Posted on 07/06/2008 11:52:38 AM PDT by SandRat
WASHINGTON, July 6, 2008 – Coalition and Afghan forces killed more than a dozen enemy fighters, captured two others and seized a weapons cache in Afghanistan the past three days, military officials said.
Combined forces killed an unknown number of militants yesterday in a precision airstrike aimed at a large group of enemy fighters on a mountain range in the Deh Bala district of Nangarhar province.
During operations in Afghanistan July 4, troops killed more than a dozen militants following an attack on a combat outpost in Nuristan province.
Troops at the outpost observed militants firing at coalition positions. Ground forces defended themselves with small arms-fire as the insurgents entered two vehicles and fled.
Coalition attack helicopters destroyed the vehicles, killing more than a dozen enemy fighters. U.S. military officials said they are working with Afghan officials to investigate allegations of civilian casualties resulting from the airstrike.
Elsewhere in Afghanistan July 4, coalition forces killed several militants and detained two others during operation in the Ghazni province.
As they searched several dwellings in the Jaghatu district for a militant leader responsible for attacks on Afghan and coalition forces, troops engaged and killed several enemy fighters, military officials said.
Forces also discovered and confiscated a cache of weapons and ammunition on site. (Compiled from Combined Joint Task Force-101 news releases.)
BTTT !!
Great news from our troops! However they need to improve the kill ratio to reduce those captured to zero so the new SCOTUS ruling doesn’t take effect.
Hail to the red, white and blue! You go boys! Finish em off.
Is this one of those mountainous areas where Bin Laden is supposed to be hiding?
Yep.
Exactly. "Were there any survivors?"
"Well, a couple said they were, but you know how they lie."
With GitMo’s current unpopularity and imminent closure, I think we should just KILL THEM ALLL!
We don’t keep then the Afghanis do. SCOTUS and the ACLU have no power ther.
Headline s/b “Troops in Afghanistan Kill their Detained Militants with Seized Weapons”
Media declares Taliban is making a comeback!
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Good one. These 'detainees' would rather be dead. So, why not accomodate them?
Also, we'll be lucky if this 'war' is over in 100 years. We're not fighting a national, ideological movement. We're fighting a religion. Big damn difference.
We need to go 'strong horse' on every mosque in this country; round-up and deport every muslim (and family members) who attends one, to the country of origion. Perhaps we could tap some of our inner Palistinian and bulldoze every mosque.
What will be necessary for national security (with regard to muslims in this country), will make Japanese internment look like a cake-walk.
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