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Troops in Afghanistan Find Munitions Hidden in School
American Forces Press Service ^

Posted on 01/11/2008 3:18:47 PM PST by SandRat

BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan, Jan. 11, 2008 – Afghan police and coalition forces found a munitions cache hidden in a boys school in Afghanistan’s Oruzgan province yesterday following a day-long battle.

The joint patrol, which had received a report of insurgent activity in the area, was attacked in the province’s Deh Rawood district with small-arms and rocket-propelled-grenade fire from insurgents in reinforced fighting positions on a hillside. The Afghan police and coalition soldiers immediately maneuvered to pinpoint the location of the insurgent attack.

Coalition aircraft dropped precision-guided munitions on the fighting positions, eliminating the threat; however, reinforcements from a nearby village began firing on the ground forces.

Combined forces searched the immediate area, including the village, and discovered the munitions hidden in the school. The cache consisted of 15 boxes of automatic machine gun ammunition and 20 rocket-propelled grenades.

“Hiding weapons in a school is a clear indication the insurgents have no concern for the citizens of Afghanistan,” said Army Maj. Chris Belcher, a Combined Joint Task Force 82 spokesman. “Insurgents continue to threaten security in Oruzgan province. (Afghan national security forces) will continue to pursue the insurgents throughout the winter and the insurgents will not receive any respite.”

(From a Combined Joint Task Force 82 news release.)


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; alqaeda; cache; frwn; munitions; oef; school; taliban

1 posted on 01/11/2008 3:18:49 PM PST by SandRat
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2 posted on 01/11/2008 3:19:27 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: SandRat

What is an “automatic machine gun”?


3 posted on 01/11/2008 3:22:33 PM PST by mountainlyons (Hard core conservative)
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To: mountainlyons

Something far better than trying to operate a “manual” machine gun.


4 posted on 01/11/2008 3:24:28 PM PST by Captain Rhino ( If we have the WILL to do it, there is nothing built in China that we cannot do without.)
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To: mountainlyons

Bad grammar.


5 posted on 01/11/2008 3:24:49 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: SandRat
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7 posted on 01/11/2008 3:44:47 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist ©®)
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To: Chode
Chilling images, Chode! But unfortunately that's the reality we're faced with.


8 posted on 01/11/2008 4:34:02 PM PST by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3rd Bn. 5th Marines, RVN 1969. St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle!)
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Image hosted by Photobucket.com as been said, until they love their children more than they hate the Jews and Americans it will never stop.
9 posted on 01/11/2008 4:44:23 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist ©®)
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To: SandRat

“a boys school”

You mean like a madrassa? Who woulda thunk it?


10 posted on 01/11/2008 5:20:25 PM PST by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like what you say))
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To: SandRat

Someone at the school must have known aobut it and allowed it... or maybe forced or bribed to allow it.


11 posted on 01/12/2008 7:45:45 PM PST by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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