OPERATION MOUNTAIN LION ROARS INTO KORENGAL VALLEY (big successes)

Centcom ^ | 5-8-06

[SevenMinusOne]

This on-going operation is gutting al-Qeada and ex-Taliban.

[SevenMinusOne]

Ping

[Coop]

Good read. I especially liked how the CENTCOM author was able to plug the efforts of all four DoD services in this operation. Joint operations sound easy enough in theory, but as most military folks know they include many, many challenges.

[FearlessFreep]

U.S. Army’s 10th Mountain Division


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Climb To Glory!

[the invisib1e hand]

won't catch this coming from the Dictatorship of Media oracles, will ya?

[Coop]

I just Googled news articles for "Ali Wali," and didn't even come up with this CENTCOM press release. Nada, nothing, zip!

[Cap Huff]

You googled Ali Wali? I'm not touching that . . .

[the invisib1e hand]

Nada, nothing, zip!

It is not an exaggeration to call it a "Dictatorship of the Media."

[FreedomPoster]

Ping.

[Coop]

My personal life is none of your business!

[patriciaruth]

LOL!

[patriciaruth]

Ping.

[kanawa]

Bttt

[Straight Vermonter]

Thanks for the ping.

[maine-iac7]

You googled Ali Wali? I'm not touching that . . .

LOL

probably wise

[maine-iac7]

It is not an exaggeration to call it a "Dictatorship of the Media."

and it's past time to break thru' this. They are, if not No,.1, no.2 the cause of things looking bad for pubbies - too many pubbies are jumping on board of the hype and bashing Bush and our pubbies - sheeple, so easily duped by the piper's tune

[maine-iac7]

It is not an exaggeration to call it a "Dictatorship of the Media."

also -let's hope that Tony Snow will be able to stop the bleeding...First Tony and now Hayden - I think that Bush unleashing Rove's time to better do what he does best is working...shake up and get the right people in the right places.

I have an idea the vendetta against Rove is going to increase. The libs are very afraid of him

[Marine_Uncle]

Great article. The spring/summer/fall offensive will kill,route, and disrupt a lot of goons. Sometimes I wonder if Zawahari and UBL are in a position to get feedback on just how bad things are for their goons.
Surely Z and UBL are simply trying to hide to survive and make an occasional tape up to recruite fresh haji to step up to the plate and die.
This Kunar Province, based on what I read is a heavily forested mountain area. Being a border province in the upper NE, it has long been a good area for insurgent types to gather as it has plenty of area of cover. It was used for this purpose by the Afghans during the Russian invasion.
And being on the border with Pakistan a good area to ingress from the remote Paki side and egress when things get hot.
As the Pakistan army keeps pressures up on their NW border provinces such as the Tribal Area of N/S Wazirstain and the Peshwar region, the Taliban and al Qaeda groups just have less areas to operate out of. And much beyond Peshwar on the Paki side, it becomes really difficult ot operate. For one enters into really high mountain ranges unfit for any type operations. Foot paths along treacherous plus 50° slopes makes for real tough travel. And surely only those that live in these high altitude places are tough enough to handle such journeys. So surely the more southern provinces are where most of the action takes place.
At any rate, it appears the mujahadeen are going to have a little problem staying alive, as US and ANA forces pick them off at our convinance.

[SevenMinusOne]

This Kunar Province, based on what I read is a heavily forested mountain area. Being a border province in the upper NE, it has long been a good area for insurgent types to gather as it has plenty of area of cover. It was used for this purpose by the Afghans during the Russian invasion. And being on the border with Pakistan a good area to ingress from the remote Paki side and egress when things get hot.

As the Pakistan army keeps pressures up on their NW border provinces such as the Tribal Area of N/S Wazirstain and the Peshwar region, the Taliban and al Qaeda groups just have less areas to operate out of. And much beyond Peshwar on the Paki side, it becomes really difficult ot operate. For one enters into really high mountain ranges unfit for any type operations. Foot paths along treacherous plus 50° slopes makes for real tough travel. And surely only those that live in these high altitude places are tough enough to handle such journeys. So surely the more southern provinces are where most of the action takes place.

You have it exactly right -

Most simply can't appreciate the difficulties at trying to run sustained Ops in this region of the world. The logistics alone are a complete nightmare - Though we've put the needed time and blood in over the last 4 years...and we are now in position to start running this sustained Ops at an almost a continous rate if we so desire (during 6-8 months out of the year).

[Mr. Jazzy]

"This on-going operation is gutting al-Qeada and ex-Taliban."


Can't think of a better use of taxpayer dollars!!!

Ooorah!!!