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2010-02-09 India-Pakistan

Taliban getting ready for major Helmand fight

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Posted by Fred 2010-02-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top
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#1 Abdullah Nasrat, a Taliban commander in Nad Ali district where Marjah is located, told Reuters by telephone there were some 2,000 militants ready to fight to the death.

Great ! Fish in a barrel .. 2000 less

Posted by Oscar 2010-02-09 03:23|| 2010-02-09 03:23|| Front Page Top

#2 Here, fishy fishy fishy . . . .

And let's not have any repeats of the house from hell in Fallujah. Give a loudspeaker warning and then drop an SDB or tactical nuke or whatever on anything that looks suspicious.

And those guys gotta eat or take a dump sometime, so I'll bet snipers and lots of night raids would be in order since it's basically a war zone and AFAIAC, if the civilians didn't bug out, they are giving their tacit approval for whatever tactics we see fit. War us not a gentleman's game in this corner of the world.

Happy hunting! No tags, and screw the limit!

Posted by gorb 2010-02-09 03:42|| 2010-02-09 03:42|| Front Page Top

#3 Marjah: Fallujah II The Sequel. Take plenty of vidcams.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2010-02-09 06:49|| 2010-02-09 06:49|| Front Page Top

#4 Zeal they have. Hmm. Willing to die. Suggestion acceptable.

Posted by twobyfour 2010-02-09 07:02|| 2010-02-09 07:02|| Front Page Top

#5 Islamic Zeal

I'll stick with NATO weapons and doctrine.

Posted by Formerly Dan 2010-02-09 07:46|| 2010-02-09 07:46|| Front Page Top

#6 I fear that what they mean by "digging in" is filling bunkers with women, children, and fluffy bunnies & painting big ol' "kick me" signs on the rooftops. With just enough gunnies to bait the traps.

Posted by Mitch H. 2010-02-09 07:47|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/ 2010-02-09 07:47|| Front Page Top

#7 Keep the reporters out ( for their own good naturally) Then go in there and do what has to be done. Even the fluffy bunnies. Then police the place up for the meat wagon and put it all down in a basement somewhere and bulldoze it over. THEN let the Press in and let them wander around.

Use the Mongol system and listen to a pin drop.

Posted by Happy 2010-02-09 08:44|| 2010-02-09 08:44|| Front Page Top

#8 I think both Mehsuds had Islamic Zeal.

Posted by Frank G 2010-02-09 19:27|| 2010-02-09 19:27|| Front Page Top

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