 | Operation Iron Net? That sounds remarkably stiff, heavy, and ineffective. Perhaps it's more frightening in the original Pashtun. |
The Taliban said on Monday they have launched a guerrilla operation to thwart a major assault by the newly-deployed US Marines on their Helmand strongholds. Operation Foladi Jal would teach the Marines "a lesson". Taliban spokesman Yousuf Ahmadi told AFP by telephone from an unknown location.
| The brave Lion of Islam phones it in from his secret hiding place, under his youngest wife's bed. |
"You guys go ahead, I'll be there in a minute."
"Where you going, Mahmoud?"
Um .. I gotta make a phone call." |
About 4,000 Marines poured into the southern province on Thursday in an operation called Khanjar (dagger) to tackle the Taliban in the region. "In response to Operation Khanjar by the invading forces, we have launched the operation," Ahmadi said. The operation would include improvised bomb explosions and "hit-and-run guerrilla attacks", Ahmadi said. "We will not engage them in front battles. We would rather hit them by mines and guerrilla attacks," he said.
| Happy hunting, Marine Lions and Lionesses! |
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