We Demand a Congressional Hearing on \"Extortion 17.\"

?Extortion 17″ was the call sign for the Chinook helicopter shot down in Afghanistan on the night of August 6th, 2011. Among the killed in the crash were 25 special operations forces, including 15 members of SEAL Team 6, five National Guard tro

Why were so many of our special op forces, credited quite publicly by VP Biden for killing Osama Bin Laden, sent into an active battle zone in one, out-dated Chinook transport helicopter, as opposed to the MH47′s with which they trained? Why didn't standard military protocol, of escort, or pre-assault fire in a battle zone happen, and why did the U.S. military permit the Afghan military and police to be part of every planned military operation executed in this war on terror?

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We Demand a Congressional Hearing on \"Extortion 17.\"

?Extortion 17″ was the call sign for the Chinook helicopter shot down in Afghanistan on the night of August 6th, 2011. Among the killed in the crash were 25 special operations forces, including 15 members of SEAL Team 6, five National Guard tro

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