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The Register-HeraldDetails of missing SEALs revealedBy Daniel Cooney•SSOC-STCO «» V*»KABUL. Afghanistan - The laat radio contact wa* an urgent appeal for help. Night waa falling, a *ing, and four Navy SEAL were aurrounded by about amandoamilitant* in intain*. They itaThat hurried tall art in motion a chain of event* that would lend to tho U.S military'* dradlieat blow in Afghanistan, and the greatest loss of life ever for the elite force of SEA1-Nine days alter the ambush and subsequent dow ning of a U.S special forces Mkoowr with Ifl troops aboard, including Midway native Petty Officer tat Cl as*The SEAL team ... were attacked by a pretty targe force of enemy terrorist* and radiod for reinforcements ...Jeff Taylor, U.S military official* in Kabul and Waahington are starting to draw a dearer picture of what happeneJ and have revealed some details.The four commandos — one of whom was rescued, two killed and one who still missing — were on a reconnaissance mission on June 28 as part of Operation Red Wing, searching for Taliban-led rebels and al-Qaida fighter* in KunarSee, U.S. military’ spokesman Col. Yont* saidmier Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, who u want ed by the United States. U.SThe eastern province ha* long been hotbed of militant activity and a haven___IS officials said al-Qaida fighter* also were in the region Osama bin Uden waa not aaid to be there - though hr is believed to be somew here along the rugged Afghanistan-Pakistan ftaamr.The region s nigged, wooded mountains are popular with militant* because they are easy to infiltrate from neighbonng Pakistan and have plenty of place* to hideThe SEAL team — specially trained -not only in the art of combat, hut also in medicine and communications — were attacked by a -pretty large of enemy terrorists* and radioed for reinforcement*. Yont* said at a press conference.
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Thu, Jul 07, 2005
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