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Afghanistan
NATO: 75 Taliban Killed In Afghanistan
2007-05-01
NATO-led troops killed 75 suspected insurgents on the first day of an offensive against Taliban militants in a valley in southern Afghanistan, a British military officer said Tuesday.
Killing them in bunches, excellent
The militants died Monday, when British, Danish and Afghan troops fought their way up the Sangin Valley in Helmand province, Maj. Dominic Biddick, who commanded a company of British troops in the operation, told The Associated Press. Biddick said the troops detained several more suspected militants and discovered an arms cache during "a full day of fighting." One British soldier was wounded, he said, without providing any details of his condition.

"The operation went better than most people had anticipated," Biddick told an AP reporter traveling with his unit. "At one point, there were six companies in clashes at the same time." His tally of 75 insurgents killed could not be independently verified.

The Sangin Valley mission is part of Operation Achilles, NATO's largest-ever maneuver against the Taliban, which began in March. The operation is focused on reclaiming Helmand province, Afghanistan's most volatile, from insurgents so that the government of President Hamid Karzai can expand its reach.

On Monday, the U.S. military reported that 136 suspected militants were killed in three days of fighting in western Herat province — the deadliest clashes in Afghanistan since January.
Posted by:Steve

#10  
Allan's thinning the herd
Posted by: macofromoc   2007-05-01 20:45  

#9  Igor, we need to tweak the parameters of the birth-death model.
Posted by: JohnQC   2007-05-01 19:44  

#8  Gorb,
Don't get too happy - 110 more Afghans were born today than were during Taliban rule. Will we be fighting them in 15 years?
Posted by: Glenmore   2007-05-01 19:42  

#7  Allahu akbar!

I was thinking it was just a rehash of one of the battles previously reported over the last few days. I like rereading stores of how a bunch of bad guys get whacked as much as the next guy, but I can't tell you how my heart overfloweth with joy with each new report of another swarm of these a$$holes reaching their ultimate potential in life by becoming so much fertilizer. It looks like the bad guys are getting mowed down like so much grass. Whatever is going on, I LIKE IT!
Posted by: gorb   2007-05-01 17:33  

#6  Update: I concur, 75 dead, very completely dead.
Posted by: independent verifier 6104   2007-05-01 14:48  

#5  Frank, that was my exact reaction. The press shows it colors again...
Posted by: remoteman   2007-05-01 12:58  

#4  "On Monday, the U.S. military reported that 136 suspected militants were killed in three days of fighting in western Herat province."

That's 136 Islamic serial killers which will no longer be able to inflict death on chaos on the Afghani public, nor our troops.
Posted by: Mark Espinola   2007-05-01 12:56  

#3  His (Maj. Dominic Biddick, who commanded a company of British troops in the operation) tally of 75 insurgents killed could not be independently verified

nice that they rarely put that caveat in reporting terrorist's claims
Posted by: Frank G   2007-05-01 12:45  

#2  Glenmore...you forgot the bunnies and little puppies!!
Posted by: anymouse   2007-05-01 12:39  

#1  Soon to be reported, I am sure: These were all innocent civilians, women and children even. And baby ducks.
Posted by: Glenmore   2007-05-01 11:56  

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