Afghanistan: Blast Reportedly Kills Special Forces Group

STRATFOR ^ | Feb 24, 2003 | Staff

[Axion]

Afghanistan: Blast Reportedly Kills Special Forces Group
Feb 24, 2003

Unconfirmed reports from Afghanistan on Feb. 24 say that a number of U.S. Special Forces "officials" were killed after an explosion occurred under their vehicle. The group was traveling in the provice of Zarmat. New sources have conflicting information about the exact number of fatalities. Initial reports were that 10 Americans were in the double-cab vehicle and that all were killed. Reports from the Daily Islam and the Pakistan-based Daily Ausaf, which have been translated and posted by jihadunspun.com, did not say whether the vehicle was destroyed by an explosive device placed under the vehicle or if the it struck a landmine.http://www.jihadunspun.com/intheatre_internal.php?article=46054&list=/home.php&.

[Turk2]

Such a shame. Their families must be told that they died fighting for their country. It is a shame that a SF operative's heroism is written off as a minor training accident.

[hellinahandcart]

It's not Stratfor, it's Stratfor's source for this story---jihadunspun is nothing but one lie after another.

[knak]

I don't believe anything from Jihad Unspun.

[grimalkin]

Jihadunspun.com??!! LOL

[mikegi]

I'm surprised we have any troops left to invade Iraq seeing how many we're losing in Afghanistan! According to JihadUnspun.com, we've had a thousand killed and a thousand more captured by Jihadists. Very cleverly, the Jihadis refuse to show any video evidence of these captives. However, they did release one still photo of the most recent batch of American prisoners being paraded down Tarin Kot's main street. Here it is:

Nice of them to let our guys ride on horseback. Such humanitarians.

[Squantos]

Ok ,...that bears out . Thanks , I did'nt see the "other" link .

Ya'll Stay Safe !

[Stultis]

As I recall [Jihad Unspun is] run by a leftie, american convert to islam who hosts jihadist materials.

That's kind of sad. I'm sure that this person must feel isolated and threatened by the current political circumstances. Can't Uncle Sam show some compassion for this lost soul? How about an opportunity to commune with like minded individuals in some isolated, Carribean hide-away, all at government expense?

[Grampa Dave]

That is the problem with some of these so called stories. Somewhere and often hidden in the bottom of the lies is the reality that the story came from Reuters or Islamfacists lie all the time or from unidentified sources.

I can't remember the bs thread that was posted this weekend. At first it looked like a semi credible source and hidden and all most removed electronically was the linkage to Reuters.

[Grampa Dave]

Yeah, drop him off in the shark infested waters about 5 miles off from Gitmo and let him swim to his new resort.

[gridlock]

I just spoke with my son an hour ago...

Did you call him, or did he call you?

Whenever I was in dangerous situations, I would always make a point of calling my loved ones whenever something bad happened, and casually mention the time, so when they heard the bad news, they would realize that my call was after that point, and that I was OK.

Eventually it got to be such a routine that if I called up out of the blue, they would just ask what time it was where I was and we could get off the line.

[ken5050]

Gramps....would you please ping me if anything concrete comes in on this....thanks..

[Grampa Dave]

If I see anything. More than likely, we never hear anymore.

[CyberAnt]

Hmmmm? It seems to me that Rumsfeld has been pretty forthcoming about any injuries to our people. If this were true - 8 hours ago - why hasn't Rumsfeld said something about it ...??

[LBGA]

Did you call him, or did he call you?

He can call me, but I can't reach him. I even hesitate to ask him the time because we are not supposed to talk about where he is. After one incident that I thought might affect him, I waited anxiously for 4 days to hear he was okay. When he called, I asked how he was, and then how his friend was. He knew I knew what had happened.

I told him that I always knew everything he was doing, and still do, so to try to call home if anything happens. Sometimes FR and all the info we get here can cause anxiety. ;-)

[Grampa Dave]

Relax.

Your response is exactly what these little Islamofacist want from Americans.

[McGruff]

Here's some background info:

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[McGruff]

I went over to this Jihadunspun place and found this in their forum:

At Jihad Unspun, I can tell you that a great deal of effort goes into translating news items from Pakistan and Afghanistan daily. We don’t write the news – we report it. Any item we publish about casualties has to appear in two sources before we publish it. That said, these are news reports and in most cases are not first hand accounts.

Sounds like second hand reporting to me.

[xzins]

Civilians.....a "group" not a "Group."


Sheesh

[SeeRushToldU_So]

Nothing on FOX yet confirming this report yet. 1942 EST