Reuters offers perhaps the most comprehensive account thus far of the CH-47 shoot down that killed 38 personnel, including 22 members of SEAL Team Six. The conclusion of military officials: it was a lucky shot with a RPG that brought the Chinook down, not a coordinated ambush or the use of more advanced surface-to-air missiles such as a Stinger.
Meanwhile, ISAF has announced that the target of Friday's capture/kill raid -- Taliban cell leader Mullah Mohibullah -- and the fighter who fired the RPG were killed Tuesday by an F-16 strike after being tracked to a position in Chak District, Wardak Province. This is certainly good news, albeit small consolation given the number of lives lost on Friday.
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