Most people know SEAL Team 6 killed Osama bin Laden, but few know what happened afterwards, and why.
On Aug. 6 2011, members of SEAL Team 6 engaged in another covert raid in Afghanistan. As they approached the drop zone, Taliban forces attacked using rocket propelled grenades. The CH-47 carrying the SEALS with the call-sign “Extortion 17″ was was hit by one of the rockets tearing off ten and a half feet of one of its main rotor blades. Extortion 17 crashed, killing 30 Americans and eight Afghans. It is the single largest one day loss of life in the history of Naval Special Warfare division and of the entire 12-year Afghanistan campaign. One of those aboard was US Navy SEAL Aaron Vaughn.
Now his parents Karen and Billy Vaughn are speaking out about what happened and the catalog of errors that led to the downing of Extortion 17.
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2 comments:
What difference does it make?
Actually there is no public information that can be verified that Seal Team 6 or anyone else for that matter actually killed Osama Bin Laden.
Not saying they didn't but I am saying I find the whole story questionable and suspect.
I am waiting for undeniable proof which has yet to surface.
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