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Talibunnies Ambush Repelled by Coalition Air Power
Tried posting this earlier - must have forgotten something.
KABUL, Afghanistan - Suspected terrorists insurgents ambushed a U.S.-led coalition and Afghan patrol in the volatile south, sparking a battle and airstrikes that killed 25 suspected terrorists insurgents, officials said Monday.
I wonder how many were injured, and when they will return to duty, and how effective they will be without body parts or modern medical substitutes.
The coalition said the joint forces were attacked while on a patrol in the Sangin district of Helmand province on Sunday. An estimated 50 Taliban reinforcement terrorists fighters came by foot and boat along the Helmand River from surrounding areas, the coalition said in a statement.
Nice of them to bunch up for us.
Coalition airstrikes bombed seven compounds, resulting in three secondary explosions from suspected weapons caches,
I just love it when that happens.
it said. It said there were "several" confirmed terrorist militant deaths during the 14-hour battle and no reports of civilian injuries.

The Afghan Defense Ministry said the clash and airstrikes in Sangin killed 25 suspected Taliban, including a group leader identified as Mullah Younus.
Running low on old Mullahs, so promoting Younus ones.
NATO is pushing ahead with Operation Achilles, its largest ever operation involving some 4,500 NATO troops and 1,000 Afghan soldiers. Achilles is centered in northern Helmand province, the country's opium heartland and a Taliban stronghold.

Violence in Afghanistan has increased sharply in the last several weeks. More than 1,600 people, have been killed in insurgency-related violence this year, according to an Associated Press count based on U.S., NATO and Afghan officials. The dead have mostly been terrorists militants, but about 300 civilians also have died in the violence.
A few may even have been innocent.
Posted by: Glenmore 2007-05-21
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