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2007-03-26 Afghanistan
80 suspected Taleban killed in attack by Afghan forces
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Posted by Seafarious 2007-03-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11128 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Allahu akbar!
Posted by gorb 2007-03-26 01:28||   2007-03-26 01:28|| Front Page Top

#2 Man!! That amounts to 5760 virgins waiting to mount on the other side. I hope they reserved a stadium big enough!
Posted by smn 2007-03-26 03:09||   2007-03-26 03:09|| Front Page Top

#3 gorb: Allahu akbar!

80 suspected Taleban killed in attack by Afghan forces

God Is Great!
Posted by RD 2007-03-26 04:39||   2007-03-26 04:39|| Front Page Top

#4 Isn't he, though? :-)

I mean, if he were on the bad guys' side, wouldn't we be reading reports of good guys dying in droves? That's what I figure.

But these guys probably see it as an opportunity to short-circuit all the safeguards and get straight into the highest level of heaven. Maybe if they were just a little bit holier they could win once in a while . . . .
Posted by gorb 2007-03-26 04:55||   2007-03-26 04:55|| Front Page Top

#5 And the hits just keep on coming:

KABUL - Nearly 100 Taleban militants have been killed in the latest operation by Afghan and NATO forces in the southern part of Afghanistan, the government said Monday. At least 19 rebels were killed in the latest clashes on Sunday, in the Mir Manda and Haider Abad areas of Gerishk district of southern Helmand province, bringing the death toll since the start of the operation on Thursday to 99, the defence ministry said in statement.

It said the operation was initially conducted by Afghan military forces in the districts of Nadali, Gerishk and Lashkargah - where 69 Taleban militants and seven Afghan policemen were killed. NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) later joined forces in the campaign, the ministry said.
Posted by Steve 2007-03-26 08:25||   2007-03-26 08:25|| Front Page Top

#6 The "Feel-Good" story of the week! These double-digit kills are just so envigorating.
Posted by Captain Lewis 2007-03-26 08:34||   2007-03-26 08:34|| Front Page Top

#7 Quick question: how many are in a battalion? An article here the other day said NATO was killing Taliban in battalion-sized groups on both sides of the border.
Posted by trailing wife 2007-03-26 09:52||   2007-03-26 09:52|| Front Page Top

#8 "Suspected?"

Maybe they should give them some "Alleged Perpetrators" t-shirts.
Posted by Anonymoose 2007-03-26 10:06||   2007-03-26 10:06|| Front Page Top

#9 It varies widely, TW.
An American battalion includes the battalion commander (Lieutenant Colonel -- in the Marine Corps, sometimes a Colonel), his staff, and headquarters, the Command Sergeant Major (CSM) (or Sergeant Major in the Marine Corps), and usually 3-5 companies, with a total of 300 to 1,200 soldiers or Marines.

Minimum of 300 up to around a thousand.
Posted by Steve 2007-03-26 10:13||   2007-03-26 10:13|| Front Page Top

#10 The Taliban dying in droves would be even nicer if it wasn't so %^#$%$%^#%^ easy to replace them.
Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot  2007-03-26 10:31|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]  2007-03-26 10:31|| Front Page Top

#11 But battalions organized on the Soviet model can have as few as 200.
Posted by Fred 2007-03-26 10:33||   2007-03-26 10:33|| Front Page Top

#12 Thank you, gentlemen. 200-300 plus it is, then.
Posted by trailing wife 2007-03-26 10:35||   2007-03-26 10:35|| Front Page Top

#13 Just an FYI. I did add this to the Terrorist Death Watch because it was from a Brit spokeman. Most of the claims I see are from the local Barney Fife so I discount them.
Posted by Chuck Simmins">Chuck Simmins  2007-03-26 10:50|| http://northshorejournal.org]">[http://northshorejournal.org]  2007-03-26 10:50|| Front Page Top

#14 Chuck. I'm addicted to Terrorist Death Watch. THANKS! So, you'll use any confirmed kills from a reliable Western source (NATO, Coalition website, etc...)? Any idea how many terrorist we claim to have imprissioned?
Posted by Captain Lewis 2007-03-26 11:43||   2007-03-26 11:43|| Front Page Top

#15 Re #10 - so %^#$%$%^#%^ easy to replace them.

PakiWaki birth control. Instead of RU486 they use RUTaliban.
Posted by Snoluns Ebboluth3749 2007-03-26 11:53||   2007-03-26 11:53|| Front Page Top

#16  But battalions organized on the Soviet model can have as few as 200.


In order to make their army look larger for propaganda purposes the Soviets made smmlller units. This also allowed to have keep people being happy for being generals instead of mere colonels.

For instance a WWII Soviet Division was a third in size of a German one and I am not sure it was a combined arms unit (like DBrigades and Divisions are). The real equivalent of a German Division both ins size and organization was the Soviet Army Corps, the equivalent of a German Army Corps was an Army, the equivalent of a German Army was called a Front.
Posted by JFM">JFM  2007-03-26 12:19||   2007-03-26 12:19|| Front Page Top

#17 Alledged Terrorists only qualify for alledged virgins......
Posted by USN, Ret. 2007-03-26 13:26||   2007-03-26 13:26|| Front Page Top

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