Another mark on the shrub's wall of shame...
"It was the largest loss of Navy SEALs in a single incident since the force of about 2,400 was formed in 1962."
July 6, 2005
U.S. officials reveal details of downing of helicopter
By DANIEL COONEY
Associated Press Writer
KABUL, Afghanistan - The last radio contact was an urgent appeal for help. Night was falling, a rainstorm threatening, and four Navy SEAL commandos were surrounded by about a dozen militants in rugged, wooded mountains. They needed reinforcements.
That hurried call set in motion a chain of events that would lead to the U.S. military's deadliest blow in Afghanistan, and the greatest loss of life ever for the elite force of SEALs.
Nine days after the ambush and subsequent downing of a U.S. special forces helicopter with 16 troops aboard, U.S military officials in Kabul and Washington are starting to draw a clearer picture of what happened and have revealed some details.
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