5 U.S. troops die in helicopter crash in Afghanistan
By The Associated Press
This article was published March 12, 2013 at 7:04 a.m.
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KABUL, Afghanistan — A helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan has killed five American servicemen, officials said Tuesday.
Monday night’s crash raised the total number of U.S. troops killed that day to seven, making it the deadliest day for U.S. forces so far this year. Two U.S. special operations forces were gunned down hours earlier in an insider attack by an Afghan policeman in eastern Afghanistan.
The NATO military coalition said in a statement that “initial reports” showed no enemy activity in the area at the time. The cause of the crash is under investigation, the statement said.
A U.S. official said all five of the dead were American. The official said the helicopter went down outside Kandahar city, the capital of Kandahar province. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the information had not been formally released.
The five dead included everyone aboard the UH-60 Black Hawk, said Maj. Adam Wojack, a spokesman for the international military coalition in Afghanistan.
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T6 says... March 12, 2013 at 9:08 a.m.
Our troops are being asked to make their ammo count in a combat zone because of the cut backs. How about our President and Michelle cut back one of their many separate vacations. That could help pay for ammo for our troops in harms way. How about our President send the ammo HIS agencies are buying up here in the US and send it to our guys over there. BRING OUR TROOPS HOME, NOW! Before they ALL get killed.
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1soni says... March 12, 2013 at 9:37 a.m.
t-6 you have a source for that ? Yesterday, they were screamin that the military was stockpiling a billion rounds of ammo. P.S. - I agree, bring them home.
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T6 says... March 12, 2013 at 11:43 a.m.
1soni... It's not the military stockpiling ammo it's agencies within our government, DHS, NOAA, SSA, USDA.
politicalticker.blogs.cnn. com/2013/03/11/desperate-times-marines-told-to-save-every-round/
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