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2008-06-23 Afghanistan

55 militants killed in battle in east Afghanistan

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Posted by tu3031 2008-06-23 09:19|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top
File under: Taliban

#1 someone, i think Asia times, said the other day that the Taliban ops in Kandahar were really a distraction from a larger attack in Khost (which is near Paktika)

Looks like the eastern attack isnt working out too well, so far.

Posted by liberalhawk 2008-06-23 10:02|| 2008-06-23 10:02|| Front Page Top

#2 Otherwise the consequences (for foreign troops) will be the same as for the Russians,' he said, a reference to the humbling of Soviet troops by Afghan rebels in the 1980s.
There is a reason that thr rooshins never go in a fight with us.
Namely- we fight harder.

Posted by Free Radical">Free Radical 2008-06-23 15:22|| 2008-06-23 15:22|| Front Page Top

#3 I realize allan has an almost endless source of mindless automatons...but, it's nice that we are reducing the breeding stock.

Posted by anymouse">anymouse 2008-06-23 19:53|| 2008-06-23 19:53|| Front Page Top

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