The downing Saturday was a stinging blow to the lauded, tight-knit SEAL Team 6, months after its crowning achievement. It was also a heavy setback for the U.S.-led coalition as it begins to draw down thousands of combat troops fighting what has become an increasingly costly and unpopular war. Seven Afghan commandos also died during the incident.
The Associated Press quoted an Afghan official as saying there was renewed fighting in the area Sunday. NATO confirmed it has begun an operation to recover the remains of the helicopter.
None of the 22 SEAL personnel killed in the crash were part of the team that killed bin Laden in a May raid in Pakistan, but they belonged to the same unit. Their deployment in the raid in which the helicopter crashed would suggest that the target was a high-ranking insurgent figure. READ FULL STORY
