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Originally posted by CeeRZ
Apparently (as reported) none of them were actually part of the team that took down Bin Laden, they were only from the same unit.
Originally posted by ravenisi
I found it pretty suspicious that as I watched the breaking news on CNN about the crash that the "Taliban" had already claimed to be responsible for shooting down the helicopter...
Originally posted by Punchdrunk
I smell bacon, eggs, and cheese, with a bit of garlic. Do you morons really believe that there are only twenty or thirty members of Seal Team 6 in operation? Please, there are NUMEROUS combatants in this unit. Do you really think that they ONLY have twenty or thirty of these guys to send out.... if you do, then you are RETARDED!
Originally posted by Punchdrunk
reply to post by Deebo
I guess this totally went over your little tiny pointed head... my point was, do you seriously believe that there are only twenty to thirty guys in ALL of the Seal Team 6 unit? If you believe that is true, then just STFU....
edit on 7-8-2011 by Punchdrunk because: (no reason given)edit on 7-8-2011 by Punchdrunk because: edited to make my point more clear for idiots like Deebo
Originally posted by N34Li3Z
reply to post by Wide-Eyes
the news report said they were "from the same unit" meaning they were members of the unit, not the actual team members who did the alleged hit on Osama.
The conspiracy I smell is that this was actually reported. Since when do we get to know about failed spec-op missions? They're ghost units unless something good happens. I don't ever remember reading about a failed mission in the news involving special forces units. There could have been a better cover story for a Chinook being shot down.
This reminds me of a movie written by General Wesley's son, "The Objective"
Have any other helicopters actually been shot down in Afghanistan since the beginning of this war? I remember a couple of crashes but don't remember any others being actually shot down. Do they still have the stingers the US gave them during the Russia war?
Originally posted by Wide-Eyes
Originally posted by Punchdrunk
reply to post by Deebo
I guess this totally went over your little tiny pointed head... my point was, do you seriously believe that there are only twenty to thirty guys in ALL of the Seal Team 6 unit? If you believe that is true, then just STFU....
edit on 7-8-2011 by Punchdrunk because: (no reason given)edit on 7-8-2011 by Punchdrunk because: edited to make my point more clear for idiots like Deebo
Why are you so aggresive? I None of us know how many members are in SEAL Team 6 because that information is classified. We are all speculating.
Originally posted by Revolution9
Originally posted by Wide-Eyes
reply to post by Revolution9
Thank you dude Seems I got ahead of myself but I appreciate the love all the same. Let's see what comes out about this in the next few weeks. I am sure there is more to this than meets the eye.
I am not so sure you did get ahead of yourself. Did the media first say it was the same team as OBL raid? Was there a change in story afterwards? That is what we need to know now, I guess.
originally posted by: Komodo
Originally posted by CLPrime
reply to post by Wide-Eyes
The troops who died in the crash were from the same unit, but they were not the troops who were involved in the actual mission.
According to the CNN Breaking News alert:
It is believed that Saturday's helicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan that killed 31 Americans was downed by insurgents, a U.S. military official told CNN.
Of those killed, 22 were Navy SEALs, he said.
The SEALs belonged to the same unit that conducted a raid in May that killed Osama bin Laden, but they were not part of that operation, the official said.
well.. something is definately a miss.. cuz' here what the MSNBC statas in the first paragraph .. !
source
most of them from the elite Navy SEALs unit that killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, along with seven Afghan commandos. It was the deadliest single incident for American forces in the decade-long war.