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2010-02-07 Afghanistan

Special forces assassins infiltrate Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan

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Posted by Anonymoose 2010-02-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 The title of this news item alone, will have the bleeding hearts PC Brigade spluttering into their " Fair Trade Decaffeinated Coffee "

Posted by Dave UK 2010-02-07 07:56|| 2010-02-07 07:56|| Front Page Top

#2 The irony is also that SF much prefers to do the Hearts & Minds activities, since it is a lot more challenging and ambitious than doing the rough trade.

With H&M, SF guys can often end up as de facto provincial warlords, with hundreds of followers. One less heralded such individual not too long ago became not only the most powerful prince in one of the -istans, but the conduit of that entire nations activities with the US. He could have easily ruled that entire country.

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-02-07 08:53|| 2010-02-07 08:53|| Front Page Top

#3 There's something oddly medieval about this tactic. What's next, are we going to start having champions issuing challenges to single combat?

Posted by Mitch H. 2010-02-07 08:57|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/ 2010-02-07 08:57|| Front Page Top

#4 I had always thought that that would have been a great propaganda tactic during the early WoT. Too bad we have exactly zero propaganda to discredit anything the enemy says about us.

Posted by gromky 2010-02-07 09:15|| 2010-02-07 09:15|| Front Page Top

#5 It's been a long American tradition to take out the other guys leaders.

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-02-07 11:23|| 2010-02-07 11:23|| Front Page Top

#6 Snakes without heads seldom bite.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-02-07 11:37|| 2010-02-07 11:37|| Front Page Top

#7 it's a lot easier to achieve a political settlement with a dead enemy

Posted by Frank G 2010-02-07 13:37|| 2010-02-07 13:37|| Front Page Top

#8 Interesting. I want to see just what our special forces can do. Hope there are Barrett equipped snipers in the mix. Terrorize the terrorists

Posted by Mike Hunt 2010-02-07 14:06|| 2010-02-07 14:06|| Front Page Top

#9 ALso on DAILY TIMES.PK > SCHOOL BOMBING EXPOSES "OBAMA'S SECRET WAR INSIDE PAKISTAN" [expanded covert ops] | BRITISH NEWSPAPER CLAIMS OBAMA HAS DRAMATICALLY EXPANDED US COVERT WAR AZG EXTREMISTS IN PAKISTAN.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-02-07 21:21|| 2010-02-07 21:21|| Front Page Top

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