The U.S. military said Sunday it is considering a wider offensive to root out terror groups in Afghanistan following an ambush by suspected Taliban rebels that killed two U.S. special forces soldiers and injured another. The attack in the southern province of Helmand on Saturday was the sign of an "uptick" in rebel activity following the start of the Iraq war about 10 days ago, said U.S. Army spokesman Col. Roger King. He said U.S. forces would not let up in their efforts to hunt down rebel fighters. "This helps paint the picture for future operations," King told reporters. However, the attack also "points out that it's a challenge to pick out enemy forces that are made up of local Afghans." King said earlier that the U.S. military would try to find those responsible, but would not elaborate. "We'll probably make attempts to find out who did the ambushing," he said.
What do you mean, "probably"? You track them down and kill them like dogs. Then you kill their dogs.
Three Afghan soldiers also were wounded in the attack, the first fatal encounter for U.S. forces in Afghanistan since December. It occurred two days after a Swiss International Red Cross worker was killed in neighboring Kandahar province.
| We'll know we've won the Afghan war, if we ever do, when shooting incidents are dealt with by calling the cops, rather than by sending in a couple battalions of troops to root through caves looking for beards. Of course, that job will be made a lot easier when everybody in sight isn't totin' a shootin' arn... |
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