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Bad day for helo bubbas in Afghanistan

I find it interesting that the British and Russians were in Helmund in the 1890s. Kipling made note of his intel in one of his poems---

Sorry for being tangential--
 
For illustration:
http://www.michaelyon-online.com/the-kopp-etchells-effect.htm

Michael Yon is an independent journalist who has embedded himself with U.S. & British troops in Iraq and, most recently, Af.
His dispatches are awesome - this one is particularly apt and includes some incredible pictures.

Check out this photo essay

Hopefully the Chinook folks were able to extract OK... that's a scary situation, crashing in the middle of the bazaar like that. BHD-like... at night
 
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