Afghanistan
Sixteen soldiers killed in Afghanistan, believed to have been shot down.
What's odder, these forces were going to meet up with a U.S. reconnaissance team. They cannot locate this reconnaissance team.
The Taliban alleges to have killed them all. The U.S. is saying nothing.
From Alertnet.org
KABUL, July 1 (Reuters) - U.S. forces remain unable to locate a small U.S. reconnaissance team that a Special Forces unit was going to support when their helicopter was shot down, killing all 16 troops aboard, the U.S. military said on Friday.
While U.S. forces do not know the whereabouts of the team, they have no reason to believe that its members, last heard of shortly before Tuesday afternoon's crash, had been killed or captured, U.S. spokesman Colonel Jim Yonts said.
Yonts said he could "not confirm or deny" a claim by Taliban spokesman Abdul Latif Hakimi that the insurgents executed seven U.S. "spies" before the MH-47 helicopter was shot down in Kunar province bordering Pakistan.
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Between the Saddam trial and the supreme court circus about to come, batten down the hatches. This summer promises to be anything but boring.
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Land for Peace-Will It Work?
Flying low under the radar, over in Israel they are dismantling settlements from the Gaza strip. Amidst much internal turmoil because hey, some Israelis are quite distrustful of the Palestinians and any "compromises".
But note that Israel is doing it. They are getting no credit, but they are doing it.
From CNN.com
The Israeli army Thursday declared all settlements in Gaza a closed military zone, following recurring disturbances with Israeli settlers and ultra-nationalists that have injured Israeli security personnel and Palestinians.
According to Israel Defense Forces (IDF), the area is closed to Israeli civilians except residents of Gaza settlements.
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