A large portion of seal team six wiped out in crash.

CrinkElite

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/afghanistan/2011-08-06-nato-helicopter-crash_n.htm

20 of the soldiers involved in the killing of Osama bin Laden were killed in a helicopter crash.

In other news:

The statue of Lincon in Washington stood up screaming "We built this city on rock and roll" before a flock of Taliban monkeys flew out or his arse. :pac:

Simi

NOT LENNY!!!

loike

It specifically says this: "We don't believe that any of the special operators who were killed were involved in the Bin Laden operation."
SEAL Team 6 is a large group. The people who died in the crash weren't the same people who were in the bin laden raid.

Saila

in b4 conspiracy theorists

Chris P. Bacon

It says on that site it was 6 months ago that they killed bin laden,i thought it was in May

chucken1

Chris P. Bacon wrote: »

It says on that site it was 6 months ago that they killed bin laden,i thought it was in May

The plot thickens

CrinkElite

loike wrote: »

It specifically says this: "We don't believe that any of the special operators who were killed were involved in the Bin Laden operation."
SEAL Team 6 is a large group. The people who died in the crash weren't the same people who were in the bin laden raid.

whoa, Ok I don't know how I missed that at the top of the page.
I was watching sky news, they're saying they were the same soldiers.

mackg

In a strange reversal of roles people were killed by a polar bear and a load of seals died in a helicopter crash.

Dangerous Man

What the fuck is this?

joshrogan

Pretty obvious it's Osama's ghost back with a vengeance.

Chuck Stone

I wonder was it shot down? Or perhaps suicide geese flew into the... never mind

Plazaman

Dangerous Man wrote: »

What the fuck is this?

A News Story Methinks

And so they thought they could kill Osama without consequences.....

WWJD (What Would Jesus Do)

Solnskaya

always thought seals were not meant to fly. should've stuck to swimming.

CardBordWindow

Plazaman wrote: »

A News Story Methinks

And so they thought they could kill Osama without consequences.....

WWJD (What Would Jesus Do)

WWAD (What Would Allah Do?)

LK_Dave

joshrogan wrote: »

Pretty obvious it's Osama's ghost back with a vengeance.

already he left his 60 odd virgins????so its true he did't have much interest in women.

Otis Driftwood

CrinkElite wrote: »

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/afghanistan/2011-08-06-nato-helicopter-crash_n.htm

20 of the soldiers involved in the killing of Osama bin Laden were killed in a helicopter crash.

In other news:

The statue of Lincon in Washington stood up screaming "We built this city on rock and roll" before a flock of Taliban monkeys flew out or his arse. :pac:

None of the dead were involved in the operation that killed Bin Laden.They were in the same unit is all.

paky

i hope mitch connor is ok

Caulego

LK_Dave wrote: »

already he left his 60 odd virgins????so its true he did't have much interest in women.

LOL! Who said the virgins were female anyway? Maybe he got the bum's rush, so to speak....

RMD

Solnskaya wrote: »

always thought seals were not meant to fly. should've stuck to swimming.

SEAL actually stands for SEa Air Land, they love a bit of flying.

Geekness1234

This just prove how vulnerable helicopters are to virtually all types of AA.Complete mystery to me while they were all travelling together,nearly 40 men.They should have split up into four Black Hawks.
Keep your jokes to yourselves,those SEALs did more in one week then you could ever hope to do in your lives.

mackg

Geekness1234 wrote: »

This just prove how vulnerable helicopters are to virtually all types of AA.Complete mystery to me while they were all travelling together,nearly 40 men.They should have split up into four Black Hawks.
Keep your jokes to yourselves,those SEALs did more in one week then you could ever hope to do in your lives.

Chopper gunners are free AC130 all the way

Geekness1234

Good point,I guess it could have performed a touch and go,but it would have been just as vulnerable on the way in/out.

mattjack

Geekness1234 wrote: »

This just prove how vulnerable helicopters are to virtually all types of AA.Complete mystery to me while they were all travelling together,nearly 40 men.They should have split up into four Black Hawks.
Keep your jokes to yourselves,those SEALs did more in one week then you could ever hope to do in your lives.

you should see them preform in Sea World in Florida.....

Forest Master

Solnskaya wrote: »

always thought seals were not meant to fly. should've stuck to swimming.

I've always thought people who aren't funny shouldn't try to make jokes.

Fremen

CrinkElite wrote: »

The statue of Lincon in Washington stood up screaming "We built this city on rock and roll" before a flock of Taliban monkeys flew out or his arse. :pac:

Uh, exqueeze me? Baking powder?

Absurdum

Geekness1234 wrote: »

This just prove how vulnerable helicopters are to virtually all types of AA.Complete mystery to me while they were all travelling together,nearly 40 men.They should have split up into four Black Hawks.
Keep your jokes to yourselves,those SEALs did more in one week then you could ever hope to do in your lives.

alright, thanks for the insight :rolleyes:

mattjack

Absurdum wrote: »

alright, thanks for the insight :rolleyes:

and none of your jokes either.....because helicopters are nice

Absurdum

mattjack

Absurdum wrote: »

i,m humouring geekness ....carry absurdum your fine..

Kepti

Geekness1234 wrote: »

Keep your jokes to yourselves,those SEALs did more in one week then you could ever hope to do in your lives.

More what exactly?

Dermighty

Kepti wrote: »

More what exactly?

More militarying

goose2005

Geekness1234 wrote: »

This just prove how vulnerable helicopters are to virtually all types of AA.Complete mystery to me while they were all travelling together,nearly 40 men.They should have split up into four Black Hawks.

Am I the only one who imagined the chopper splitting up into four Hawks and later recombining, a la Megazord?

Arnold Layne

Geekness1234 wrote: »

Keep your jokes to yourselves,those SEALs did more in one week then you could ever hope to do in your lives.

So true.

I would never hope to shoot armed or otherwise terrorists/civilians.

I would rather have a steady job and raise a family, no matter how bad the current economic situation is.

But thats just me! :rolleyes:

Saila

is it a bird?, is it a plane?

no its a helicopter of flying seals! :eek:

PK2008

Bin Ladens dead????

Saila

Geekness1234 wrote: »

Keep your jokes to yourselves,those SEALs did more in one week then you could ever hope to do in your lives.

yes because everyone wants to die for pointless causes :rolleyes:

mickydoomsux

Arnold Layne wrote: »

So true.

I would never hope to shoot armed or otherwise terrorists/civilians.

I would rather have a steady job and raise a family, no matter how bad the current economic situation is.

But thats just me! :rolleyes:

Ugh, you odious little arsehole.

Plazaman

PK2008 wrote: »

Bin Ladens dead????

Jim Leyden??? Fúck he owed me money.

Saila

PK2008 wrote: »

Bin Ladens dead????

yes he's buried at seals

ectoraige

Saila wrote: »

yes he's buried at seals

Does Heidi Klum know about this?

mackg

PK2008 wrote: »

Bin Ladens dead????

Bin ladens bin lade to rest

Geekness1234

Last time I checked fighting to eradicate terrorism isn't really a pointless cause.
Or is it just you that when out a group of men kill 2000+ civilians it is suddenly a pointless cause to respond.
Shut the f### up Saila.
(

Fremen

Kepti wrote: »

More what exactly?

More babykilling.

Arnold Layne

mickydoomsux wrote: »

Ugh, you odious little arsehole.

Apologies if eradicating life as opposed to creating it is your thing. Turd!

How many missions have you completed, nop doubt on the Xbox or PS3?

Fremen

Geekness1234 wrote: »

Last time I checked fighting to eradicate terrorism isn't really a pointless cause.
Or is it just you that when out a group of men kill 2000+ civilians it is suddenly a pointless cause to respond.
Shut the f### up Saila.

An informed response indeed. Did you pause to consider civilians killed by US forces when they invaded Afghanistan? You're looking at 12,000 at a very conservative estimate. Did you consider that the families of those 12,000 people will be radicalised against the US?

"Eradicate" terrorism my eye.

Kepti

Geekness1234 wrote: »

Last time I checked fighting to eradicate terrorism isn't really a pointless cause.
Or is it just you that when out a group of men kill 2000+ civilians it is suddenly a pointless cause to respond.
Shut the f### up Saila.
(

Fighting two incredibly expensive and protracted wars in foreign countries to prevent terrorism isn't just pointless, it's counter-productive.

davetherave

FFS how come a bereavement thread to a crackhead junkie gets more respect than this. :mad:
Regardless of what your stance is regarding the war on terror, at the end of the day there are 38 families that don't have a son or a brother or a husband or a dad anymore.

Maybe I'm just expecting too much from AH??


Ar dheis Dé go raibh a n-anam.

mickydoomsux

davetherave wrote: »

FFS how come a bereavement thread to a crackhead junkie gets more respect than this. :mad:
Regardless of what your stance is regarding the war on terror, at the end of the day there are 38 families that don't have a son or a brother or a husband or a dad anymore.

Maybe I'm just expecting too much from AH??


Ar dheis Dé go raibh a n-anam.

Didn't you get the smarmy internet cunt memo?

The US are the bad guys now.

Dyr

davetherave wrote: »

FFS how come a bereavement thread to a crackhead junkie gets more respect than this. :mad:
Regardless of what your stance is regarding the war on terror, at the end of the day there are 38 families that don't have a son or a brother or a husband or a dad anymore.

Maybe I'm just expecting too much from AH??


Ar dheis Dé go raibh a n-anam.

Lots of people seem to die in afghanistan and pakistan these days, I don't think about them much and I doubt you do either.


Maybe if you're someone who read too many tom clancy novels you might feel differently

Kepti

mickydoomsux wrote: »

Didn't you get the smarmy internet cunt memo?

The US are the bad guys now.

The world can't be easily be divided up into "good guys" and "bad guys". If you can provide an argument to justify the current wars, I'd like to hear it.

Fremen

davetherave wrote: »

FFS how come a bereavement thread to a crackhead junkie gets more respect than this. :mad:

US foreign policy works by carrot and stick. The carrot is international aid. These guys are the stick. I think US foreign policy is cynical and self-serving, so I don't have much respect for their military.