Posted on 04/12/2006 1:45:28 AM PDT by the_Watchman
The U.S. military has announced that the largest air assualt in 4 years in Afghanistan is underway in Kunar province. It was kicked off 15 hours ago, but a news embargo was imposed. An attempt has been made to keep the Al Queda and Taliban opposition contained so that they will not escape.
Several thousand coalition soldiers are involved. The exit passes are being held since it was believed that too many opposition forces escaped during the previous Operation Anaconda.
Q. difference between a tenured professor and a terrorist?
A. you can negoiate with a terrorist.
Moving, very moving. GOD Bless them all.
Is there any more overused phrase in broadcast journalism than a "Fox News Alert"?
No, it's your misunderstanding. Added * for emphasis.
I said "Agree. **I'll still be sorely dissapointed in Bush** if the great men and women of the US Military catch UBL."
My error, sorry. I just don't understand why this would make you disappointed in Bush but I am tired today :)
Is this a current operation. Another operation with the same name was held in 2002. What is the link?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1614029/posts
Pakistani gunships target compound
CNN ^ | April 12, 2006 | CNN
Posted on 04/12/2006 3:34:55 PM PDT by Btrp113Cav
(CNN) -- Pakistani helicopter gunships converged Wednesday night on a suspected terrorist compound near the Afghan border, killing "a number" of militants, including some foreigners, according to a military statement read on Pakistani television.
Yes, others have posted current stories on this thread about the operation. The original post has no link since it was Fox cable news.
It wouldn't make me dissapointed in him - I'm already dissapointed. Finding him won't change much.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1614071/posts
Troops Find Weapons Caches Across Afghanistan
American Forces Press Service ^
Posted on 04/12/2006 4:36:25 PM PDT by SandRat
Six militants killed in Afghanistan
Web posted at: 4/13/2006 2:18:52
Source ::: AFP
KABUL: Afghan and coalition soldiers killed six insurgents in eastern part of the country yesterday as they launched a new 2,500-troop operation with predawn air and ground strikes, the coalition said.
The insurgents were killed as part of Operation Mountain Lion in eastern Kunar province, where seven children were killed Tuesday in a rocket attack blamed on militants allied to the ousted Taliban regime.
“The operation began with predawn air-and-ground assaults yesterday in the Pech River Valley, an area notorious for terrorist activity,” the coalition said in a statement. The insurgents were killed in a neighbouring district of the province, which borders Pakistan.
If the Pakistanis and our allies + our warriors eliminate the safe places for the Islamofascist terrorists, things will get very interesting.
I do know what I'm talking about.
You think AlQueda follows the geneva convention?
1st thing after I got a haircut in the Army I was in a classroom telling me about the rules of war. What you call an illegal order and it doesn't matter who or what it came from. And the consequences of doing illegal actions.
Same with our officers, only they DO go to one of several war colleges splaining to them the rules.
I say if the enemy fails to follow these "rules", then screw them.
I will defer to people more experet than I in military matters, but it seems to me that when you start to act barbaric with some enemies, it pretty soon deteriorates unit discipline and barbarism extends to all opponents.
Of course, I was never in the military, only a military wife.
Coop, I have been told by folks from all over the world that most folks respect power.
The U.S. has the power and refuses to use it. Yes so many good folks in our military try so very hard and do make a difference but with our hands tied too many get killed while the enemy uses whatever dispicable means available.
I simply think that if your enemy refuses to abide by the geneva convention then the hell with them, kill them
however.
I agree completely. But actions have consequences.
Something's definitely up...
"Operation Mountain Lion" To Hit "Terrorist's Backyard" In Afghanistan
April 12, 2006 9:00 p.m. EST
Matthew Borghese - All Headline News Staff Writer
Kabul, Afghanistan (AHN) - Over 2,500 Coalition and Afghan forces have launched "Operation Mountain Lion" to enhance the security of new government with a round predawn of air strikes.
U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Allen Peck, deputy air component commander for Combined Forces Command Afghanistan, says, "This operation is helping the government of Afghanistan set the security conditions so democratic processes can take root."
However, Peck is quick to add that this effort does not constitute a return to major combat operations for American troops in Afghanistan, saying, "Our job is to bring airpower to bear on the anti-Afghan forces and support the coalition troops on the ground."
Peck adds, "Our objective is to assist the coalition forces and Afghan national security forces in defeating the Taliban and al Qaeda."
"The coalition employs airpower every day to support Afghanistan's democratically elected government in establishing regional stability and long-term economic and political development."
Officials add that the mission will help establish security, deter the re-emergence of terrorism, and enhance the sovereignty of Afghanistan, and that this is only a part of the ongoing series of offensives that aim to disrupt insurgent activities, deny them sanctuary and prevent their ability to restock.
U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. James Redmore of Task Force Spartan, says, "We're taking the fight to the terrorists in their own backyard."
"They gave their victims no sanctuary. They'll receive none from us."
Combat operations included predawn air-and-ground assaults in the Pech River Valley, an area notorious for terrorist activity.
Officials confirm soldiers from 3rd Brigade of the Afghan National Army's 203rd Corps are fighting alongside servicemembers from the coalition's Task Force Spartan, made up of soldiers from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team of the 10th Mountain Division and 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment Marines from Task Force Lava.
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Al-Qaida No. 2 praises Al-Zarqawi, calls on Muslims to support Iraqi insurgents in videotape
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CAIRO, Egypt
Al-Qaida's deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri praised insurgents in Iraq _ particularly Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi _ and called on all Muslims to support them in a video posted Thursday on the Internet.
The video was dated with an Islamic month corresponding to November 2005 _ and al-Zawahri mentions an Oct. 23 earthquake that hit Pakistan and Afghanistan. But it appeared to be the first time the 28-minute video has been made public.
It was not clear why the video was not released soon after the date it was allegedly filmed. Al-Zawahri has appeared in at least three videotapes filmed since November, all of them aired on the Al-Jazeera news network. Thursday's video was posted on a Web forum used by Islamic militants to issue public statements and videos.
In the footage, al-Zawahri appears sitting, wearing a white turban and a grey robe with a microphone pinned to it. An automatic weapon is leaning against a brown backdrop behind him.
''The Islamic nation must support the heroic mujahedeen (holy warriors) in Iraq, who are fighting on the very front line for the dignity of Islam,'' al-Zawahri said, waving his right hand toward the camera.
''And to my brother mujahedeen in Iraq, I say, Stay firm. Stay together. Your enemy has begun to falter, so don't stop pursuing him untill he flees defeated,'' he said.
He called on Muslims to support his ''beloved brother'' Al-Zarqawi, who heads al-Qaida in Iraq. ''I have lived with him up close, and have seen nothing but good from him,'' al-Zawahri said.
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