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Article by Matthew Alexander

One Dead Monster, Another Rears His Ugly Head

By now you have seen the headlines and images of destruction: the rioting, looting, violent assaults, and arson. London and other UK cities look like war zones and their citizens are afraid to venture out, because the danger is very real. It’s a view of the temporary breakdown of society. It is gut check time; a time when the concept of being able to defend oneself gives way to the stark reality that few viable options to do so exist.

Coalition forces killed the Taliban insurgents involved with the recent downing of the CH-47 helicopter, with a precision airstrike in Chak District, Wardak province, Aug 9.

The strike killed Taliban leader Mullah Mohibullah and the insurgent who fired the shot associated with the Aug. 6 downing of the CH-47 helicopter, which resulted in the deaths of 38 Afghan and coalition service members.

Thirty eight coalition members were killed, Aug. 6, when a coalition CH-47 crashed while on a mission that targeted a Taliban leader in the Tangi Valley, Sayyidabad District, Wardak province.

The helicopter was reportedly fired on by an insurgent rocket-propelled grenade while transporting the U.S. service members and commandos to the scene of an on-going engagement between ISAF and insurgents forces.

The U.S. service members on board included five aircrew and 25 personnel from the U.S. Special Operations Command.

A SOF source in the Spec Ops community in Afghanistan reports that the unofficial word is that the Chinook carrying a spec ops unit composed mostly of SEALs was brought down by a close low-level, line-of-sight round from a RPG-7...

COVER FEATURE
LIONS OF KANDAHAR
A Special Forces ODA, with Afghan troops, lights up a Taliban stronghold in Kandahar province.
By Rusty Bradley

SPECIAL REPORT
GUN RUNNER EXPLODES

Mr. Chairman, thank you for this brief opportunity to address the committee. I am Wayne LaPierre and for 20 years now, I have served as Executive Vice President of the National Rifle Association of America.

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