US covered up fatal Taliban missile strike on Chinook ~ ASIAN DEFENCE

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

US covered up fatal Taliban missile strike on Chinook

4:58 AM ASIAN DEFENCE 4 comments

The US military covered up a reported surface-to-air missile strike by the Taliban that shot down a Chinook helicopter over Helmand in 2007 and killed seven soldiers, including a British military photographer, the war logs show.The strike on the twin-rotor helicopter shows the Taliban enjoyed sophisticated anti-aircraft capabilities earlier than previously thought, casting new light on the battle for the skies over Afghanistan.

Posted in: Afghanistan,Fighting Al Qaeda and Taliban,Helicopter,USA

4 comments:

Matthew Saroff says:

July 28, 2010 at 5:00 PM

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