Tuesday, 09 August 2011 21:03 Jim Kouri
Chinook tragedy: Taliban acquisition of night vision technology probed
During the weekend, U.S. Special Operations troops were closing in on a secret Taliban summit thought to include a high-value commander in Afghanistan’s rugged Tangi Valley when they ran into an insurgent patrol that pinned them down. (Video)
RSN Note Comment from the Video:
I was in the Navy for a long time and one thing with all of this I don’t understand is that the military is not supposed to release any information about where the SEALS are and what they do. So how is it that right after this crash the whole world is told this chopper was filled with SEALS? Were they really on board and if so “who” is releasing this information? If what they do and where they go is supposed to be secret why is the government telling everyone all about it as soon as it happens? (dont you smell a rat?)
Before dawn on Saturday, members of the elite U.S. Navy SEAL Team Six packed into a twin-rotor Chinook transport helicopter and rushed to the rescue of special operations troops pinned down by Taliban fighters.. As their Chinook was about to land, U.S. officials said, an insurgent shot it out of the sky with a rocket-propelled grenade, or RPG, in the deadliest attack endured by the American military in a decade of war in Afghanistan. Thirty U.S. special forces members were killed including members of SEAL Team 6.
Part of the post-incident investigation is a probe into how the Taliban acquired night vision technology and other high-tech equipment that allows them to attack a U.S. military force in the darkness of night.
Some experts believe Iran is responsible for the transfer of military equipment and weapons to terrorist groups and organized crime organizations.
Other believe that supporters of Jihad in the United States may have illegally sold military technology to terrorists and renegade Islamic nations such as Iran.
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