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2004-03-06 Afghanistan/South Asia

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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-03-06 1:15:00 AM|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Bad news.

Posted by Paul Moloney 2004-3-6 1:32:57 AM|| 2004-3-6 1:32:57 AM|| Front Page Top

#2
Actually, Dan, I wanted to post this, but you beat me to it.

Still, the thought struck me...how to appropriately respond in a Military sense to such attacks? It would seem that over-land, even in quick all terrain vehicles would be far too slow.

And then the image from of Buch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid leaped out at me...just like the train full of horses...bingo!

Could a Chanook carry a squad of Special Forces on slightly amorized Dirt Bikes, ferry them into such an area, deploy them and off to the races they go?

Could the response time be quick enought? It is my nature to think in terms of small unit tatics and what would be effective...in killing the people that need to be killed. Just an idea from your thinking liberal here at Rantburg (smile)

Posted by Traveller 2004-3-6 2:08:36 AM|| 2004-3-6 2:08:36 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 This is the same Telegraph that put up an erroneous report of a botched SF raid, and numerous other factual errors in articles they have compiled. The one thing about British papers is that on accuracy, they tend to lead with their chins. On the military, they're about as accurate as everyone else, which is to say not very accurate.

Afghans have hidden agendas for everything they say. From what I've read, everyone has his hand out. Afghans say the Taliban are well-funded, because they know American forces have wads of cash with which to counteroffer the Taliban. Afghan forces say they are killing Taliban in order to provide a semblance of effectuality so that US troops can justify continuing to pay them. But raising these issues would, of course, either be too un-PC or (more likely) involve too much thinking on the part of the journalists, whose alcohol-deprived brain cells cannot function for lack of lubrication in Afghanistan.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2004-3-6 2:39:57 AM|| 2004-3-6 2:39:57 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 They are lying near the mountains and sometimes even in the mosques, .... They were beaten in the mosque in open daylight.
The mosques are the terror epicenters.

Posted by Mike Sylwester 2004-3-6 5:12:51 AM|| 2004-3-6 5:12:51 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Firstly: i think we are hearing the uncritically accepted musings of Omar Quadratullah Jamar respun by the western media (as with most of the news coming out of Afghanistan)

Secondly: if this is true a stryker-brigade with experience in Iraq and helicopter backup ( and offcourse investment in intelligence) should be able to get on top of this situation pretty quickly.

Posted by Evert Visser 2004-3-6 7:48:43 AM|| [http://chinditz.blog-city.com/] 2004-3-6 7:48:43 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Very simple. Equip every villager with a small transponder with an on/off switch. Teach them to turn it "on" when there are bad guys in the area, and turn it off when they leave. Have a Spectre standing by overhead. It gets a signal, the night-scope comes out, and ZZZZZZZZZZZZAAAAAAAPPPPPPP!!!!! - 5000 rounds of 7.62 does a number on the bad guys. Get a few false reports, and you take away the guy's toy. Add a couple of Apaches on stand-by at a local garrison, and you've got a headhunter team that will start doing some good.

Posted by Old Patriot 2004-3-6 12:35:29 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2004-3-6 12:35:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Add a couple of Apaches on stand-by at a local garrison, ...

Apaches -- the helicopter or the Indians? Oh heck, either would instill blood-curdling fear into the heart of a Taliban.

Posted by Steve White 2004-3-6 2:01:00 PM|| 2004-3-6 2:01:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 ... Apaches -- the helicopter or the Indians?

Too bad that the gentlemen from the White Mountains are such homebodies. They'd make the Gourkas look like Swedes.

Posted by Shipman 2004-3-6 5:42:32 PM|| 2004-3-6 5:42:32 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Piano wire, and caltrops.

Posted by mojo 2004-3-6 5:47:29 PM|| 2004-3-6 5:47:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Got that right,Ship.

Posted by Raptor 2004-3-7 8:34:21 AM|| 2004-3-7 8:34:21 AM|| Front Page Top

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