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2003-10-08 Afghanistan

"Omarâs Angels" gear up to attack Afghanistan

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Posted by Steve 2003-10-08 10:35:53 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 What are the GPS coordinates of those "several suburbs of Quetta" again?

Calling Diego Garcia, I have a mission brief for you ...

Posted by Steve White 2003-10-8 11:14:17 AM|| 2003-10-8 11:14:17 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 They're gonna disguise themselves as a Shriners' parade...

Just swap your turban for a fez, and bingo! you're good to go.

Posted by Seafarious 2003-10-8 11:28:10 AM|| 2003-10-8 11:28:10 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 I'm seeing the 7th Cav. remounted. Naw.... that's giving a sucker an even break. Perhaps we can send out a wood chopping party and lure 'em in, whilst we circle the Bradleys...

Posted by Shipman 2003-10-8 11:35:56 AM|| 2003-10-8 11:35:56 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Motocycles vs Apache Longbows -- film at 11.

Posted by CrazyFool 2003-10-8 11:48:50 AM|| 2003-10-8 11:48:50 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Will Mullah O be right out in front leading the charge on the Retreatacycle? Oh, that's right. It only works in reverse gears.

Posted by tu3031 2003-10-8 11:59:56 AM|| 2003-10-8 11:59:56 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Put all your eggs in one basket.Smash that basket!

Posted by Raptor 2003-10-8 12:03:19 PM|| 2003-10-8 12:03:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Viewers;You better discuss on net and we better do our job in the field.
I went a few days ago into Afghanistan[Paktia]and saw number of Mujahideen.US Ground forces were not willing to move out of their base at Khost old Air port;rather local loyal people were sent who also tried not to face the Mujahideen;US air Force was present but it could not do much without ground support.Local population likes the Mujahideen who Were from different groups like Hizb-e Islami Hekmetyar;Taliban;and men of Jalal Ud Din Haqani.There morale seemed high as they walk freely in all of the country while Allied forces staying in Bases by fear of life.

Posted by Chengis Kkan 2003-10-8 12:05:02 PM|| 2003-10-8 12:05:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Motocycles vs Apache Longbows -- film at 11.

That's one photo op I'd pay to see! Better still, arrange the good guys so they funnel the Toejobs into a tight corridor, and then hit 'em with a couple of Spectres. One at the front, one at the back, with A-10s in the middle. Of course, overkill like that will make it hard to identify the corpses, but that's ok - mass graves are popular in the Middle East. Just look at how many we've found in Iraq, alone.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-10-8 12:07:52 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2003-10-8 12:07:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Why Bradleys? Why not a first "trial by fire" for the Powerful Stryker? They were supposed to go to Iraq, but this might be more fun, nu?

Posted by Hodadenon 2003-10-8 12:08:57 PM|| 2003-10-8 12:08:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Hell's Angels, Quetta chapter?

Posted by Raj 2003-10-8 12:15:02 PM|| [http://angrycyclist.blogspot.com] 2003-10-8 12:15:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Has anyone got about 100 yds of piano wire handy?

Posted by Superhose 2003-10-8 2:42:09 PM|| 2003-10-8 2:42:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 nice commentary Chingas!

Posted by Frank G 2003-10-8 2:52:50 PM|| 2003-10-8 2:52:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 Motorcycles? Just lay land-mines in the road's across the border. Oh, that's right, land mines are banned by the UN. Second option, Wait for the heat in the motorcycles to build up and napalm them.

Posted by Charles 2003-10-8 4:24:10 PM|| 2003-10-8 4:24:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 Does anyone else think this smacks of the Childrens Crusade?

Except these toerags aren't innocent, and I would think the number coming back will be even less than for the CC.

Posted by Tony (UK) 2003-10-8 4:39:43 PM|| 2003-10-8 4:39:43 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 Chengis on the Taliban: There morale seemed high as they walk freely in all of the country while Allied forces staying in Bases by fear of life.

US forces stayed in their bases instead of patrolling aggressively? Very unlikely. Even in Vietnam, when we were fighting the war with draftees, US forces patrolled aggressively and carried out search-and-destroy missions where on bad days, we'd lose 50 KIA per day.

With professionals in the field, I suspect the patrolling is even more aggressive. If we weren't aggressively going after the Taliban, we'd be sustaining many more casualties - this appears to be what the Russians are doing wrong in Chechnya - they're completely unaware of their surroundings and routinely fall victim to Chechen/al Qaeda ambushes.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2003-10-8 5:54:45 PM|| 2003-10-8 5:54:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 Sounds like these guys are getting ready to fight to the death again.

Posted by Matt 2003-10-8 8:07:49 PM|| 2003-10-8 8:07:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 Vehicle dealers say the Taliban have bought 1150 motorcycles in the past three months.

-Darn good of them to help stimulate the Afghan economy before going off to die en masse like a bunch of lemmings off a cliff.

Posted by Jarhead 2003-10-8 8:34:51 PM|| 2003-10-8 8:34:51 PM|| Front Page Top

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