would take. That's the only route, so they took position on either side of the valley on mountains and as the helicopter approached, they attacked it with rockets and other modern weapons. It was brought down by multiple shots.



and

Fifteen of the Navy SEALs that were killed were members of the Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU), while the other two Navy SEALs killed in the helicopter shootdown were from an unidentified West Coast-based SEAL unit. The five other Navy casualties were NSW (Naval Special Warfare) support personnel; in addition to these, three AFSOC operators, one Combat Controller and two Pararescuemen, all members of the 24th Special Tactics Squadron, died in the crash. Their deaths are the greatest single loss of life ever suffered by the U.S. Special Operations community in the 24-year history of the U.S. Special Operations Command.

A source from the Navy's special operations community described the reaction as, "Shock and disbelief. There's no precedent for this. It's the worst day in our history by a mile."

The previous highest U.S. death toll from a single incident in the war also came from a rocket attack on a Chinook helicopter carrying Navy SEALs during Operation Red Wings on 28 June 2005. In that incident sixteen Navy SEALs and Army special operations troops were killed and three more SEALs were killed in subsequent fighting on the ground.

[SQUIRMIN VERMIN 84]

Transparency..... ?


Obama stonewalls SEAL Team 6 Extortion 17 helicopter crash probe, watchdog says - Washington Times (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/aug/5/obama-stonewalls-seal-team-6-extortion-17-helicopt/)

[mrvette]

Whatever the truth really is, it will never get out.:sadangel:

I want to ASSume there are some loyal .gov workers in the nation that have/save the truth, and when the next adm. takes over, they can release it ALL, be quite honest, been me in there it already would have been....screw the bastards.....

:issues:

[69camfrk]

I want to ASSume there are some loyal .gov workers in the nation that have/save the truth, and when the next adm. takes over, they can release it ALL, be quite honest, been me in there it already would have been....screw the bastards.....

:issues:

The current administration should be in prison. HRC included along with Bill and their horse mouth lookin' kid. They are criminals of the highest order. How all of them are not locked up for all eternity is completely beyond me.

[Admiral Blue]

Fact.

[99 pewtercoupe]

The current administration should be in prison. HRC included along with Bill and their horse mouth lookin' kid. They are criminals of the highest order. How all of them are not locked up for all eternity is completely beyond me.

A new POTUS appointing a new AG ...the number of indictments could be absolutely staggering. Unfortunately it will never happen

[Bill]

A new POTUS appointing a new AG ...the number of indictments could be absolutely staggering. Unfortunately it will never happen

We have a history of not going after the previous administration. We just need to "move forward." This is because if one side starts doing it, you can bet the other side will do it next time they get elected. It's kind of a gentleman's agreement among scoundrels.

[mrvette]

We have a history of not going after the previous administration. We just need to "move forward." This is because if one side starts doing it, you can bet the other side will do it next time they get elected. It's kind of a gentleman's agreement among scoundrels.

Except if it was ME,......there would be NOTHING left of the commies to come after me.....they all be dead under the firing squad range, and the other legions marched over them.....DEAD STONE SERIOUS!!!!