Navy SEAL holds off al Qaeda for 30 mins

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in General Discussion edited January 2014
Central Command just released information on a very bad fire fight in the first days of Operation Anaconda. They were trying to land some SEALs on this mountain top and the helocopter got hit before it could land them but one SEAL fell out of the chopper when it was hit. He survived the fall and from what I've heard he held off the al Qaeda, alone, for up to 30 mins before his gun jammed, apprently he was shot at close range. Six other men died trying to save him later on. It's an amazing show of bravery.

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  • Reply 1 of 12
    applenutapplenut Posts: 5,768member
    [quote]Originally posted by imacFP:

    <strong>Central Command just released information on a very bad fire fight in the first days of Operation Anaconda. They were trying to land some SEALs on this mountain top and the helocopter got hit before it could land them but one SEAL fell out of the chopper when it was hit. He survived the fall and from what I've heard he held off the al Qaeda, alone, for up to 30 mins before his gun jammed, apprently he was shot at close range. Six other men died trying to save him later on. It's an amazing show of bravery.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    I'm pretty sure that was known for a while
  • Reply 2 of 12
    imacfpimacfp Posts: 750member
    [quote]Originally posted by applenut:

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    I'm pretty sure that was known for a while</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Not really. This specfic situation was just declassafied. We knew about the fighting but not about the specfic event. General Franks told the media about it today.
  • Reply 3 of 12
    applenutapplenut Posts: 5,768member
    [quote]Originally posted by imacFP:

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    Not really. This specfic situation was just declassafied. We knew about the fighting but not about the specfic event. General Franks told the media about it today.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    I don't know about that. My AP US told our class exactly what you wrote a couple days after it happened <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" />
  • Reply 4 of 12
    _ alliance __ alliance _ Posts: 2,070member
    [quote]Originally posted by applenut:

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    I don't know about that. My AP US told our class exactly what you wrote a couple days after it happened <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote>



    maybe he was there... <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />
  • Reply 5 of 12
    eugeneeugene Posts: 8,254member
    Applenut is correct.



    This incident was covered in depth by all kinds of media a couple of months ago.



    [ 05-24-2002: Message edited by: Eugene ]</p>
  • Reply 5 of 12
    applenutapplenut Posts: 5,768member
    [quote]Originally posted by _ alliance _:

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    maybe he was there... <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote>



    lol



    I don't know why he knew. I never thought it wasn't widely known <img src="confused.gif" border="0">
  • Reply 7 of 12
    imacfpimacfp Posts: 750member
    [quote]Originally posted by applenut:

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    I don't know about that. My AP US told our class exactly what you wrote a couple days after it happened <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote>



    Well maybe but the media, CNN, is talking about it like they just found out about it and I saw the Central Command news conference, today, where they talked about the SEAL and the action on that mountain in detail. It doesn't matter. I just thought it was a good story of bravery and that it was important to post about it with Memoral Day coming up.



    [ 05-24-2002: Message edited by: imacFP ]</p>
  • Reply 7 of 12
    _ alliance __ alliance _ Posts: 2,070member
    i didnt know. but then again i get all my news from the daily show. <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" />
  • Reply 9 of 12
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    From what I understand, the specifics as to how long the SEAL survived on the mountain top, and specifically how and why he was killed were only recent facts. There may have been speculation before, but the recent articles I read said that...
  • Reply 10 of 12
    buonrottobuonrotto Posts: 6,368member
    To clarify things: news outlets heard this version of events soon after the incident. It was only made "official" and the blanks were filled in by the military today. Neil Roberts received a Bronze Star posthumously.
  • Reply 11 of 12
    macaddictmacaddict Posts: 1,055member
    Heh, I'm with applenut on this one. Heard it on the radio about a week ago I think.



    Apparently he was the machine gunner and dealt out teh ****e with an M60 or something,
  • Reply 12 of 12
    bryan furybryan fury Posts: 169member
    he kung fu'd the mofos too



    nice one !



    kick *** .
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