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NATO: More Than 200 Taliban Killed in Afghanistan Offensive
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| 9/3/06
| AP
Posted on 09/03/2006 8:58:42 AM PDT by 69ConvertibleFirebird
Edited on 09/03/2006 7:24:47 PM PDT by Admin Moderator.
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan NATO and Afghan forces killed more than 200 suspected Taliban guerrillas with air strikes and artillery fire in a major offensive in a volatile province in southern Afghanistan, the alliance said Sunday.
A statement said four soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force also died and seven were wounded in the fighting in Panjwayi district, about 10 miles from the city of Kandahar.
The casualty counts could not be independently confirmed because the government ordered vehicles to stay off roads leading to the area and reporters were unable to gain access to the battle zone. There was no indication of bodies being taken to local hospitals.
"Reports indicate that more than 200 Taliban fighters have been killed since Operation Medusa began early Saturday morning," the NATO force said in a statement.
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To: 69ConvertibleFirebird
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posted on
09/03/2006 3:13:07 PM PDT
by
b4its2late
(Place your clothes and weapons where you can find them in the dark!)
To: 69ConvertibleFirebird
If they are all killed will there be enough virgins for them all or is the supply of virgins limited? yeah soon it will be.."well, almost virgins, these girls rode bikes a lot",or,"it was just a fling",or "slightly used virgins,meaning they were given to the most inept jihadist, jihadist who blew themselves up before they got near anyone else
Doogle
122
posted on
09/03/2006 3:16:53 PM PDT
by
Doogle
(USAF 69-73...."never store a threat you should have eliminated")
To: Lady Jag
123
posted on
09/03/2006 3:17:15 PM PDT
by
b4its2late
(Place your clothes and weapons where you can find them in the dark!)
To: 69ConvertibleFirebird
3 Canadian soldiers killed in action there
Reuters says
124
posted on
09/03/2006 3:43:28 PM PDT
by
Biscuit85
(I hate CNN!)
To: Coop
125
posted on
09/03/2006 3:56:43 PM PDT
by
StarCMC
("So what was the price to betray us - Judas?" - SGT Mark Russak to Traitor Murtha)
To: 69ConvertibleFirebird
14,400 virgins
the way those muslim boys like to do things, they better have way more than 14,400 packs of Ky Jelly on hand.
To: 69ConvertibleFirebird
On Saturday, a reconnaissance plane supporting the offensive crashed, killing all 14 British military personnel on board. NATO said the plane was not brought down by hostile fire. "Reconnaissance"? Sounds more like a helicopter with a stick of "force recon"-type commandos aboard had an accident or got nailed with a missile.
If NATO says hostile fire was not involved, then a maintenance problem or pilot error was probably to blame.
To: jimbo123
The warnings were directed at civilians but were also aimed at convincing any skittish or fairweather Taliban to lay down their arms before battle. NATO shouldn't want that. Afghans are notorious for that "playing dead"/suckup behavior when they know they can't win -- and then stabbing you in the back as soon as your back's turned. Alexander the Great and the British in the 19th century both ran into the same thing.
What you want is for "skittish or fairweather Taliban" to lay themselves down in gory beds, for good and all.
To: Coop
Sadly we lost 4 brave troops in this fight..
129
posted on
09/03/2006 4:32:18 PM PDT
by
Dog
To: My Favorite Headache
What's the word after "caught?" And what is that sign?
130
posted on
09/03/2006 6:33:24 PM PDT
by
avacado
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
"Terrific job by the Canadians and all of the NATO and Afghan forces....."
Amen to that E. I stand at attention and smartly salute them all. Honor, commitment, courage, and diciplined fighting. They serve with honor.
131
posted on
09/03/2006 7:38:11 PM PDT
by
Marine_Uncle
(Honor must be earned)
To: avacado
132
posted on
09/03/2006 8:33:55 PM PDT
by
ASA Vet
(3.03)
To: Vetnet
133
posted on
09/03/2006 10:03:03 PM PDT
by
BykrBayb
("We will not be silent. We are your bad conscience. The White Rose will give you no rest." Þ)
To: redhead
Yes,, I forgot that disclaimer....
To: Natural Law
"That would be 14,400 virgins. You don't suppose they have a way to recycle them do you?"
Naw...they have an endless supply from the world's pork slaughterhouses.
135
posted on
09/04/2006 4:50:40 AM PDT
by
wgflyer
(Liberalism is to society what HIV is to the immune system.)
To: 69ConvertibleFirebird
And the MSM will say "200 civilians died".
To: 69ConvertibleFirebird
NATO and Afghan forces killed more than 200 suspected Taliban guerrillas with air strikes and artillery fire in a major offensive in a volatile province in southern Afghanistan, the alliance said Sunday.Two-hundred fewer genetic errors on the planet.
137
posted on
09/04/2006 6:05:46 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(Islam is a perversion of faith, a lie against human spirit, an obscenity shouted in the face of G_d)
To: US_MilitaryRules
Fantastic news!!! Line up the next 200!!!
They're like crab grass and dandelions...they sprout up everywhere.
138
posted on
09/04/2006 6:07:46 AM PDT
by
DCPatriot
("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon)
To: Tijeras_Slim
"Just so long as it's a plethora of them."
It was a gaggle.
139
posted on
09/04/2006 6:28:06 AM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
(Mediacrat - A leftwing editorialist who pretends to be an objective journalist.)
To: Prophet in the wilderness
You can count 200 islamic terrorist off the Democrat voter roll. By tradition, the dead vote Democrat. So I wouldn't necessarily say they are off the rolls.
140
posted on
09/04/2006 7:39:45 AM PDT
by
SuperSonic
(Bush "lied", people dyed.......their fingers purple.)
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