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US Marines seize Taliban headquarters, push insurgents into corner of Marjah
StarTribune .com ^
| 2/19/10
| ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU , Associated Press
Posted on 02/19/2010 7:21:33 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo
After a fierce gunfight, U.S. Marines seized a strongly defended compound Friday that appears to have been a Taliban headquarters — complete with photos of fighters posing with their weapons, dozens of Taliban-issued ID cards and graduation diplomas from a training camp in Pakistan.
Insurgents who had been using the field office just south of Marjah's town center abandoned it by the end of the day's fighting, as Marines converged on them from all sides, escalating operations to break resistance in this Taliban stronghold in southern Helmand province.
(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; frwn; marines; marjah; taliban; waronterror
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Great News!
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Mighty nice of them to leave names and photos!
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posted on
02/19/2010 7:28:18 PM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Truth - Reality through the eyes of God.)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Yes, and their safety, an answer to prayers. :)
To: Blood of Tyrants
Never understood that....
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posted on
02/19/2010 7:30:55 PM PST
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
(Political Correctness Will Get Us All Killed)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
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posted on
02/19/2010 7:32:09 PM PST
by
combat_boots
(The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spirito Sancto.)
To: Blood of Tyrants
Yeah. But the Marines just can't over run an enemy position. ROE require them to only fire and kill a Tallaban if he has a weapon visable in his hands!
Just crap!
There should be more than 120 enemy dead!
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posted on
02/19/2010 7:32:35 PM PST
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: Red_Devil 232
Not only that, they cannot fire if the terrorists are near civilians.
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posted on
02/19/2010 7:33:24 PM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Truth - Reality through the eyes of God.)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Did it have portraits of HUSSEIN OBAMA and DHS SECRETARY NAPOLITANO on the walls?
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posted on
02/19/2010 7:33:39 PM PST
by
Rome2000
(OBAMA IS A COMMUNIST CRYPTO-MUSLIM)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
I almost feel sorry for the Taliban, almost. Pitting the juggernaut of the modern Marine against 17th century technology of the Taliban, the loser is predictable. I give thanks to our Marines.
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posted on
02/19/2010 7:34:03 PM PST
by
doc1019
(To call Obama a bumbling idiot would be an insult to bumbling idiots worldwide.)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
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posted on
02/19/2010 7:34:09 PM PST
by
jveritas
(God bless our brave troops)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
I’m so proud of those guys.
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posted on
02/19/2010 7:35:00 PM PST
by
Mobties
To: doc1019
Where is General Mattis when you need him.
“I come in peace, I didn’t bring artillery. But I am pleading with you with tears in my eyes: If you fu^k with me, I’ll kill you all.”
-Marine General James Mattis, to Iraqi tribal leaders
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posted on
02/19/2010 7:38:24 PM PST
by
Recon Dad
( USMC SSgt Patrick O - 3rd Afghanistan Deployment - Day 122)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
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posted on
02/19/2010 7:38:31 PM PST
by
Mpatl
(R)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
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posted on
02/19/2010 7:39:12 PM PST
by
rbosque
(11 year Freeper! Combat Economist.)
To: Mobties
“You cannot exaggerate about the Marines. They are convinced to the point of arrogance, that they are the most ferocious fighters on earth- and the amusing thing about it is that they are.”
Father Kevin Keaney
1st Marine Division Chaplain
Korean War
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posted on
02/19/2010 7:39:37 PM PST
by
Recon Dad
( USMC SSgt Patrick O - 3rd Afghanistan Deployment - Day 122)
To: All
Great job Marines, SEMPER FI.
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posted on
02/19/2010 7:42:00 PM PST
by
Dubya
(JESUS SAVES)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
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posted on
02/19/2010 7:42:24 PM PST
by
Kickass Conservative
(There is nothing Democratic about the Democrat Party...)
To: rbosque
And then, burn it down.....
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posted on
02/19/2010 7:43:13 PM PST
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
(Political Correctness Will Get Us All Killed)
To: doc1019
“Panic sweeps my men when they are facing the AMERICAN MARINES.”
CAPTURED NORTH KOREAN MAJOR
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posted on
02/19/2010 7:43:34 PM PST
by
Recon Dad
( USMC SSgt Patrick O - 3rd Afghanistan Deployment - Day 122)
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