Page 56 - Enemy Fire News Today

>> according to littrell, ahmed shaws forces moved in to outflank the seals. we obtained this video recorded by enemy forces from an american writer and photographer with military sources. the date stamp and other scenes that are too gruesome to show you indicate it was recorded the day of the fighting. this is how the fire fight is portrayed in a new film called "lone survivor" which opens later this month. based on a book marcus latrell wrote. its a hollywood movie, not a documentary. but latr...

The men sang happy birthday to francis and shared breakfast with him. one of the men also brought his dog. the pentagon is investigating the deadliest incident on u.s. forces in a year. what are you learning? >> military investigators looking at these reports when a helicopter went down in afghanistan earlier today. six u.s. troops killed. were they killed in the crash? there is a report they are looking at that its possible the helicopter came under enemy fire after it crashed onto the ground...

Succeed, theyll be with able to say i did everything i could to fix this, i know there are problems with it, ultimately, it may or may not work, but at least i tried. thats why i think the fact that its being exposed now might give congress an opening to do something with it. jon: it is the law. ed okeefe, a.b. stoddard, thank you both. >> great to be with you. jenna: now we tush to a fox -- turn to a fox news alert, six u.s. troops killed in a helicopter crash in southern afghanistan. conor pow...

Mechanical malfunction as most crashes in afghanistan are, but theres always a chance it was attacked or shot down by the taliban, a claim they are making. but defense officials say right now there was no enemy fire in the area. now, this is the single largest loss of life for u.s. and international troops in afghanistan for months. there are still roughly 50,000 or so american service members in afghanistan, most are in support roles, training and mentoring the afghans with the afghans really d...

This in the past at least, dennis rodman has offered to be a mediator, if you like, between barack obama and kim jong-un, not something the u.s. government has taken him up on. but we dont really know whether or not he will actually be meeting with north koreas supreme commander. you would have to think that neither of these people would miss such an opportunity to get it out to the world what theyre up to. >> they seem to like the photo ops. thank you so much. in other world news, a deadly da...

Welcome back. six "uss soldiers have been killed in a helicopter crash, one did survive. this happened today in southern afghanistan. >> barbara starr is covering the story from the pentagon. what have we learned so far? >> well, suzanne, michael, the reports are so preliminary right now. very tragic news, however for the an least six american military families. these troops killed when their helicopter went down in southern afghanistan. rd cooing to the initial reports, there were no reports of...

A very dangerous place. u.s. officials are not saying a great deal about the crash, only its under investigation. we know the helicopter crashed in an area in southern afghanistan. official reports say there was no enemy fire in the area according to the pentagonful most likely the crash is a result of bad weather or mechanical malfunction. the taliban are claiming they shot down in a helicopter, which in the past they have done, but looks like they had nothing to do with the crash. u.s. troops ...

Crash in southern afghanistan. there was one survivor. theyre not offering a lot of information here at the pentagon, of course, because they want to notify the families first. the initial indications were told is there were no signs of enemy fire in the area at the time. there is a report of some type of engine failure, were told. but, of course, this entire incident, very closely now being investigated by military authorities in afghanistan and by the pentagon to find out exactly what did happ...

But u.s. forces say this was not the result of enemy fire. this has been a violent year for u.s. troops. only 119 u.s. troops have been killed this year. the peak was 499 in 2010. you can see the u.s. drawdown is starting to have a big impact. but its still an extreme are yoan ex -- itsstill an extremet place. but initial reports say its a mechanical or weather will related incidents. bill: and a very, very big sacrifice as well. conor powell in jerusalem.

Problems in the area. what d us that tell us? they had no radio call from the crew saying they were under fire because that would have happened if the crew was under fire and they had time to make a radio call. these are very standard procedures, very well understood, and no reports from any other aircraft flying in the area by all accounts that they were seeing enemy fire. those are all the indicators you would very routinely get if there was enemy fire in the area. no reports of that at this t...