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Taliban Surrounded As Afghan Clashes Go On
IOL ^ | 8-30-2003 | Yousuf Azimy

Posted on 08/30/2003 11:16:33 AM PDT by blam

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Looks like this is going on below the 'news' radar.
1 posted on 08/30/2003 11:16:33 AM PDT by blam
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Good news that we have so many surrounded - could be an important cleansing...
2 posted on 08/30/2003 11:28:37 AM PDT by trebb
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Bump for the Hidden Battles of the War on Jihad.

3 posted on 08/30/2003 11:28:39 AM PDT by swarthyguy
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God bless our folks and our Afghan allies.
4 posted on 08/30/2003 11:32:21 AM PDT by ellery
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Aw come on! Isn't it about time to using that MOAB?
5 posted on 08/30/2003 11:37:12 AM PDT by OneTime
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Oops! "start using"
6 posted on 08/30/2003 11:37:59 AM PDT by OneTime
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US-backed President Hamid Karzai says many of the rebels are crossing with impunity from neighbouring Pakistan.

Ain't that a shocker? /sarcasm

7 posted on 08/30/2003 11:57:51 AM PDT by b4its2late (FOOTBALL REFEREES: Best seats in the house and we're paid for it!!!!!)
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Bunch em up and blast em!!

Same thing in Iraq!!

Bring em on!!

8 posted on 08/30/2003 12:12:45 PM PDT by CROSSHIGHWAYMAN
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Maybe this time they don't have the money to buy their way out like they did at Tora Bora.
9 posted on 08/30/2003 12:13:00 PM PDT by Semper Paratus
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Aw come on! Isn't it about time to using that MOAB?

I, for one, wouldn't mind seeing how that thing works. Have all the good guys back off about 10 miles, and lay one in there. Bet ya that would take the wind out of their sails.

10 posted on 08/30/2003 12:26:21 PM PDT by FlyVet
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I love after-battle reports. Mid-battle reports make me queasy. Remember the last time we had the Taliban "surrounded" in the hills?
11 posted on 08/30/2003 12:32:01 PM PDT by witnesstothefall
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Also meant to point out the obvious, that the concentration of enemy forces and the group's willingness to stand and fight rather than melt away, must have our guys wondering if OBL is in the house.
12 posted on 08/30/2003 12:33:44 PM PDT by witnesstothefall
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It wouldn't hurt for us to look weak and disorganized in Afganistan. Iraq can be flypaper and Afganistan can be trap. Islamist, with their mentality stuck in the 12th century can be cunning but not necessarly smart for the long term. Perhaps they will mass for a banzi-jehadi charge. That would be a good MOAB moment.
13 posted on 08/30/2003 12:41:07 PM PDT by tbpiper
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"I love after-battle reports. Mid-battle reports make me queasy. Remember the last time we had the Taliban "surrounded" in the hills?"

Yup. I recall 2-3 different 'surroundings' that petered-out.

14 posted on 08/30/2003 12:42:07 PM PDT by blam
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"Islamist, with their mentality stuck in the 12th century can be cunning but not necessarly smart for the long term."

Keep in mind that some of these loonies considered Saddam a military genuis, 'nuff-said.

15 posted on 08/30/2003 12:44:23 PM PDT by blam
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OBL's in Pakistan and has been since probably before ToraBora hit the headlines.
16 posted on 08/30/2003 12:48:50 PM PDT by swarthyguy
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That would be a good MOAB moment.

LOL. I love that. You have a gift.

17 posted on 08/30/2003 12:50:23 PM PDT by patton (I wish we could all look at the evil of abortion with the pure, honest heart of a child.)
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Bu...bu...bu...but I thought we had "abandoned the War on Terrorism" for the "War on Iraq"...
18 posted on 08/30/2003 1:05:57 PM PDT by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE.)
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OBL's in Pakistan and has been since probably before ToraBora hit the headlines.

Gee, if you've had the inside scoop all this time, why don't you rush over to CIA and let them in on it. I think there might even be a reward for such hot info.

19 posted on 08/30/2003 1:07:23 PM PDT by witnesstothefall
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a good MOAB moment.

LOL, that's rich.

20 posted on 08/30/2003 1:08:52 PM PDT by witnesstothefall
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