Thursday, February 18, 2010

American Chinook helicopter shot down in Marjah

Tuesday, 16 February 2010

HELMAND, Feb. 16 - One of the U.S military Chinook-like helicopters while trying to airlift the foodstuff to Americans who have been surrounded and their escape routes closed off by the Mujahideen, was shot down Monday. The wreckage of whose is still lying scattered at the site near Lui Charahi in Marjagh.

The report indicates the helicopter was set on fire soon after in was shot and fell down in minutes, however, the details of the dead in the incident are unclear.

Source: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
Link: http://www.alemarah.info/english/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1305:american-chinook-helicopter-shot-down-in-marjah.

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