SEAL Team 6 Members Perish When Taliban Shot Down NATO Helicopter

U.S. Chinook helicopters leave after a security handover ceremony in Panjshir province July 24, 2011. NATO troops handed over security responsibility to Afghan forces in the northeastern province of Panjshir on Sunday, capping an initial transition phase early after it was deemed a ceremony was not needed to mark Afghan control of districts around Kabul. More than 20 SEAL Team 6 members perished in a helicopter crash when Taliban insurgents shot...

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Helo Shot Down, Killing 30 US Troops, 8 Afghans

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Insurgents shot down a U.S. military helicopter during fighting in eastern Afghanistan, killing 30 Americans, most of them belonging to the same elite Navy SEALs unit that killed Osama bin Laden, as well as seven Afghan commandos, U.S. officials said. It was the deadliest single loss for American forces in the decade-old war. The downing Saturday was a stinging blow to the lauded, tight-knit SEAL Team 6, months after its crowning...

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