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| NATO soldier killed, several wounded in southern Afghanistan |
| 2007-01-16 |
| KABUL - One NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) soldier was killed and several wounded in southern Afghanistan on Monday morning, the military said. ISAF soldiers were involved in a ‘pre-planned operation’ against an insurgent base when they were engaged from several insurgent positions, the ISAF said in a statement. The statement said the soldiers called in close air support which targeted the insurgents’ positions. The casualties were transported to an ISAF medical facility. The statement did not identify the nationalities of the dead and wounded soldiers, nor did it say exactly where in southern Afghanistan the firefight took place. The fatality was the second ISAF soldier killed in Afghanistan this year. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #3 Another article listed 13 Taliban killed and 17 wounded. |
| Posted by: ed 2007-01-16 12:22 |
| #2 I understand the Air Force has gone from 500lb bombs to 2000lb bombs. They may not have mentioned taliwhacker casualties because they couldn't get the division to come out even two times in a row (total number of fingers/toes divided by 10 = 2.375, total number of ears divided by 2 = 1.83716, etc.). Rather than say the wrong thing, I guess they decided to not say anything at all. Now if we could only get Congress to learn that lesson... |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2007-01-16 12:19 |
| #1 With close air support involved, there's a strong likelihood of insurgent casualties as well. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2007-01-16 07:00 |