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| India-Pakistan |
| Playing with firepower |
| 2008-09-14 |
| The Americans picked an inauspicious day to open a new front in the war on terror. It was 4am on the third day of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan and the villagers of Angoor Adda, a small Pakistani mountain town near the Afghan border, were lighting their stoves for breakfast before a long day of fasting. Two US helicopters supported by a AC130 Spectre gunship landed close to the shrine of a local saint. Out jumped about three dozen heavily armed marines and Navy Seals from a crack unit called Detachment One. As they emerged from the churning dust onto the rock-strewn hills, they made for a terrifying sight in their night-vision goggles. Within minutes the commandos had surrounded the mudwalled compound of Payo Jan Wazir, a 50-year-old woodcutter and cattle-herd. They believed an Al-Qaeda leader was hiding inside. |
| Posted by:john frum |
| #5 Why do I doubt the accuracy of this report of the slaying of 20 innocent civilians? I doubt them too and I also notice the sudeen concern Pazkiatsnis, those bastards who set bombs in Delhi, sponsor suicide bombres in Afganistan and killed or raped 2 million in Bangladesh, feeel for "innocent civilians" TM. |
| Posted by: JFM 2008-09-14 16:53 |
| #4 "...and ensure that Al-Qaeda will not attack the US during the upcoming elections." I hate to say this, but an attack by al-Quaeda prior to the election would show the US exactly who their choices are. I mean Sen. Obama can't even handle Sen. McCain's pick for VP, what's he doing to do in a REAL crisis? |
| Posted by: DLR 2008-09-14 09:56 |
| #3 Why do I doubt the accuracy of this report of the slaying of 20 innocent civilians? I agree it was a 'crack unit'. And such missions are uncommon, and thus very carefully planned. A well-planned mission by top troops with our RoE - whoever is dead was not innocent. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2008-09-14 09:30 |
| #2 Because Afghanistan is landlocked .... That deficiency can be corrected. |
| Posted by: AzCat 2008-09-14 05:20 |
| #1 let India help clean out Pakistan. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2008-09-14 02:05 |