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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 12:53 PM Original message |
US military helicopter crashes in Afghanistan |
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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. CNN said it was a CH-47? |
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maxrandb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 12:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. It's the Same Thing |
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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 01:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. thanks... |
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Career Prole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 01:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
22. Sadly, the Taliban *is* making a comeback. |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 01:52 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. Yes, it is heating up, here is an article in a Canadian newspaper |
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inanna (672 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 03:44 PM Response to Reply #31 |
50. My husband left for Afghanistan yesterday |
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Herkdrvr (149 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 03:47 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. I takes a couple days |
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inanna (672 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 03:48 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Yes, I just mean that things are heating up |
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Herkdrvr (149 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 03:52 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Afghanistan has been hot on and off |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-05 01:46 AM Response to Reply #50 |
80. My Best Wishes That Your Husband Comes Back Soon & Safe! |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 02:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
37. Here's a picture of a CH-47... |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 02:22 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Meant to add that I HATED riding in those dadgum things.... |
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onecent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 02:48 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. I've seen these flying over Kansas City (up North) lately n/t |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 04:12 PM Response to Reply #37 |
57. it looks like it holds a lot of folks |
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barbaraann (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
3. There might be a lot of casualties. It was transporting troops. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
4. Chinooks would usually carry 35 troops and 2-3 crew, right? |
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barbaraann (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 01:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. That's about right. |
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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 01:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
26. BBC: can carry up to 54 including crew & more serious than previous crash |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
7. Shit. |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 02:04 PM Response to Reply #7 |
35. Hmmm |
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Herkdrvr (149 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 03:39 PM Response to Reply #35 |
48. Wearing out the equipment? |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
8. Afghanistan, the other 'success' story... |
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maxrandb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 01:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. I Don't Know Why More People Don't Point this Out |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 01:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Those SCHOOLS bushCo vaunt? Afghan school used as bomb factory |
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Oversea Visitor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
9. Look Boss |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
10. It could be out of Giebelstadt, Germany |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
11. "The cause of the crash is unknown" |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 01:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. probably a "sand storm" |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
13. 16 on board |
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AFSCME girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 01:19 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. #1744 + 16 + 1760.... |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 01:20 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. actually, this happened in Afghanistan, so the numbers are different |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 01:26 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. "success story" Afghanistan, not Iraq. |
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AFSCME girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 01:30 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Sorry, didn't think about the two |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 01:47 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. IMO, they're both wars based on nothing but lies. |
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AFSCME girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 02:15 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. Yes, thank you.. |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 02:22 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. I thought I had...was chatting one night online with my hubby soldier who |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 02:32 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Wow! |
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AFSCME girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 02:49 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. Omigosh, Lynn... |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 03:30 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. I couldn't either, until I thought it had happened to me. |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 01:45 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. Lynn, have a link? |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 01:49 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Yeppers, sorry, got both my newsfeeds going mad & forgot... |
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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 01:52 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. MSNBC and CNN; may be more than 16 |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 01:59 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Thanks, and look at this article in today´s Stripes |
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realcountrymusic (999 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
15. More senseless loss |
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maxrandb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
17. Perhaps This is Related |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 02:27 PM Response to Reply #17 |
40. instead and sadly, he may have to keep quiet about additional casualties |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
20. By the way... " US military servicemember missing in Afghanistan" |
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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
25. Taliban is claiming responsibility |
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dArKeR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 01:50 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. It is IMPOSSIBLE to be "undisclosed location" if using ANY type of |
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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 02:59 PM Response to Reply #30 |
44. CNN said AP rec'd a call, too |
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dArKeR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
27. My friend flew a Chinook in Nam. I've never met a more anti-war |
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Old Vet (618 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 02:00 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. This Vet and most in my chapter VVA- |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 08:08 PM Response to Reply #34 |
67. Welcome to DU |
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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 08:27 PM Response to Reply #34 |
69. welcome to DU old vet |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
45. CNN just reported that the Taliban just claimed responsibility. |
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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
46. Reuters: Up to 20 on US chopper down in Afghanistan-official |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 03:42 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Hmmmmmmmmm |
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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
54. CNN reporting the Helicopter was a MH-47 |
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Herkdrvr (149 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 04:08 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. MH-47 |
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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 04:25 PM Response to Reply #55 |
60. how many troops can this one hold...didn't see it on the link above |
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Herkdrvr (149 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 04:29 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. Same as a CH-47 |
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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 04:45 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. thanks for the info |
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americanstranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 04:16 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. They're definitely trying to smoke out OBL. |
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Herkdrvr (149 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 04:21 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. We were lied into Afghanistan? |
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Chicago Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
56. This on top of the Apache we lost yesterday.... |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
61. This breaks my heart!!! On those helicopters they are sitting |
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Herkdrvr (149 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 04:30 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. RAIL the soldiers in? |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
65. Now saying up to 33 dead... |
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lumpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
66. Bushco should ask the Russians what |
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ckramer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 08:26 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. If Russia should support the insurgents in any way (secretly) |
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Herkdrvr (149 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 11:12 PM Response to Reply #66 |
70. The Russians went about it the wrong way |
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rainbow4321 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
71. Kuwait news: 13 of 16 killed in Afghan copter crash U.S. service members |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-05 12:05 AM Response to Reply #71 |
72. They would say bad weather |
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Herkdrvr (149 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-05 12:08 AM Response to Reply #72 |
73. Why not bad weather? |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-05 12:16 AM Response to Reply #73 |
74. Here is a bit from the BBC |
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Herkdrvr (149 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-05 12:22 AM Response to Reply #74 |
75. It could be the result of a variety of reasons |
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rainbow4321 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-05 12:28 AM Response to Reply #74 |
78. May very well be true.. |
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rainbow4321 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-05 12:22 AM Response to Reply #72 |
76. Taliban leader claims they will release a video.. |
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Herkdrvr (149 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-05 12:27 AM Response to Reply #76 |
77. Who knows...I guess we'll see |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-05 01:13 AM Response to Original message |
79. Update from the BBC - military says shoot-down possible now. |
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