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US Chinook Shot Down 8 August 2011
BBC's Quentin Sommerville in Kabul A US helicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan has killed 31 US special forces and seven Afghan commandos, President Hamid Karzai's office says.US media reports that many of those killed were from the elite Navy Seals. Neither the US nor Nato have confirmed the cause, but witnesses, officials and the Taliban say it was shot down.The incident marks the biggest single loss of life for US forces in Afghanistan since operations began in 2001.The Chinook helicopter went down overnight in Wardak province, the statement from President Karzai's office said. It was returning from an operation against the Taliban in which eight insurgents are believed to have been killed.
American crash investigators are still recovering wreckage from the remote, Taliban-infested valley where the Chinook crashed taking part on a raid against militant fighters. A senior official of President Barack Obama's administration said the helicopter was apparently shot down, Associated Press news agency said. An official with the Nato-led coalition in Afghanistan told the New York Times the helicopter was shot down with a rocket-propelled grenade.Nato's worst Afghan moments: 6 April 2005 - Chinook crash in Ghazni province kills 15 US soldiers and three civilian contractors, 28 June 2005 - 16 US troops killed when Taliban bring down Chinook in Kunar province, 16 August 2005 - 17 Spanish soldiers die when Cougar helicopter crashes near Herat, 5 May 2006 - 10 US soldiers die after Chinook crashes east of Kabul, 2 Sept 2006 - 14 UK personnel killed when RAF Nimrod explodes following mid-air refuelling, 18 August 2008 - 10 French soldiers killed in Taliban ambush east of Kabul, 6 August 2011 - 31 US special forces and seven Afghan soldiers killed in Chinook crash.Source: BBC and news agencies"The president of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan expresses his sympathy and deep condolences to US President Barack Obama and the family of the victims," the statement from Hamid Karzai said. President Obama, too, issued a statement paying tribute to the Americans and Afghans who died in the crash. "We will draw inspiration from their lives, and continue the work of securing our country and standing up for the values that they embodied. We also mourn the Afghans who died alongside our troops in pursuit of a more peaceful and hopeful future for their country," the statement said. The Nato-led International Security Assistance Force has confirmed the helicopter crash but has not released details of casualties or the cause.ABC News said 25 Navy Seals were on board, plus seven Afghan special forces soldiers, five crew and one interpreter.AP quoted sources saying most of those killed were from Seal Team Six - the same unit which killed Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan May.The United States has for some time now been under the challenging influence of a 'heavy' planetary line-up. With so many of the natal planets in cardinal signs in the US chart, I am not surprised to see so much happening on many fronts. Though the chinook incident was a NATO-led manouvre, it involved mainly US forces and will be felt deeply as an attack against the US.
The present configuration of the transiting Mars-Pluto-Uranus t-square is activating the US Venus-Jupiter conjunction in Cancer and does nothing to boost their confidence. In fact, it is likely to bring long-term fundamental changes in connection with all that they value; such as national pride and financial wealth. This process started at the end of 2009 when transiting Saturn was conjunct the US M/C and then proceeded to square the Cancer planets. This was the beginning of a period in which confrontation with difficult situations would need to be addressed responsibly. Transiting Neptune was conjunct the US Moon and created insecurity in the people. These transits would have been difficult enough but when it was joined first by Pluto and then Uranus, it made for a situation that demands changes to be put in place on a much more fundamental level. And for that to happen the present structure needs to be broken down first before rebuilding and regeneration can begin. If we look back to 9/11 when transiting Pluto was at 12-36' Sagittarius conjunct the US Ascendant at 12-21' Sagittarius, we get some idea of what effect these changes can have on the American psyche. L.S.
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