Canadians join 'hot, dirty' offensive -- Coalition begins Operation Mountain Thrust

CanWest News Service via National Post ^ | 2006-06-15 | Matthew Fisher

[Clive]

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[csvset]

I wish them the best of luck and good hunting.

[Dog]

Good Luck and Good Hunting bag your limit on Taliban.....and then some.

[Diggler]

Operation Mountain Thrust... sure sounds hot and dirty...

[CrazyIvan]

The Canadian military has always contributed more than their small number would justify. Good luck and good hunting to them, eh?

[fanfan]

Canada ping!

Please FReepmail me to get on or off this ping list.

[Senator Bedfellow]

Operation Mountain Thrust... sure sounds hot and dirty...

Cue wocka-wocka guitar.

[samtheman]

thanks to the Canadian soldiers

[DieHard the Hunter]

Good luck, Lads! And good hunting.

[Coop]

God bless each and every one of 'em!

[fanfan]

I heard a CNN radio report this morning..

The guy called them expert hunters.

:-D

[CaptainCanada]

The guy called them expert hunters.

Just like hunting "cwazy wabbits", eh"

[GMMAC]

THE TOOLS OF THEIR TRADE:

Good Hunting!
PING!

[Alexander Rubin]

Good luck to all troops.

[Candor7]

Lieutenant-Colonel Ian Hope, commander of the Canadian battle group,>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Who is Ian Hope and wht is his Reputation? Is Fraser still the CO of the PPCLI?

(BTW Hope is a Scots name.) I get nervous for the lads and lassies when a new "Battle Group" commander is parachuted into the scene, after successes happen. Success attracts REMF types like flies to honey. Many are aristocrats who have no intention of getting dirty, and their main military maxim is : " CYA."(And REMF who want to appear to be on the front lines of conflict cause too many people die unnecessarily.)

I am surprised that Hope has the bully press pulpit.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Cue wocka-wocka guitar.

LOL. 70s porn flicks rocked!

[Candor7]

And even better would be these additions for our infantry, both weapons force multipliers in the urban environment house to house, and stand off interdiction from a mile away( I have one, and now for the other!):

1)Benelli Pump with mag extender, capable 3.5 inch 12 gauge ammo, 8 rounds and one chambreed in standard shells.

2) The M82A1A is designed to provide commanders the tactical option of employing snipers with an anti-materiel weapon to augment the present anti-personnel M40A1 7.62mm weapon. The rifle is manufactured by Barrett Firearms Manufacturing, Incorporated of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The scope is manufactured by Unertl to match the trajectory of .50 caliber Raufoss Grade A (DODIC A606), which is the standard operational round.

( A hoser with one of these could disptach many Taliban to their virginal paradise, right through their mud walls!)

[dighton]

Operation Mountain Thrust... sure sounds hot and dirty...

Air Force Vice

[Clive]

There has been no change of Command.

Brig Gen David Fraser is in command of the Nato forces patrolling six southern Afghan provinces around Kandahar, which force includes a Canadian battle group built around 1st Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry Regiment (1 PPCLI) which is commanded by Lt Col Ian Hope.

Hope had the "bully pulpit" because Matthew Fisher is travelling with and reporting on the doings of Hope's people.

BTW I am delighted to see that Matthew Fisher is back in Afghanistan. He likes and understands the troops and he did a good job of reporting on the prior deployment at Kabul from the point of view of the people who were actually out on patrol.