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2002-11-22 Caucasus

US Forces Hunting Al-Qaida Inside Chechnya?

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2002-11-22 10:02 am|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I am not, nor have been in the miitary, but surely continency plans are a dime a dozen. I really dont see us forces in strength entering previous russian territories - the russians are sure to object. And "blunt sword" is a terrible name. How about "flaming rapier of slow painful death!"?

I smell hoax.

Posted by flash91 2002-11-22 11:14:28|| 2002-11-22 11:14:28|| Front Page Top

#2 I agree this, if at all true, is probably a command post exercise.

I can't see Putin allowing us to put the 101st and the 10th into what is a Russian sphere of influence region. In addition, this really would be a quagmire. It's a shitty little country with a centuries old history of banditry. Like France, only they bathe more. Let the Russian handle it.

Posted by Chuck 2002-11-22 11:16:19|| [www.simmins.org] 2002-11-22 11:16:19|| Front Page Top

#3 1. Neither the 101st Airborne nor the 1-25th are part of Special Operations Command. (The IBCT is the Interim Brigade Combat Team. The so called Stryker Brigade from Ft. Lewis.)

2. This is labeled as a "contingency plan." If it was real it would be referred to as an OPORD.

3. My gut feeling is that this is a schoolhouse exercise that somehow ended up on the web. Yes it does have some of the patter down, but it is not well done. I would say either a smart captain or a dumb major wrote it.

Posted by Anonymous 2002-11-22 11:22:32|| 2002-11-22 11:22:32|| Front Page Top

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