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| U.S. Jets Hit Fighters in Afghan Cave Complex |
| 2004-06-07 |
| U.S. warplanes pounded dozens of insurgents hiding in caves in southern Afghanistan, the military said Monday, after a gunbattle between the militants and U.S. troops. MOAB time? Meanwhile, Taliban militants killed two policemen south of the capital and threw a grenade at a relief group in the northwest, officials said, fresh signs that violence is spreading ahead of crucial national elections. Typical Taliban campaign The planes struck early Sunday near Tirin Kot, a town 250 miles southwest of Kabul where U.S. Marines recently set up a base, military spokesman Lt. Col. Tucker Mansager said. The militants sought refuge in the caves, and coalition forces called in "air support that dealt with those caves," Mansager said. He said no U.S. soldiers were hurt and had no information on any casualties among the militants, who he said numbered "probably in the tens and twenties." More than 400 people have died in violence across Afghanistan this year, most in the south and east where U.S. forces and The policemen died when Taliban attacked the government office in Kharwar, a remote district of Logar province just 50 miles south of Kabul, said Gen. Atiqullah Ludin, a local military commander. He said about two dozen assailants rode into town in four-wheel-drive pickup trucks and opened fire with guns and rocket-propelled grenades, setting fire to one office. Ludin said two police officers were killed and another injured before the Taliban withdrew into the mountains. An Interior Ministry spokesman in Kabul said only one policeman had died. The Logar attack comes less than a week after five medical relief workers, including three foreigners, died in northwestern Badghis province in an attack claimed by the sounds like Hek’s boyz - throwing like little girls Naibzada said the |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #8 darn. That should hhave read: Fuel-Air Explosive. |
| Posted by: GK 2004-06-07 2:13:16 PM |
| #7 #2 AP, one MOAB or smaller version of the FAE (FAE)bombs will also suck the air right out the cavemen's lungs. |
| Posted by: GK 2004-06-07 2:11:34 PM |
| #6 I wonder if Napalm would work better on caves. The BLU-118 is already available specifically for this sort of situation. I wouldn't be surprised if one of those things dispatched ol' Binny.... :) |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-06-07 12:50:06 PM |
| #5 Flamethrowers have been replaced by the M202 Flash rocket launcher. They have better range than the old "zippo." (See the article here at Global Security; scroll down a bit to get to the part about the M202.) We still have incindeary bombs, they just aren't called "napalm" anymore. See this article at G.S. |
| Posted by: Mike 2004-06-07 11:44:20 AM |
| #4 I don't think napalm is formally outlawed, but it sure does set off the Euro-weenies no end. They have the same problem with cluster weapons. I think they have the same problem with anything larger than a pea-shooter. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2004-06-07 11:42:07 AM |
| #3 IIRC - Napalm's not outlawed, nor are flamethrowers....just "insensitive". I'm sure some of teh others here can correct me if I'm wrong, though... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-06-07 11:23:09 AM |
| #2 I wonder if Napalm would work better on caves. My P-38 pilot friend had a tough time with Japanese shooting out of caves in Borneo in WW2. They finally saturation bombed the cave complex with nape and all became silent. A ground examination showed that the napalm used up all the oxygen and the guys suffocated. Too bad napalm is outlawed. Bad move. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-06-07 11:15:14 AM |
| #1 Pace Rudyard Kipling: Bring out your imams and surrender Or else you're alll gonna get slammed Don't hide in the caves, they'll just be your graves, You can't get away from JDAM! |
| Posted by: Mike 2004-06-07 10:19:23 AM |