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Old 6th April 2005 | 22:55
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Fox news had a video of the scene...smoking depression in the ground...scraps of unrecognizable metal....flames still going....locals shoveling dirt over the wreckage to put out the fire. A collection point for casualties covered in some sort of bedding. Dust storm blowing....

It was a pretty bad scene. Reminds me of some I saw in other places in other times. Usually not much left but the compressor sections, rotor heads....and the landing gear....and the odd bits of scrap metal and rifles and other metallic bits of gear.

Prayers for those lost and their loved ones. Once again, it reminds us of the cost our military is paying in the war.
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