Gee, the news media has suddenly "forgotten" their cries from just last month about the great "Taliban Offensive" that never was...
Posted on 07/29/2006 7:15:48 PM PDT by Coop
KABUL (AP) - U.S.-led coalition forces and Afghan police killed or wounded 38 Taliban militants in Afghanistan as four suspected al-Qaida operatives were arrested by coalition forces in the country's east on Saturday, officials said.
The latest violence came as a senior NATO official said a major operation to crush Taliban fighters in the south was moving to a close.
U.S.-led coalition and Afghan forces attacked a compound in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing 20 suspected Taliban militants, a coalition statement said.
The joint force used "superior fire and manoeuvre techniques and lethal close air support to kill" the suspected militants after they had attempted an ambush in Shahidi Hassas district of southern Uruzgan province, the statement said.
There were no casualties among coalition or Afghan forces, it said.
Meanwhile, the al-Qaida suspects, accused of planning attacks on coalition and Afghan forces, were nabbed near Sal Kalay, a village in Khost province, along with assault rifles and a briefcase containing "extremist-related documents," a coalition statement said.
It did not give the suspects' names, nationalities or indicate their possible seniority within the terror group.
Fourteen militants, meanwhile, were killed or injured by airstrikes and artillery in Garmser district of the southern Helmand province on Thursday...
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I love it that so many of these morons are still willing to group together to make easier targets. I guess "resurgent" is a code word for "dead meat."
I put this in breaking news because too often around here we seem to forget how many amazing folks from different countries are putting their lives on the line for us every single day.
Here's hoping we soon learn the identities of the four Al Qaeda cowards.
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"There were no casualties among coalition or Afghan forces"
I especially liked that part !
Gee, the news media has suddenly "forgotten" their cries from just last month about the great "Taliban Offensive" that never was...
IT'S A QUAGMIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WE
GOTTA
PULL
OUT!!!
(I hate it when my keyboard sticks in sarcasm mode)
CHA-CHING!!!!
HOOAH!
I guess "resurgent" is a code word for "dead meat."
Insurgent in ancient sanskrit translations into....place missle here. :-)
Way to go guy!!! Thank you.
Well, I just signed on to see if there was some good news out there and here it is....Thanks for posting this !
Opps! guy = guys
One small step for mankind
I didn't do anything but post an article. We all know who deserve the thanks. :-)
Hey wait a minute, this can't be happening. Several weeks ago the NY Slimes told everyone the Taliban was lauching a new offensive and the Coalition and Afghan forces were in trouble. The good guys must not have gotten the word.
The MSM much hoped for Tet 2006 offensive has yet to materialize.
I wish they would have a daily AQ/Taliban body count on the news crawl like they do DOW Industrial average numbers.
Okay, we're on the same page. :-)
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They seem to have no problem at all doing it for American casualties.
Woo Hoo!! Always nice hearing good news.
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