Bodies of 30 killed in Afghanistan return to Dover Air Force Base

Remains of troops come home shrouded in secrecy
Officials debate whether to release names of 30 troops killed in Chinook crash
By Pauline Jelinek - The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Aug 9, 2011 12:43:54 EDT
WASHINGTON — Troops killed in the deadliest incident of the Afghan war came home Tuesday — traveling in death much the same way they did in life — shrouded in secrecy.

Two C-17 aircraft carrying the remains of 30 killed in a weekend helicopter crash arrived late in the morning at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, the Pentagon said.

But three days after the downing of the aircraft by insurgents, Defense Department leaders were still debating whether to release their names, several senior officials said on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the issue.
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Remains of troops come home shrouded in secrecy

Forces in Afghanistan kill militants involved in downing of copter
By the CNN Wire Staff
August 10, 2011
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
The IDs of the 30 U.S. service members killed will be released soon
The aircraft used in Monday's strike was the F-16, but it's not clear how many were involved
The airstrike killed a Taliban leader and the insurgent who fired on the copter, ISAF says
ISAF troops followed them into woods, called for strike; Taliban associates were also killed


Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Coalition forces in Afghanistan have killed the Taliban insurgents responsible for the downing of a helicopter that left 38 U.S. and Afghan personnel dead, the commander of U.S. forces there and NATO announced Wednesday.

A precision airstrike killed Mullah Mohibullah -- a Taliban leader -- and the insurgent who fired what's believed to be the rocket-propelled grenade that brought down the helicopter, according to Gen. John Allen, the commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Several of their Taliban associates were also killed, NATO's International Security Assistance Force said.
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