A military helicopter was shot down in eastern Afghanistan, killing 31 U.S. special operation troops, 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. How many actually participated in the bin Laden raid was not known.
U.S. officials believe that none of those who died in the crash had participated in the bin Laden raid, although they were from the same unit that carried out that mission, two officials told The Associated Press. They spoke about matters of military security on condition of anonymity.

Apparantly its not sad enough to re write it in your own words.

Diji, He did take take the time to edit the report to the relevant points and sourced it. I am going to leave it open, if it generates some discussion, which is what this section is supposed to be about

Apparantly its not sad enough to re write it in your own words.

What for. Im not apart of the news team so why bother?

Im sorry but its against the rules to copy/paste articles, even if you do include a source. It says it in the sticky thread in this section.

I thought this was very sad and decided to post here if anyone hasn't heard about it yet.
Last Night when US troops including special force units were sent on a mission in Afghanistan 30 died, Mostly elite Navy SEALs. "The Taliban shot down their helicopters" Officials said, This is one of the biggest single loss for foreign troops in the decade-long war.



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I said a long time ago, Just ****ing nuke the ****s.