06 August 2005

Shootdown Video?

Be aware of this, folks.

An Arabic TV station has aired video footage shot by al-Qaeda fighters which they say shows the gunning down of a US Chinook helicopter in Afghanistan.

The fighting led to the heaviest losses in the history of America's special operations Navy Seals.

The tape shows the identity card of a Navy Seal who died in the fighting as well as documents the fighters say they captured from an American computer.

The fighting took place in Kunar province in late June and July.

I'm pretty skeptical of all of this. I could be wrong, but I'm under the impression that special ops personnel don't carry computers, whether they're SEALs on recon, or SEALs and Army commandos being deployed to backup SEALs on recon. And I can tell you for a fact that SEALs don't carry ID cards when they patrol.

Bottom line, this tape sounds extremely fishy. I can't say for a fact that it's faked, but as far as I'm concerned, al Qaeda's claims don't add up.

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