1 posted on
11/28/2001 2:41:44 PM PST by
KQQL
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To: KQQL
Read Guadalcanal Diary by Richard Tregaskis, the adult version. After the opening weeks of the battle the Marines took the time to kill every Jap twice. They learned to do this after being snookered by false surrenders and live soldiers hiding among the dead.
Just like the way caves were dealt with on Iwo in '45, this is another Pacific war lesson that we should not have to re-learn.
31 posted on
11/28/2001 3:18:29 PM PST by
wtc911
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From the story:
"AC130 Spectre attack helicopters flew overhead five times, hovering and firing at close range. " The AC 130 is a huuuuuuuuge plane, not a helicopter.
33 posted on
11/28/2001 3:19:19 PM PST by
ChadGore
To: KQQL
Both CIA operatives were dressed in Afghan robes, had grey beards and spoke PersianVery telling....
34 posted on
11/28/2001 3:20:17 PM PST by
Dallas
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This article is totally different from the immediate post from an eyewitness. Again from a British newspaper.
To: KQQL
Surreal.
41 posted on
11/28/2001 3:38:15 PM PST by
abner
To: KQQL
Originally it was a UK Guardian reporter who triggered said revolt, wasn't it?
42 posted on
11/28/2001 3:38:33 PM PST by
piasa
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This is not good. It will come back to haunt us. Nothing tangible was achieved by our involvement here that outweighs the unintended consequences we may reap for years to come. We may have just lost a lot of the moral high ground that has been the greatness of America's leadership in this so-called "War on Terrorism".
To: KQQL
I really like the ending..."and the Taleban killed to a man."
One US special forces soldier called the bombing fireworks youll never forget. AC130 Spectre attack helicopters flew overhead five times, hovering and firing at close range.
do they make a helicopter version?
47 posted on
11/28/2001 4:15:52 PM PST by
cactmh
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wow ...... What a story! The CIA guys might as well have been babes in the woods. We sure have gotten rusty. The characters in Tom Clancy's books would never have made such a mistake. What a shame.
48 posted on
11/28/2001 4:34:11 PM PST by
mercy
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This sounds like a load of WHOOWEE.
50 posted on
11/28/2001 4:48:46 PM PST by
stupid1
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a very excellent article.
So excellent, that it does not surprise one that it was in an english newspaper. It would have been surprising had it appeared in an american newspaper.
at least we have geraldo (puke)
To: KQQL
The soldiers would sit on the ground in the middle of a gunbattle casually unlacing a pair of boots or olive green trainers.
Take care of your feet and they'll take care of you.;^)
67 posted on
11/28/2001 6:23:17 PM PST by
Kermit
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"I do not think the U.S. government is responsible for the fact that a bunch of religious fanatics decided to kill themselves."
Bill Clinton
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CIA officer Mike Spann, in this undated family photo, is the first American known to be killed in combat in Afghanistan. Johnny ``Mike'' Spann, 32, who entered the Marine Corps and then joined the CIA in June 1999, was killed in action during a prison riot at Mazar-e-Sharif. His body was recovered Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2001 the CIA said, without providing details on the circumstances of Spann's death. (AP Photo/Fanmily Photo via the CIA |
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Thanks Mike
96 posted on
11/29/2001 5:08:47 PM PST by
Stand_Up
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