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NATO: More Than 200 Taliban Killed in Afghanistan Offensive
Fox News ^ | 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. [history]

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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121 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!)
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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")
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To: Lady Jag

LOL!


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!)
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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!)
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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)
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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.


126 posted on 09/03/2006 3:57:11 PM PDT by se_ohio_young_conservative (God makes us strong for alittle while so that we can protect the weak.)
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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.

127 posted on 09/03/2006 4:21:36 PM PDT by lentulusgracchus ("Whatever." -- sinkspur)
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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.

128 posted on 09/03/2006 4:29:17 PM PDT by lentulusgracchus ("Whatever." -- sinkspur)
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To: Coop

Sadly we lost 4 brave troops in this fight..


129 posted on 09/03/2006 4:32:18 PM PDT by Dog
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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
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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)
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To: avacado

"U will"


132 posted on 09/03/2006 8:33:55 PM PDT by ASA Vet (3.03)
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To: Vetnet
Your song is timeless.

Who's Next?

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)
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To: redhead

Yes,, I forgot that disclaimer....


134 posted on 09/03/2006 10:03:31 PM PDT by Prophet in the wilderness (PSALM 53 : 1 The FOOL hath said in his heart , There is no GOD .)
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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.)
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To: 69ConvertibleFirebird

And the MSM will say "200 civilians died".


136 posted on 09/04/2006 5:38:31 AM PDT by ConservativeMind
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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)
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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)
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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.)
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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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