First American Casualty at Mazar-i Sharif

MSNBC | 11/25/01 | Self

[Mahone]

MSNBC just reported that we have had the first American Special Ops casualty in the revolt by the Taleban prisoners that were taken from Kunduz to Mazar-i Sharif.

[MediaMole]

Darn it, the al-qaida prisoners were all shot trying to escape.

[CreekerFreeper]

AMEN. KILL THEM ALL, NOW-NOW-NOW!

[JCG]

How about Johnston Island instead?

I vote for Palmyra Island.  The home of red-footed boobies but uninhabited by humans.

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[kinghorse]

that's unfortunate.

[Frances_Marion]

I vote Bikini island....right before another nuke test!

[financeprof]

This time maybe, but there are many more to come.

[MissAmericanPie]

I realize it may take some time to frisk thousands of POW's for grenades and other weapons but I sure hope they have an assembly line way of doing that in safety.

I thinks it's nuts that some are allowed to surrender keep their guns and join the side of the Northern Alliance without so much as the blink of an eye. It's so weird.

[Moonmad27]

For weeks MSNBC and CNN have been champing at the bit for the US to have a war casualty that they could crow about, so they've been making do with the news of us killing civilians. Darn, their hopes have been ruined again by the truth from the Pentagon!

[2grit]

When I was on Johnston Island in 1967 the cockroaches were the size of small rats. These guys would fit in nicely.

[Pharmboy]

There was a retraction: it's not 72 virgins for each one, it's one virgin that's 72.

[newsperson999]

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There has got to be at least some US casualties, we won't know until its over

[spycatcher]

Yeah, that was a sloppy operation by the NA. They aren't used to taking prisoners

It was reported weeks ago (by Sebastian Junger I think) that this is common in Afghanistan, to "surrender" as a tactic to trick the other side. That's why the losers often get slaughtered.

[JohnBovenmyer]

How about Johnston Island instead?

I don't think Johnston's mission to destroy our chemical weapon stockpile is finished yet. We wouldn't want a prison riot there. Putin has plenty of leftover inexpensive prisons and has some really toxic sites that need cleanup. Pay Putin to send them to Novaya Zemlya. The Gulag is our friend now!

[MissAmericanPie]

They just reported on Fox News that the Pentagon is denying that anyone in Special Forces was killed, but have not denied that it could be someone with the CIA or another American principle.

I hope not, I know that some will die and I grieve over the very thought of it. These heatherns are not worth the hair on one of our citizens heads.

[jerod]

CNN reported that the Defense Department stated that there were no Military casualties, but as for other services, like the CIA. They couldn't deny or confirm the report.

You'll never hear any great details about a lot of CIA deaths. It's a thankless job, but somewhere in the most secret of records, somebody out there knows who these heroes are. They are true patriots fighting for freedom, but don't tell Sheila Jackson that. She thinks they're a bunch of dope dealers.

[KLT]

That's why we call them PMSNBC........

[tbeatty]

How about Vieques? It will stop the protests and give the Navy something to shoot at.

[Bernard]

Isn't there a nice little area in Puerto Rico that used to be a target range? They are accustomed to holes in the ground - it would save on housing costs.

[Lessismore]

I don't think Johnston's mission to destroy our chemical weapon stockpile is finished yet.

According to CIA Factbook, they are in the cleanup phase. Taliban and Al Qaeda could help by breathing deeply.

[floriduh voter]

cnn is still worse than msnbc imho. This Sunday morning, they were with the Taliban troops and showing how it was for them fighting the enemy (which would be us).

I wonder what ip server the troops have on the aircraft carriers. They should change to another ip server that isn't anti-American if it is aol.