CNNThe Taliban claimed that its fighters used a rocket-propelled grenade launcher to shoot down a U.S. Chinook helicopter in the Wardak province, about 30 miles (50km) west of Kabul.
Maj. John Redfield, a U.S. military spokesman, told CNN a coalition helicopter went down in the Wardak province after an exchange of fire with enemy on the ground.
All 10 soldiers on board were picked up and taken to safety, he said. He could not say if any were injured.
Meanwhile, a suicide bomber on Monday killed two soldiers and wounded three others in northern Afghanistan, a spokesman for the U.S. military in Afghanistan said.
U.S. Helicopter Shot Down in Afghanistan
Meanwhile, back at one of the NeoCon sandboxs:
Gosh darn! I am feeling so hunky dory positive and uplifted. Viva La Freedom!
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