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German Forces Launch Offensive in Northern Afghanistan
The Weekly Standard ^

Posted on 08/02/2009 10:28:41 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Several hundred Bundeswehr soldiers, backed by heavy “Marder” tanks and fighter jets, are currently helping about 1,200 Afghan National Army forces conduct major anti-terrorist operations near the Taliban stronghold of Chahar Dara, southwest of the city of Kunduz, where the bulk of Germany’s roughly 4,000 troops are stationed.

The fighting--which started on Sunday and involves looking for Taliban / Al Qaeda fighters “village by village and house by house”--is expected to go on until at least next week.

The Bundeswehr soldiers are part of the German-led NATO Quick Reaction Force (QRF), which provides force protection and serves as emergency back-up for Alliance troops.

Finally, as German media have pointed out, the current Afghanistan offensive marks the first time since the end of WW II that Germany’s soldiers are again involved in major ground combat operations.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Germany; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; allies; allygermany; german; germantroops; germany; nato; warinafghanistan; willingcoalition
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To: HomerJ

For a minute I thought this was one of your posts.... ;-)


61 posted on 08/03/2009 10:59:12 AM PDT by r9etb
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To: MinorityRepublican
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62 posted on 08/03/2009 10:59:46 AM PDT by rahbert ("when they feel the heat they'll see the light")
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To: PAR35
Dude, the Marder is one HELL of a tank.

Take a looksee.


63 posted on 08/03/2009 11:00:20 AM PDT by Lazamataz ("If they taxed condoms and toilet paper, they'd have us coming and going." - Lazamataz, 2002)
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To: frankiep
I tried everything from dog hair to dog Sheisse and nothing worked until I put an automatic noise machine in under the hood and have had no problems since. No problem now under the hood but often a problem underfoot.

I don't know whether this is true or not, but somebody told me the Germans have put the little boogers on the endangered species list.


64 posted on 08/03/2009 11:02:38 AM PDT by nathanbedford ("Attack, repeat, attack!" Bull Halsey)
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To: MinorityRepublican

I’m just glad those guys are on our side...


65 posted on 08/03/2009 11:02:56 AM PDT by Lurking in Kansas (Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down their level, then beat you with experience.)
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To: libh8er

LMAO ... love it!!


66 posted on 08/03/2009 11:05:31 AM PDT by Lurking in Kansas (Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down their level, then beat you with experience.)
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To: xkaydet65

It’s an H&K MG3, a direct descendant of the World War II MG42. One of the finest infantry support weapons ever made, and oddly, one of the reasons that the Wehrmacht never widely adopted a semi-automatic rifle like the M1 Garand. Up until the end of the war, German riflemen were still mostly using the old Mauser K98k bolt-action five-shot rifle. But because the Wehrmacht built their small unit tactics around the machine-gun section, and had many more of them than comparative American units with BARs, they actually had a significant firepower advantage in many engagements.

}:-)4


67 posted on 08/03/2009 11:06:07 AM PDT by Moose4 (I took my car in for an alignment. Now my front end is chaotic evil.)
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To: MinorityRepublican
"as German media have pointed out, the current Afghanistan offensive marks the first time since the end of WW II that Germany’s soldiers are again involved in major ground combat operations."

I wouldn't worry. The Germans are naturals. It's in their blood. They'll get into the swing of things real quick...
68 posted on 08/03/2009 11:08:57 AM PDT by Old Teufel Hunden
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To: Lazamataz

That’s an earlier Marder. A picture of the current marder is in post #3.


69 posted on 08/03/2009 11:10:40 AM PDT by Pyro7480 ("If you know how not to pray, take Joseph as your master, and you will not go astray." - St. Teresa)
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To: Forward the Light Brigade
Its time for Germany to wake out of their 60 year nap and march onto the world stage. The day will come when the name Germany will cause nations to tremble once again. “DER TAG” is coming.

Either you are joking, or you better belong to Stormfront.

70 posted on 08/03/2009 11:14:15 AM PDT by SolidWood (Sarah Palin: "Only dead fish go with the flow!")
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To: AdamBomb
Germans are the smartest people in the world. Period. This is not even up for debate.

That's why they followed Hitler, right?

Newbie troll.

71 posted on 08/03/2009 11:16:03 AM PDT by SolidWood (Sarah Palin: "Only dead fish go with the flow!")
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To: SolidWood

lol what’s wrong with Germany becoming a World Power again? WW2 happened a long time ago and it’s time to move on....


72 posted on 08/03/2009 11:16:55 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Time to move on?

Your post explicitly called for a “return to the old days” (Der Tag is coming mwhahaha!), where the “world trembles” before the “awakened German”.

I am supposed not to associate this thinking with a “Fourth Reich”?


73 posted on 08/03/2009 11:19:51 AM PDT by SolidWood (Sarah Palin: "Only dead fish go with the flow!")
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To: xkaydet65

You are so right. Ever think you’d be rootin’ for them? In their corner? Times change.


74 posted on 08/03/2009 11:24:54 AM PDT by theDentist (qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
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To: sinanju

not sure if you know the our best ally the British have been fighting in Helmand province for years and that is where the really battles have been

They have been losing soldiers daily sometimes.

Other Euro nations have been in fighting too.

The media might only lead us to think that were the only ones there doing anything but I can assure the media here are totally ignorant to their coverage


75 posted on 08/03/2009 11:25:10 AM PDT by manc (Marriage is between a man and a woman -- end racism end affirmative action)
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To: MinorityRepublican
"German Forces Launch Offensive in Northern Afghanistan"

They'll be in Tehran sometime next I imagine.

76 posted on 08/03/2009 11:38:13 AM PDT by gura (R-MO)
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To: MinorityRepublican
"German Forces Launch Offensive in Northern Afghanistan"

They'll be in Tehran sometime next week I imagine.

77 posted on 08/03/2009 11:38:23 AM PDT by gura (R-MO)
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To: MinorityRepublican

P.S.

My previous post was directed at “Forward the Light Brigade”, who was salivating at the thought of another “Reich”. I didn’t look at your name and mistook you for him. The point remains the same anyway.


78 posted on 08/03/2009 11:47:22 AM PDT by SolidWood (Sarah Palin: "Only dead fish go with the flow!")
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To: AdamBomb
Germans are the smartest people in the world. Period. This is not even up for debate.

Except for the Koreans and the . . . um . . . you know!

79 posted on 08/03/2009 11:58:21 AM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (Lo' `al-halechem levaddo yichyeh ha'adam, ki `al-kol-motza' Fi-HaShem yichyeh ha'adam.)
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To: SolidWood

Point taken. But I don’t think we’ll have to worry about the rise of resurgent Germany anytime soon. Especially with their pathetic birth rate.


80 posted on 08/03/2009 12:01:21 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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