Article

2007-04-23 Afghanistan

Trapped Like Rats!: 200 Talib surrounded

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by mojo 2007-04-23 14:29|| || Front Page|| [11131 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Three words: Take no prisoners.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-04-23 15:00|| 2007-04-23 15:00|| Front Page Top

#2 Ummm... BIG grain of salt.

Posted by Chuck Simmins">Chuck Simmins 2007-04-23 15:01|| http://northshorejournal.org]">[http://northshorejournal.org] 2007-04-23 15:01|| Front Page Top

#3 Regrettably, yeah, it'll either be the salt, or in a couple days, we'll hear that they "melted away..."

Posted by Woodrow Ebbealet7622 2007-04-23 15:09|| 2007-04-23 15:09|| Front Page Top

#4 "We are trying to get him to surrender and to arrest these Taliban without fighting," he said.

How about you bomb the shit out of them and count the pieces?

Posted by tu3031 2007-04-23 15:09|| 2007-04-23 15:09|| Front Page Top

#5 12, 24, 36, 48, 96.8 rule in effect.

Posted by RD">RD 2007-04-23 15:09|| 2007-04-23 15:09|| Front Page Top

#6 It's worth making a surrender demand. If they surrender:
-- the Taliban cannon fodder remaining in the field realize that all that "fight to the death" rhetoric from Dadullah is BS;
-- we can interrogate Dadullah and maybe he fats out the other Talibunnies;
-- even if he doesn't, we can spread the rumor that he did, and thereby increase the enemy's FUD factor; and,
-- fewer friendly casualties that way.

Posted by Mike 2007-04-23 15:13|| 2007-04-23 15:13|| Front Page Top

#7 If he surrenders, then we should shave his beard.

Posted by danking_70 2007-04-23 15:23|| 2007-04-23 15:23|| Front Page Top

#8 Hudna in 10 ... 9 ... 8 ...

Posted by doc 2007-04-23 15:25|| 2007-04-23 15:25|| Front Page Top

#9 Remember Tora Bora. If they have enough moola, the mullahs will get away.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2007-04-23 15:30|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2007-04-23 15:30|| Front Page Top

#10 And "Remember Tora Bora" is their battle cry!

Posted by crosspatch 2007-04-23 15:31|| 2007-04-23 15:31|| Front Page Top

#11 GMTA

Posted by crosspatch 2007-04-23 15:31|| 2007-04-23 15:31|| Front Page Top

#12 How about a combined indirect fire demonstration ?

Posted by wxjames 2007-04-23 15:49|| 2007-04-23 15:49|| Front Page Top

#13 How about a 1 hour interval to think it over? I do not want to see another Konduz or Mazar-e-Sharif goat rope. The enemy respects power and force. And a saturation bombing of 200 rats would send a better message than anything else. Time is NOT on our side in these situations.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2007-04-23 15:54|| 2007-04-23 15:54|| Front Page Top

#14 "Abdullah, my brother! Fancy meeting you here!"

"Mahmoud, my old friend. Why are you here with the traitors and the forces of the Great Satan?"

"Oh, them? Why, I'm not really with them at all, Abdullah. It's just a way for me to steal back the millions that the Great Satan has taken from the Islamic peoples."

"Ah, I see. So, Mahmoud, you're not here to arrest me or demand I surrender?"

"Me, old friend? Of course not! You there, minion of Satan! Yes, you! This is my old friend Abdulla al Waziri al Mohammed al Dubari. He is an old friend of mine and you can trust him. He is not Talibani, no, sir. Let him pass."

"Thank you, Mahmoud. I trust we will see you at the meeting this weekend? Perhaps together we can behead an infidel spy?"

"Of, course, Abdullah, my brother. I will be at the meeting and I'm sure we can find an infidel spy to behead. Perhaps that old baker down in the village of al Dakira?"

"Oh, yes, he would make an excellent choice! Until this weekend then?"

"Until this weekend. Go in peace, my brother."

"Go in peace, old friend. Allah Akbar!"

"Allah Akbar!"

Posted by FOTSGreg">FOTSGreg 2007-04-23 15:56|| www.fire-on-the-suns.com]">[www.fire-on-the-suns.com] 2007-04-23 15:56|| Front Page Top

#15 the best ratio would be about 198 dead, 2 surrendering

you don't need the same intell 200 times - twice would be enough (ok maybe 3 or 4 times)

Posted by mhw 2007-04-23 16:36|| http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/]">[http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/] 2007-04-23 16:36|| Front Page Top

#16 "If he surrenders, then we should shave his beard."

Amen to that. Then slap on some Old Spice and rub in a hooker's tits.

Posted by Apostate 2007-04-23 16:44|| 2007-04-23 16:44|| Front Page Top

#17 Bacon grease, Apostate. Bacon grease.

We can only hope...but it actually sounds too good to be true.

Posted by anymouse">anymouse 2007-04-23 17:07|| 2007-04-23 17:07|| Front Page Top

#18 Dust off a MOAB, there should not be one coalition soldier to lose his life over that scum. Move'm back and...HeadsUp!!

Posted by smn 2007-04-23 18:04|| 2007-04-23 18:04|| Front Page Top

#19

Posted by DMFD 2007-04-23 19:35|| 2007-04-23 19:35|| Front Page Top

#20 DMFD, that picture is so "spooky"!

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-04-23 19:49|| 2007-04-23 19:49|| Front Page Top

23:56 Zenster
23:46 Zenster
23:42 JosephMendiola
23:37 RD
23:30 Shipman
23:22 Shipman
23:21 Shipman
23:20 FOTSGreg
23:16 fingerinyoureye
23:15 Phineter Thraviger1073
23:10 Shipman
23:05 Shipman
23:01 Shipman
23:00 Shipman
22:56 JosephMendiola
22:54 DMFD
22:51 DMFD
22:48 Shipman
22:43 Zenster
22:39 JosephMendiola
22:38 KBK
22:33 Zenster
22:31 Barbara Skolaut
22:28 Old Patriot