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2007-04-12 Afghanistan

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Posted by Steve 2007-04-12 07:52|| || Front Page|| [11129 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 So that's, what, more than a hundred raisins, right?

Posted by Excalibur 2007-04-12 09:02|| 2007-04-12 09:02|| Front Page Top

#2 The presser is pooly written. The official total is either 24, which I used for the Terrorist Death Watch, or 40.

Posted by Chuck Simmins">Chuck Simmins 2007-04-12 09:51|| http://northshorejournal.org]">[http://northshorejournal.org] 2007-04-12 09:51|| Front Page Top

#3 Maybe they took an average of the various announced counts?

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2007-04-12 10:07|| 2007-04-12 10:07|| Front Page Top

#4 Here's what CentCom released:
"The combined force identified a large group of Taliban fighters on a ridgeline near a cave site and then proceeded to destroy the enemy position killing 16 enemy fighters with Coalition close air support.
Several enemy fighters retreated from the Coalition air strike, using motorcycles to evade advancing ANA and Coalition Soldiers. ANA and Coalition forces tracked the Taliban fighters to another cave site and requested Coalition aircraft to engage and destroy the position.
As a result of the fighting, 24 enemy fighters were killed, 14 motorcycles and two cave sites were destroyed. One weapons cache was also recovered during a subsequent search of the caves."

It does not read like the Taliban brought their 'A' team to this ambush.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-04-12 12:04|| 2007-04-12 12:04|| Front Page Top

#5 So Gates/NATO is going to Canada to ask for more troops even though they have been in the thick of it for a long time. Hows about going to Germany and France and humiliating those bastards (the two largest countries in Europe) to send at least some of their troops into the fight. Both governments are absolute wimps and will be the first to fall to the muzzie invasion.

Posted by remoteman 2007-04-12 14:31|| 2007-04-12 14:31|| Front Page Top

#6 What would be the point of more German/French troops? They still wouldn't leave their cantonment in the safest part of Afghanistan, except to go shopping for souvenirs. I only hope that their Special Forces really are quietly doing useful and deadly things out of the spotlight.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-04-12 15:32|| 2007-04-12 15:32|| Front Page Top

#7 We have got to press the French, Italian and German militaries to fight in the stan. Publically call for their engagement in combat and reinforcements. If they don't stand up, we should pull our forces out of every country whose soldiers don't fight. Fuck those bastards.

Posted by Brett 2007-04-12 18:43|| 2007-04-12 18:43|| Front Page Top

#8 if we pull our forces out we will just have too save their asses AGAIN in a year or 2. also i hope gates isn't holding his breath on his request

Posted by sinse 2007-04-12 18:57|| 2007-04-12 18:57|| Front Page Top

#9 Suspected? Imagine if they were confirmed talibunnies.

Posted by Captain America 2007-04-12 21:47|| 2007-04-12 21:47|| Front Page Top

#10 Well, remoteman, if you led US troops in battle, would you rather have Canadians or French/Germans alongside or behind you?
I know which I'd pick (assuming Aussies weren't available).

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