March 6, 2002
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3/6/02
Got home last night and found a message from my friend. He and I just saw the movie Black Hawk Down. There's a scene early on in the movie which was reenacted,sadly enough, in the ongoing Afganistan war. Two days ago two MH-47 helos were shot at in hostile territory with one going down and all seven spec ops servicement from various military branches killed. My friend read me the article in the New York Times and it depicted exactly what the movie had shown.
This type of warefare is definitely going to be a long one with, I fear, more incidents like this and possibly more mortality among our very best forces. It's been said time and again that this wasn't going to be a short war . No clear beginning, middle or end.
Hope for the best but prepare for the worst. Terrorism is all-together a totally different type of war. Forget the reasoning behind this terrorsim campaign against America. Not much matters when you have shrapnel or deadly debris flying past your head.
"The American deaths Monday occurred during two operations involving MH-47 Chinook helicopters, Rosa said. In the first, a helicopter inserting special forces was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade, forcing it down. As it tried to lift off, one American fell out, Rosa said. Another helicopter retrieved the rest of the crew.
Hagenbeck said the serviceman was captured by al-Qaida fighters and then killed. He was not missed until a head count was taken after the chopper was airborne.
Pentagon officials identified him as Petty Officer 1st class Neil C. Roberts, 32, of Woodland, Calif. Roberts was based in Norfolk, Va., with a Navy SEAL unit.
Three hours later, a Chinook was trying to land forces in the same area when it was hit by machine-gun fire and a rocket-propelled grenade, Rosa said. The helicopter was forced down, and a gunbattle took place in which six U.S. soldiers were killed.
When members of that helicopter were evacuated, the body of the soldier who fell from the first was found, Rosa said."
-source; NYTimes 3/6/02
In conclusion.
I'm determined to support our war on Terrorism. America, are you ?
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