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Taliban using human shields
Yahoo News ^ | 2/17/2010 | AP via Yahoo news

Posted on 02/16/2010 11:40:54 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld

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1 posted on 02/16/2010 11:40:55 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld
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To: sonofstrangelove

Shouldn’t those human shields have left the area? They were warned, no?

I’m cruel, I only really care about our guys and gals. Let our troops blow the place to Hades and come home.


2 posted on 02/16/2010 11:45:26 PM PST by Irenic
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To: sonofstrangelove

the logical answer to this tactic my the Taliban ; is when we capture any of these hostage holders in one piece , they should be tied to posts in the middle of town and left there
at the mercy of the townspeople , who are themselves supplied
with new kitchen knives


3 posted on 02/16/2010 11:47:58 PM PST by LeoWindhorse
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To: LeoWindhorse

No, not kitchen knives! But I would favor giving the townspeople small rasps, so they can abrade away the demons’ flesh one layer at a time.


4 posted on 02/16/2010 11:59:12 PM PST by LibWhacker (America awake!)
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To: LibWhacker

I hear the Afghani locals are very skillful with knives

Ask the British


5 posted on 02/17/2010 12:00:54 AM PST by LeoWindhorse
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To: LeoWindhorse

Oh, okay. I didn’t know. In that case, knives sound just fine. :-)


6 posted on 02/17/2010 12:05:02 AM PST by LibWhacker (America awake!)
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To: sonofstrangelove

Big surprise! I’d be more surprised if they weren’t, animals that they are.


7 posted on 02/17/2010 12:13:53 AM PST by sofaman ( "Authority poisons everybody who takes authority on himself. " Golda Meir)
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To: sofaman

I agree. Animals and cowards


8 posted on 02/17/2010 12:15:27 AM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld ("I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution."-Dr.Wernher Von Braun)
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To: Irenic
"The Taliban Is Using Human Shields"

The Traitor-in-Chief told them to with his "rules of disengagement."

9 posted on 02/17/2010 12:19:46 AM PST by taraytarah
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To: sonofstrangelove

See the New York Times article: “Troops: Strict War Rules Slow Afghan Offensive [Are We Fighting To Win?”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2451901/posts

“MARJAH, Afghanistan (AP) — Some American and Afghan troops say they’re fighting the latest offensive in Afghanistan with a handicap — strict rules that routinely force them to hold their fire. “


10 posted on 02/17/2010 12:31:42 AM PST by haroldeveryman
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To: haroldeveryman

Thank you very much for adding the link

:)


11 posted on 02/17/2010 12:32:34 AM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld ("I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution."-Dr.Wernher Von Braun)
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To: sonofstrangelove
"Especially in the south of Marjah, the enemy is fighting from compounds where soldiers can very clearly see women or children on the roof or in a second-floor or third-floor window," Ghori said. "They are trying to get us to fire on them and kill the civilians."

The Obamanation "told" the Tali-scum to do this.... it's win/win for the Tali-scum, US forces are under orders not to fire in such a scenario, and if we do fire in any instances then the Tali-scum get civilian casualties for the global Mediascum to trumpet......
12 posted on 02/17/2010 12:32:39 AM PST by Enchante (If Obama referred to the "Press Corpse" the MSM might care about his IGNORANCE)
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To: Enchante

I agree with your observation.


13 posted on 02/17/2010 12:33:50 AM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld ("I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution."-Dr.Wernher Von Braun)
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To: LeoWindhorse

“I hear the Afghani locals are very skillful with knives
Ask the British”

When you’re wounded and left on Afghanistan’s plains,
And the women come out to cut up what remains,
Jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains
An’ go to your Gawd like a soldier.
Go, go, go like a soldier,
Go, go, go like a soldier,
Go, go, go like a soldier,
So-oldier ~of~ the Queen!

Rudyard Kipling, “The Young British Soldier”

“Ouch. Ow, ow, ow, ow. Duck! Run! Ouch!”
Hindu, Macedonian, Mongol, Persian, British, and Russian soldiers. Maybe others.


14 posted on 02/17/2010 12:46:17 AM PST by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: sonofstrangelove

To add on to Enchante’s post it will also result in more of our guys getting killed.


15 posted on 02/17/2010 12:51:15 AM PST by Red Steel
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To: dsc

with the USMC they have finally met their match.....


16 posted on 02/17/2010 1:00:06 AM PST by LeoWindhorse
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To: sonofstrangelove

17 posted on 02/17/2010 3:02:47 AM PST by EnigmaticAnomaly ("Mantra of the left: 'It's only okay when WE do it.'")
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To: LeoWindhorse

“with the USMC they have finally met their match.....”

I worry about the “rules of engagement” cooked up by the shiny-loafered, chair-warming, paper-shuffling REMF liblibs in DC.


18 posted on 02/17/2010 3:15:38 AM PST by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: dsc

Me, too. That was the first thought in my head this morning, and I jumped out of bed and turned on the computer. Why are the guys not allowed to detain anyone? Why do they have to let them walk away? What’s wrong with questioning or holding them somewhere? The ROE are ridiculous.


19 posted on 02/17/2010 3:31:38 AM PST by huldah1776
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To: haroldeveryman
Insurgent snipers hiding in haystacks in poppy fields have exchanged fire with Marines and Afghan troops in recent days as they swept south.

At first I wondered what our lib’s reaction would be if the stacks “accidentally” caught fire from a tracer or incendiary round. Then I realized the terrorist would simply leave his weapon in the burning stack, crawl out and claim to be an innocent civilian - after all, he’s no longer holding a weapon. We’d be committed to treating his burns and turning him lose with a sincere apology.

20 posted on 02/17/2010 3:49:58 AM PST by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink)
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