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Apache Pilots Shocked by Size of Attack on Afghan Outpost
ABC ^
| Afghanistan, Oct. 8, 2009
| KAREN RUSSO
Posted on 10/08/2009 5:58:02 PM PDT by Joiseydude
The pilot of an Apache gunship, who flew to the rescue of U.S. soldiers nearly overrun at a remote outpost in Afghanistan last weekend, told ABC News today that he had "never seen that large of a force" attacking coalition troops in Afghanistan.
By the time Warrant Officer Ross Lewellen and Warrant Officer Chad Bardwell arrived over the embattled outpost, dubbed Camp Keating, it was in flames and dozens of insurgents could be seen on the camp's perimeter.
When the battle was over and the fire extinguished, many who survived had nothing left "except the clothes off their backs and the weapons in their hands," one soldier told ABC News.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; karenrusso; rulesofengagement; russo; wot
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To: Joiseydude
One of those killed last weekend was from Southern NJ.
RIP
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posted on
10/08/2009 5:59:10 PM PDT
by
mware
(F-R-E-E, that spells free. Free Republic.com baby.)
To: Joiseydude
Sounds like Nam all over.
To: Joiseydude
The funeral for one of those brave warriors who gave the ultimate sacrifice for his country is tomorrow at the Main Post Chapel at Ft Knox.
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posted on
10/08/2009 6:00:43 PM PDT
by
SLB
(Wyoming's Alan Simpson on the Washington press - "all you get is controversy, crap and confusion")
To: Joiseydude
“Broken Arrow. I say again, Broken Arrow.”
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posted on
10/08/2009 6:00:57 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
("The President has borrowed more money to spend to less effect than anybody on the planet. " Steyn)
To: Joiseydude
The wages of treason inside the WHite House.Afghanistan is now Vietnam II.
Horrible!
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posted on
10/08/2009 6:02:00 PM PDT
by
Candor7
(The effective weapons against Fascism are ridicule, derision, and truth (Member NRA)
To: NonValueAdded
That’s what I was thinking as I read this news story.
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posted on
10/08/2009 6:03:10 PM PDT
by
Joiseydude
(I'd rather die on my feet, than live on my knees. Live free or die.)
To: Joiseydude
Didn't we used to have C-130's over there? The planes that can lay down an obscene amount of firepower? I'm thinking that the enemy didn't use massed forces back when the Rules of Engagement allowed us to whup serious ass.
But I guess things changed. Well ... I think the hope and change isn't working.
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posted on
10/08/2009 6:03:50 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(Play the Race Card -- lose the game.)
To: Joiseydude
The firefight, which killed eight U.S. troops and left 24 soldiers wounded, came as President Obama is formulating fiddles
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posted on
10/08/2009 6:04:07 PM PDT
by
maine-iac7
("He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help" LINCOLN)
To: Joiseydude
After reading the story at the ANC link, there is no questuiion that napalm will now become the bomb of choice.
Yep, Vietnam II.
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posted on
10/08/2009 6:06:55 PM PDT
by
Candor7
(The effective weapons against Fascism are ridicule, derision, and truth (Member NRA)
To: Joiseydude
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posted on
10/08/2009 6:12:53 PM PDT
by
ChessExpert
(The unemployment rate was 4.5% when Democrats took control of Congress. What is it today?)
To: Candor7
One small problem, there is a 1980 UN convention against the use of napalm against civilian targets. The US is not a signatory but you can bet the first report of a baby with napalm burns is something the current administration will not allow to happen. And you can bet the tallies know this and will drag a few civilians along just for the psyops value.
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posted on
10/08/2009 6:14:00 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
("The President has borrowed more money to spend to less effect than anybody on the planet. " Steyn)
To: ClearCase_guy
AC 47s
Puff the Magic Dragon.
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posted on
10/08/2009 6:14:14 PM PDT
by
KDD
(When the government boot is on your neck, it matters not whether it is the right boot or the left.)
To: ClearCase_guy
Better for us if enemy uses massed forces. Big mistake that guerillas make is to try to match firepower with conventional forces.
parsy, who read it in a book about Guerilla Warfare
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posted on
10/08/2009 6:15:19 PM PDT
by
parsifal
(Abatis: Rubbish in front of a fort, to prevent the rubbish outside from molesting the rubbish inside)
To: Joiseydude
Remember the dem mantra, that the first Gulf War was a failure and a fraud because Bush I did not finish the job and get Sadam?
It was to any thinking person just an effective exercise in dem politics for the morons in America.
Remember when Bush II finished the job and the dems said that was a disaster because Afghanistan was the proper war to pursue?
It was to any thinking person just an effective exercise in dem politics for the morons in America.
Our enemies are not morons, they understand our new government is neither fit nor commited to pursue this war.
Americas enemies are emboldened and already savor victory.
To: NonValueAdded
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posted on
10/08/2009 6:16:35 PM PDT
by
Candor7
(The effective weapons against Fascism are ridicule, derision, and truth (Member NRA)
To: ChessExpert
Yon: 5 OCT 2009 “We need more gear and more forces now. We can outfight these enemies and we can win the war, but at this rate a favorable outcome is difficult to imagine.”
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posted on
10/08/2009 6:17:17 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
("The President has borrowed more money to spend to less effect than anybody on the planet. " Steyn)
To: Joiseydude
Hey Obozo - increase the troop levels in Afghanistan and quite playing politics before more soldier’s lives are lost as a result of your stupidity.
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posted on
10/08/2009 6:18:25 PM PDT
by
SoldierDad
(Proud Dad of a U.S. Army Infantry Soldier whose wife is expecting twins SONS.)
To: ClearCase_guy
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posted on
10/08/2009 6:18:37 PM PDT
by
Joiseydude
(I'd rather die on my feet, than live on my knees. Live free or die.)
To: maine-iac7
yep!
about time for another date night!
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