Night of fear and fire as US soldiers strike

The Times (U.K.) ^ | 11/24/2001 | CATHERINE PHILP AND SHAHZADA ZULFIQAR

[Khepera]

YeeeeeeeHaaaaaaaaaa Let's Roll!!!!!

[paul51]

Guess after the DELTA FORCE got its butt kicked by real Taliban fighters, they had to turn to unarmed truckers. Wow, am I ever impressed...NOT

At best, your confused.

[PresbyRev]

Post 33 - Well put. It immediately struck me on reading the article that those US soldiers were being awfully merciful, risking their own lives to protect the six or seven Afghani truckers. It highlights the vast difference between the US and fundie muslim nations.

[MLedeen]

PLEASE NOTICE THE PETROL WAS COMING FROM IRAN. KEEP WATCHING IRAN...THOSE DRIVERS SPOKE FARSI...AND OUR SPECIAL FORCES KNEW IT, BECAUSE THEY SPOKE IN FARSI...NOT PAKISTANIS, NOT IRAQIS, THEY WERE IRANIANS...

[Leisler]

Hey, take it easy on ol'Mert, he's still crapping in a sack,( what with that recuring infection to his ripped up sphincter from the banging his uncles gave him at his comming out party.)

[RightOnline]

"Guess after the DELTA FORCE got its butt kicked by real Taliban fighters, they had to turn to unarmed truckers. Wow, am I ever impressed...NOT."

Gee, Mert. You might be right. Come on down here to my neck of the woods and we'll take a short drive to Bragg...........you can tell 'em that to their faces, ok?

I'll just stand back and watch.

[jwalsh07]

When did sh$t start piling high enough to reach a keyboard?

[rockfish59]

follow the bouncing name:

mullah/abdullah/habibullah

[NixNatAVanG InDaBurgh]

PLEASE NOTICE THE PETROL WAS COMING FROM IRAN

Been waiting .......

[Rokke]

That is a lie. I challange you to provide a source for that.

[F16Fighter]

Can we expect the ACLU will somehow be representing Abdullah v. the U.S. Army in a "racial discrimination suit" after the war blows over?

[LibWhacker]

Their glasses were green and glittering,” Abdullah said

Glittering?

[ILuvRonnieRaygun]

outstanding response! We're not animals, just soldiers and squids and jarheads, and jetters from the US of A. You behave and we'll do our damndest to turn u into a Democracy, where mem are men and the babes tell us what to do! GOD BLESS AMERICA!

[IronJack]

We have yet to prove that our boys are any tougher than the Ruskies were. Truth hurts, so keep on yelping.

Are you under the impression that this is some kind of playground spat, where we're trying to prove some vague notion of masculinity or physical superiority??!!! This is nothing less than an all-out attempt to eradicate a moral predator, a gaggle of tinhorn lowlifes who would hijack airplanes and fly them into buildings all in the name of some half-baked religious conviction. And you're still stuck at the level of "my dad can beat up your dad."

For cripes' sake, try to get your mind around the big picture here.

[Harp]

"You behave and we'll do our damndest to turn u into a Democracy, where mem are men and the babes tell us what to do! GOD BLESS AMERICA!"

Hilarious schtick. Get some sock puppets and go make yourself useful on the street corner.

[Miss Marple]

What we have proven is that our guys are SMARTER than the Russians.

Also, they are merciful.

Would you please go read some history and studies of strategy, please? This is a different kind of war, and we are not engaging in some sort of "tough guy" contest. We are interested in WINNING, and saving western civilization, and protecting our nation.....little things like that.

[ozzymandus]

Wrong again, Mert. Delta went in and came out without losing a man. Hersh didn't mention Taliban casualties, but I'll bet you lost some friends. Anybody who would believe clinton-appointee Clark is the idiot. If the Northern Alliance is really doing all the fighting, why didn't they win years ago? Swallowing Hersch's anti-military propaganda just because you hate to see America win only makes you look like an idiot.

[piasa]

Sorry, Mert- Seymore claimed he spoke with the Delta blokes himself... that's just pure BS. Didn't happen. Won't happen. Ever. Not to mention it simply wasn't possible given where those guys were... and are. But you wouldn't know BS if you were up to your chin in dung beetles and chips.