SEALs Emerge, Blinkingly and Broken-Heartedly, From the Darkness -- Time
The war in Afghanistan is pushing the Navy's SEALs -- long hidden in the pitch-black world of special operations -- into the shadows. While we can now discern some of what the Pentagon likes to call their TTPs -- tactics, techniques and procedures -- there's still much we can't see. But it's plain that the recent double-barreled news -- the killing of Osama bin Laden by Afghan-based SEALs on May 2, and the weekend helicopter crash that killed 17 SEa Air and Land team members (and five support personnel) just west of Kabul -- has cast a spotlight on the elite and secretive force.
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Fallen Troops' Bodies On Way Home After Crash -- CBS News
Remembering the fallen: Troops are identified in helicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan -- Washington Post
Families and friends remember those lost in Afghanistan crash -- FOX News
Navy SEALs Mourn Their Most Tragic Day -- NPR
U.S. troops in Afghanistan sad, angry over deaths in downing of chopper -- Stars and Stripes
Obama discusses helicopter crash with commanders -- Stars and Stripes
Foreign troops comb helicopter crash site in Afghanistan -- Reuters
NATO Secures Afghan Crash Site -- Voice of America
NATO Probes Cause of Deadly Helicopter Crash in Afghanistan -- Voice of America
Slain Navy SEALs had targeted known Taliban leader, officials say -- CNN
Commandos were targeting Taliban leader -- UPI
SEALs killed in Afghan crash were answering call for help -- L.A. Times
US helicopter shot down in Afghanistan was on rescue mission -- The Guardian
Elite Force Died in Bid to Save Comrades -- Wall Street Journal
AP sources: SEALs killed in helicopter crash in Afghanistan had been on mission to aid Rangers -- Washington Post
Nato Chinook helictoper shooting: Navy SEALS 'were helping Army Rangers in trouble' -- The Telegraph
Doomed soldiers were racing to save Army Rangers when their helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan -- New York Daily News
Four Pak nationals helped Taliban shoot down US helicopter: Afghan official -- Yahoo News/ANI
NATO: Downed chopper reportedly fired on by rocket-propelled grenade -- CNN
Nato helicopter shooting 'a lucky shot' -- The Telegraph
Nato probes helicopter crash that killed 38 -- The Independent
How the Taliban Brought Down the SEALs' Chopper -- Time
US helicopter 'crashed in Taliban trap' -- AFP
Did a New Taliban Weapon Kill a Chopper Full of Navy SEALs? -- Danger Room
Taliban claim new weapon after US helicopter crash -- The National
Afghan official says Taliban lured US special forces into trap with false information -- Global Post
Did Foreign Training Help the Taliban Take Down a NATO Helicopter? -- The Atlantic
Choppers in Afghanistan vital and vulnerable -- AFP
Despite heavy losses in helicopter crash, special ops likely to remain -- Stars and Stripes
SEAL deaths a "staggering loss": Ex-SEAL -- CBS
Pentagon: Crash tragic, but not a trend -- CBS News
Pentagon says deadly helicopter crash was tragic, but doesn’t signal rise in Taliban strength -- Washington Post
How to read the downing of the Chinook -- The Economist