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2009-07-01 Afghanistan

Baghlan Fighting Leaves Taliban and Civilian Casualties

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Posted by Fred 2009-07-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top
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#1 Good for the Afghans. Now let's make sure every village and police unit has radios to call in reinforcements and air support.

Posted by ed 2009-07-01 08:25|| 2009-07-01 08:25|| Front Page Top

#2 Ed - I'd much rather see that every village had at least 40 men trained in village defense. We did that in Vietnam, and it worked out ok. The Afghanis are far more likely to defend themselves than the Vietnamese were.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2009-07-01 12:58|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2009-07-01 12:58|| Front Page Top

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