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Afghanistan |
30 Taliban killed in coalition swoop |
2006-06-15 |
![]() Regional military Corps Commander General Samiul Haq said that the target might have been army units in the area but the rockets landed on civilian houses. He put the death toll at two with nine wounded. An American soldier died in an ambush in the southern province of Helmand on Tuesday, said Major Quentin Innes, a spokesman for international forces in southern Afghanistan. The US military said that another foreign soldier had been killed in the eastern province of Kunar on Tuesday but did not give his identity. Colonel Tom Collins, a coalition spokesman in Kabul, said that US, British and Canadian troops were launching Operation Mountain Thrust in the volatile and largely lawless south to combat the Taliban and extend the control of the government of President Hamid Karzai. “Operation Mountain Thrust is not about just killing and capturing extremists and militants threatening the security of the Afghan people,” he told a news conference. “It is very much about establishing the condition for the government of Afghanistan that can extend authority in the areas where it currently does not have a presence.” |
Posted by:Fred |
#3 Nice, RD. Don't let's forget all the underreported undercounts as well. I make it around 500 in real numbers...(based on estimation, guesswork, and blind faith in the ability of Our Boys, whatever their nationality). ;-) |
Posted by: trailing wife 2006-06-15 14:17 |
#2 dittos Frank! Between 5/29/06---6/14/06 "The deadly and great Taliban spring offensive®" has produced, in just 25 contacts with Afghistani and Coalititions forces 239 dead raisin seeking Talibs [Eastern Afghanistan] in Helmand, Kandahar, Zabul, and Uruzgan provinces. Inshalalaland and f*ck you NYSlimes, AP, WaPo and the rest of treason rags. ____ btw Total Not counting the 30 kia in this article or smaller contacts elsewhere in Asscrackistan...and plz help yourself to the math. |
Posted by: RD 2006-06-15 13:08 |
#1 Wednesday's 30 is a good start, kill em all the way back into Pakland and continue |
Posted by: Frank G 2006-06-15 08:58 |