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US Marines kill more than 70 Taliban leaders in Afghanistan
FoxNews ^ | May 30, 2018 | Lucas Tomlinson

Posted on 05/30/2018 2:21:33 PM PDT by huldah1776

U.S. Marines in Afghanistan killed dozens of Taliban leaders last week using rocket artillery after tracking them to a meeting in volatile Helmand Province, according to the top American general in Afghanistan Wednesday.

U.S. Forces Afghanistan said more than 50 Taliban commanders, including the deputy Taliban shadow governor of Helmand was killed. Taliban leaders from six other provinces across Afghanistan were killed as well in the strike in the Musa Qala district of Helmand, according to the statement.

Twenty other Taliban leaders were killed in air strikes earlier this month by drones and Air Force A-10 Warthog jets based in neighboring Kandahar, which arrived earlier this year along with thousands of additional American troops.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; helmand; oef; taliban; trumpgwot; usmc; winning
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oohrah, Marines! Video at link. Boom!
1 posted on 05/30/2018 2:21:34 PM PDT by huldah1776
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To: huldah1776

Finally. Some great news.


2 posted on 05/30/2018 2:21:59 PM PDT by Eddie01
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To: huldah1776

I love the good news.


3 posted on 05/30/2018 2:24:54 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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Nice shooting fellas! Keep stackin’ ‘em up!


4 posted on 05/30/2018 2:26:11 PM PDT by bobby.223 (Retired up in the snowy Mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a great life!)
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To: huldah1776

Turn The Marines lose and they will put a world of hurt on the bad guys! Why wasn’t this done several years ago??? So many years in that throw back country! SemperFi Fi!!!


5 posted on 05/30/2018 2:26:26 PM PDT by MGunny
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To: huldah1776

I always enjoy good news.

5.56mm


6 posted on 05/30/2018 2:27:38 PM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: huldah1776

Let ‘em do what they do, and they get the job done. God’s left hand!


7 posted on 05/30/2018 2:30:20 PM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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Blow ‘em ALL to hell.


8 posted on 05/30/2018 2:33:37 PM PDT by Migraine
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“Why wasn’t this done several years ago”
It’s was called leading from behind. You let someone else do the dirty work and if successful take credit for it and if not, blame the other party.


9 posted on 05/30/2018 2:33:52 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: huldah1776

Those Warthogs sure are pretty.


10 posted on 05/30/2018 2:34:49 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: huldah1776

The Muslim Brotherhood just went apeshit


11 posted on 05/30/2018 2:36:36 PM PDT by Chauncey Gardiner
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To: huldah1776

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35pfllMiLag


12 posted on 05/30/2018 2:37:01 PM PDT by EEGator (The best part of freedom of speech is it lets one know who the a-holes are...)
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To: huldah1776

Man it was great seeing all those A-10s!


13 posted on 05/30/2018 2:37:18 PM PDT by Migraine
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They really deserved it after killing Rip Taggart. lol


14 posted on 05/30/2018 2:37:21 PM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: MGunny

And the Army takes on a supporting role in a cast of thousands.


15 posted on 05/30/2018 2:43:56 PM PDT by Wu (Excuse me while I kiss the sky......)
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To: huldah1776

Trump always makes sure he gets his money’s worth.


16 posted on 05/30/2018 2:45:36 PM PDT by IC Ken (Stop making stupid people famous)
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To: huldah1776

This warms my deplorable heart.


17 posted on 05/30/2018 2:47:31 PM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to says)
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To: IC Ken

Didn’t trump save the A-10?

[Trump always makes sure he gets his money’s worth. ]


18 posted on 05/30/2018 2:53:48 PM PDT by GraceG ("Q is dead, been dead a for a while...")
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Why wasn’t this done several years ago???

I suspect that the restrictive Rules of Engagement (ROE) imposed by the Obama Administration has a lot to do with it.

19 posted on 05/30/2018 2:58:36 PM PDT by centurion316 (Back from exile from 4/2016 until 4/2018.)
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My thought on that is that SecDef Mattis is a Marine. Marines are ground-pounders at core, and a ground-pounder SecDef isn’t going to let a tactical air support asset as good as the A-10 go away without some *really* good reasons.


20 posted on 05/30/2018 2:59:29 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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