Posted on 07/21/2006 3:29:38 PM PDT by Pine Mtn. Maverick
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -NATO's top commander said Friday the alliance likely will expand its Afghan mission by year's end to include the entire country, including the lawless east where militants killed a coalition soldier in the latest fighting.
The Dutch military said its commandos killed 18 militants in an operation to clear rugged hills near a base for its forces deploying in the insurgency-wracked south, where NATO is preparing to take over the security command by the end of this month.
In recent months the region has witnessed some of the worst fighting since the Taliban was ousted in late 2001. The militants have stepped up suicide attacks and assaults on Afghan and U.S.-led coalition forces. More than 800 people, mostly militants, have died in violence nationwide since mid-May.
NATO's supreme commander, U.S. Gen. James L. Jones, said member nations were expected to approve a plan to expand across Afghanistan at the alliance's November summit in Latvia.....
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Nice to see the rest of the NATO boys refining their counterinsurgency/guerrilla fighting skills. They will need them in the years ahead in many places in addition to Iraq and Afghanistan.
Yup, and the U.S. isn't going it alone anymore. NATO and Israel are on board. This should be a warning to radical islam that the rest of the free world is getting fed up and fighting. Putin will sit and pout until the muslims push him up to Sebria and then he'll scream for help. China and N.Korea will have their hands full with Japan. The Japs are really getting P.O.ed.
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I am just thrilled by this. Getting NATO actually fighting instead of opting for the child care detail may be Bush's biggest accomplishment, yet.
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This is GREAT news! NATO expanding their "Come Get Some" operations; and the Dutch commando’s take out 18 terrorists...
Congrats and all that jive to the Dutch commando’s on their take down!
The world has had it with the beheadings, the indiscriminate bombings, the reckless rocket and missile attacks, the suicide bombers, and the atrocities. Enough is enough; when push comes to shove; just kick them in the jewels, double poke the eyes, spiked thumb to the throat, and a 50 cal Barrett in the brain.
Last time I looked it was July 21, 2006 and it's a new world, the beginning of a new millennium. Our enemies desire to return the earth to 800 AD.
That’s a place I don’t think I want to see (Do they have Internet access? Electricity? Running water? Flush toilets?)
Godspeed and my prayers to those in the IDF who tonight are preparing to do the entire world a favor; they are preparing to go into harms way.
I’m so, so sick of hearing our enemy’s threadbare justifications; I’ve been listening to them my entire life and they have been, and always will be; lies…
And so, while none of us living in the real world wanted it; you’ve brought all what’s coming down upon yourselves; and there will be hell to pay…
And payback; like revenge, is a dish best served cold…
Hezbollah and your ilk get ready for some “Pay Back” and “Pay Back” is a bitch…
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