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Heavy Taliban losses in Musa Qala
BBC Monitoring ^
| December 14 2007
Posted on 12/13/2007 2:43:44 PM PST by knighthawk
Kabul (13 December) - The Afghan Ministry of Defence says that hundreds of Taliban soldiers have been killed, wounded or taken prisoner in the fighting in and around the Afghan town of Musa Qala.
Musa Qala was the only town in the country to be occupied by the Taliban. It was re-taken by the Afghan military and NATO troops on Tuesday, after several days of heavy fighting. The coalition troops were supported, among others, by Dutch Apache helicopters and F16s.
The British newspaper The Times is reporting that the fleeing Taliban have left behind a fortune in opium, worth approximately 200 million euros.
TOPICS: News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; musaqala; oef; taliban; wot
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posted on
12/13/2007 2:44:01 PM PST
by
knighthawk
(We will always remember We will always be proud We will always be prepared so we may always be free)
To: knighthawk
the fleeing Taliban have left behind a fortune in opium, worth approximately 200 million euros. Burn it all.
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posted on
12/13/2007 2:50:01 PM PST
by
Jeff Head
(Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
To: Jeff Head
Burn it all. Yup.
Sounds like a good week's hunting. Outstanding.
On the opium topic... somehow, someway, there needs to be something else that can support the economy of that country. Problem is... it's the only thing they have that anybody else wants. Not sure what to do about that.
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posted on
12/13/2007 2:53:36 PM PST
by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
To: knighthawk
” Taliban have left behind a fortune in opium, worth approximately 200 million euros.”
its only a fortune if its sold
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posted on
12/13/2007 2:54:04 PM PST
by
sure_fine
(• " not one to over kill the thought process " •)
To: sure_fine
I wonder how much the CIA will confiscate for dealing
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posted on
12/13/2007 2:54:56 PM PST
by
sure_fine
(• " not one to over kill the thought process " •)
To: Jeff Head
re: 200 million in opium left behind.
I heard Barack Obama was making a day trip to Afganistan next week with a large but empty carry on.......
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posted on
12/13/2007 2:56:46 PM PST
by
HD1200
To: knighthawk
This came from Auntie Beeb? Woo-hoo!!! We are so winning!!!
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posted on
12/13/2007 2:59:24 PM PST
by
tanuki
(u)
To: sure_fine
“its only a fortune if its sold . . . “
Yeah, by the Taliban. And that’s been prevented. :o)
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posted on
12/13/2007 3:00:02 PM PST
by
rightazrain
("Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. " -- Ernest Hemingway)
To: knighthawk
If the west doesn’t lose its resolve, this could be under control in a few years.
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posted on
12/13/2007 3:07:10 PM PST
by
PC99
To: knighthawk
Said a Taliban Spokesman: “Hey, don’t be a hater.”
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posted on
12/13/2007 3:09:29 PM PST
by
Enterprise
(Those who "betray us" also "Betray U.S." They're called DEMOCRATS!)
To: knighthawk
“hundreds”...That’s a whole lot better than the two dozen the MSM has been reporting dead, and a whole lot less than the 2,000+ Taliban that I have heard were surrounded in the town.
Still find myself wondering how many were allowed to drop their weapons and escape the town, posing as civilians.
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posted on
12/13/2007 3:12:24 PM PST
by
DGHoodini
(The Dems no longer have the humanity to grasp that there are things worth dying for.)
To: knighthawk
Prisoners... you must be mistaken, we have no prisoners here... muwahahaha
To: Jeff Head
I’m sure they’ll give it to the Afghan army for (ahem) disposal.
To: knighthawk
Thanks for posting this I hadn’t seen the numbers you found. My son was in this battle.
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posted on
12/13/2007 3:27:12 PM PST
by
Recon Dad
(Marine Spec Ops Dad)
To: Recon Dad
My son was in this battle.Thanks and prayers for your son.
To: Ramius
Problem is... it's the only thing they have that anybody else wants. Not sure what to do about that.
Set up pharmaceutical plants to buy it up & turn it into low-cost pain medicine for the developing world. Pain management is a notoriously under-represented area of medicine, and the synthetic opiates of western pharmas are outrageously expensive (even for us, much less for some poor schlub in Africa with a toothache...).
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posted on
12/13/2007 4:11:26 PM PST
by
lump in the melting pot
("Wonderful theory. Wrong species." - Edward O. Wilson, an expert on ants, describing Marxism)
To: Recon Dad
I got a friend that was in the battle as well.
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posted on
12/13/2007 4:13:56 PM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: knighthawk
Odd they would find opium since Taliban are supposedly opposed to opium production.
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posted on
12/13/2007 4:15:21 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(anti-razors are pro-life)
To: mylife
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posted on
12/13/2007 4:23:11 PM PST
by
Recon Dad
(Marine Spec Ops Dad)
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