The August 6 shooting down of a US helicopter that led to the death of 30 SEALS, 7 Afghan ‘commandos’ and an interpreter has led to some serious discussion on the whole regional situation. Various versions have surfaced - that this was a Taliban laid trap to lure in and destroy the Chinook helicopter in The Tangi Valley area of Wardak province that is a known Taliban stronghold, that this was a US operation to get rid of the SEALS who knew the ‘truth’ about the OBL raid, that the SEALS were an Immediate Reaction Force (as distinct from a Quick Reaction Force) called in to back up a night raid that had gone wrong and were therefore not in a ‘stealth’ helicopter or the SEALS were actually carrying out a raid to capture a Taliban leader when they were shot down and killed. These versions of the event will continue to be debated just as new ‘facts’ keep emerging about the operation to get OBL. The fact is that a high value US target was successfully destroyed by the Taliban in Afghanistan.
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