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2006-05-14 Afghanistan

Aussie & Dutch troops in Southern Afghanistan

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Posted by Oztralian 2006-05-14 18:53|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 From reading this, it sounds like the good guyz are surrounded and in defensive positions, being picked off. Instead they are on the offense, clearing out bad sectors at the point of a bayonet, and forcing fights from and enemy whose only choice is to fight or die where they stand. An enemy who literally has no where left to run.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-05-14 19:15|| 2006-05-14 19:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Diggers drew the short straw

Posted by Captain America 2006-05-14 20:27|| 2006-05-14 20:27|| Front Page Top

#3 CA: Diggers drew the short straw

I wouldn't say that. It seems to me that the only way to get useful combat experience is to go up against a reasonably aggressive enemy. That won't happen in East Timor. Or up north in Bagram.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2006-05-14 23:18|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2006-05-14 23:18|| Front Page Top

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