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2006-06-17 Afghanistan

One hundred Taliban killed in coalition offensive

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Posted by Anonymoose 2006-06-17 11:20|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Noteworthy that there have been several battles resulting in the demise of between 40-50 Taliban. This would seem to indicate that they are now operating as platoon-sized elements.

In turn, this might be both their minimum-effective and maximum-effective element size. Any smaller and the locals would kill them, and any larger would be unable to move without coalition forces being all over them.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-06-17 11:27|| 2006-06-17 11:27|| Front Page Top

#2 Noteworthy that there have been several battles resulting in the demise of between 40-50 Taliban. This would seem to indicate that they are now operating as platoon-sized elements.

I'd say company-sized.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2006-06-17 11:41|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2006-06-17 11:41|| Front Page Top

#3 "found death" by looking in all the wrong places. Shoulda stayed in Pakland assholes

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-06-17 11:57|| 2006-06-17 11:57|| Front Page Top

#4 artisanal bomb

Good grief only the French (babelfish intuited the right word), can turn a homemade bomb into an art.

Posted by Thinemp Whimble2412 2006-06-17 11:59|| 2006-06-17 11:59|| Front Page Top

#5 They're going to have to start ordering a lot more toe-tags and empty butter tubs it seems.

Posted by grb 2006-06-17 15:22|| 2006-06-17 15:22|| Front Page Top

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