Sunday, August 21, 2011

Afghan Helicopter Crash Kills 31 US Troops, 7 Afghans – 6 Aug 2011

The Afghan President stated they were killed when insurgents shot down their NATO helicopter.  It is the highest number of casualties recorded in any single incident in Afghanistan.

1.  MSNBC (Insurgents Shoot Down NATO Helicopter in
    Afghanistan, Killing 37 People (original alert, incorrect
    number of personnel killed))
2.  Fox News: +51 minutes (31 US Troops, 7 Afghan Soldiers,
    Killed in Afghanistan (first alert with correct count))
    MSNBC
4.  USA Today: +13 minutes
5.  Los Angeles Times: +40 minutes
6.  Washington Post: +7 minutes
7.  Wall Street Journal: +8 minutes
8.  ABC News: +28 minutes (25 SEALs Included Among the Killed)
9.  Raleigh News & Observer: +8 minutes
10. CNN: +3 minutes
11. Richmond Times-Dispatch: +6 minutes
12. San Diego Union Tribune: +281 minutes (Copter Crash Victims
    From SEAL Team 6)
13. Fox News: +1 minute (More Than 20 Navy SEALs From Unit That
    Killed Usama bin Laden Lost Their Lives in Attack)
14. Miami Herald: +25 minutes
15. MSNBC: +9 minutes
16. Richmond Times-Dispatch: +13 minutes
17. Raleigh News & Observer: +62 minutes
18. CNN: +32 minutes (22 SEALs Killed (revised number from
    earlier))
19. CNN: +79 minutes (Troops Killed Were on a Mission to Rescue
    Another Team of Military Personnel Pinned Down by
    Insurgents)
20. Kansas City Star: +76 minutes

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