First thing I'd like to say here is this....Qari Tahir, you are a dead man walking.
Okay, some of the details are coming out from Afghan and Taliban sources on the deadly downing of the Chinook helicopter in Afghanistan revealing that it indeed was a sophisticated trap laid out by the Taliban. Please bear in mind this is information coming from less than verifiable sources.
From the report at DAWN:
A helicopter which crashed killing 30 US troops in Afghanistan was shot down after the Taliban laid a trap to lure US forces into the area, an Afghan government official said Monday.
“Now it’s confirmed that the helicopter was shot down and it was a trap that was set by a Taliban commander,” said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The official said the commander lured US forces to the scene by telling them there was a Taliban meeting taking place there.
The official said that President Hamid Karzai’s US-backed government “thinks this was a retaliation attack for the killing of Osama Bin Laden.” The Taliban did not make such an assertion when they claimed responsibility for the attack.
Citing intelligence “gathered from the area,” the official blamed Qari Tahir, a Taliban commander, for masterminding the attack. He alleged that four Pakistani nationals helped Tahir carry out the strike.
He said the intelligence also showed that the Chinook helicopter was brought down by multiple shots including “modern weapons” without giving further details.
The helicopter was attacked from either side of a valley, the only route to the Taliban-dominated Sayd Abad district in Wardak province where the attack happened late Friday, the official said.
“The Taliban knew which route the helicopter would take,” he added.
Now, there are some parts of this story that don't add up - first of all, I've read reports that the Chinook was downed AFTER the operation was pretty much wrapped up - this report makes it sound like it was downed as it came into the area. At the same time, reports are out that Army Rangers were involved in the operation and it was their call for backup that brought the SEALs into the area - how would the Taliban know that this call would be made?
We'll have to wait for more info to come out but the fact that this Taliban commander has been named more than likely has sent this worm scurrying off to Pakistan as he will be the target of the entire U.S. force in the region. Say so long to a night's rest for the entirety of your life, asswipe.
US helicopter shot down in Taliban trap: Afghan official
KABUL: A helicopter which crashed killing 30 US troops in Afghanistan was shot down after the Taliban laid a trap to lure US forces into the area, an Afghan government official said Monday.
“Now it’s confirmed that the helicopter was shot down and it was a trap that was set by a Taliban commander,” said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The official said the commander lured US forces to the scene by telling them there was a Taliban meeting taking place there.
The official said that President Hamid Karzai’s US-backed government “thinks this was a retaliation attack for the killing of Osama Bin Laden.” The Taliban did not make such an assertion when they claimed responsibility for the attack.
Citing intelligence “gathered from the area,” the official blamed Qari Tahir, a Taliban commander, for masterminding the attack. He alleged that four Pakistani nationals helped Tahir carry out the strike.
He said the intelligence also showed that the Chinook helicopter was brought down by multiple shots including “modern weapons” without giving further details.
The helicopter was attacked from either side of a valley, the only route to the Taliban-dominated Sayd Abad district in Wardak province where the attack happened late Friday, the official said.
“The Taliban knew which route the helicopter would take,” he added.
“That’s the only route, so they took position on the either side of the valley on mountains and as the helicopter approached, they attacked it with rockets and other modern weapons. It was brought down by multiple shots,” he said.
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