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2007-07-02 Afghanistan

Airstrikes kill 107 including 45 Afghan civilians

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Posted by Fred 2007-07-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top
File under: Taliban

#1 It's getting to be kinda like RAB and the Tales from the Crossfire Gazette.

Posted by Elmereter Hupash6222 2007-07-02 00:50|| 2007-07-02 00:50|| Front Page Top

#2 Elders in an area of southern Afghanistan pounded by foreign forces air strikes against the Taliban said they had recovered the bodies of 45 civilians with 62 rebels also dead

I guess it begs the question as to why civilians were congregating in large numbers with a large group of terrorists...but I digress.

Posted by anymouse">anymouse 2007-07-02 06:21|| 2007-07-02 06:21|| Front Page Top

#3 Even if we got 1 Taliwhacker and 106 civies, I'd call that a success.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2007-07-02 07:54|| 2007-07-02 07:54|| Front Page Top

#4 A feature, not a bug.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-07-02 07:55|| 2007-07-02 07:55|| Front Page Top

#5 Time to reevaluate how soft & gillible the Great Satan really is, honored elders of Islam.

Posted by gromgoru 2007-07-02 08:43|| 2007-07-02 08:43|| Front Page Top

#6 Once again, I ask the MSM (Muslim Statistics Media) how you tell the difference, in Afghanistan, between a Talibunnie and a civilian. Fred has pictures of both and they all look the same to me - especially from 12k feet.

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2007-07-02 10:22|| 2007-07-02 10:22|| Front Page Top

#7 'mouse, could also be terrorturds using civilian hamlets as concealment &/or staging areas. Either with or w/out the consent of said civilians. I know a lot of the Iraqi-terrorturds like to emplace mortar positions in alleys or streets between family dwellings. They know our reluctance to send counter-battery IDF if there are many civvies in the area. (they also love to park stuff next to schools and mosques - go figure) I have no idea what happened in this particular afghan case however.

Posted by Broadhead6 2007-07-02 10:41|| 2007-07-02 10:41|| Front Page Top

#8 Maybe they used the 2000lbers from our new line of prOkOrdnace

Posted by Mike N. 2007-07-02 11:04|| 2007-07-02 11:04|| Front Page Top

#9 Did they recover a shutter gun?

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2007-07-02 11:30|| 2007-07-02 11:30|| Front Page Top

#10 MSM = muslim statistics manipulation?

Posted by JohnQC 2007-07-02 11:43|| 2007-07-02 11:43|| Front Page Top

#11 No, "Muslim Statistics Manufacturing"

Posted by Redneck Jim 2007-07-02 16:09|| 2007-07-02 16:09|| Front Page Top

#12 All 107 are civilians. By definition. We do not oppose an actual nation's armed force, but a collection of armed civilians of various nationalities.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-07-02 18:11|| 2007-07-02 18:11|| Front Page Top

#13 Taliban are totally integrated with opium growers. Under Karzai - a Pashto - Afghans finally began producing heroin. Talk of "Summer Offensives" means: assertion of claims to the Taliban's now traditional 5% of proceeds from the trade of Euro-ruination. Karzai has to go.

Posted by McZoid 2007-07-02 20:53|| 2007-07-02 20:53|| Front Page Top

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