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2006-07-15 Afghanistan

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Posted by ed 2006-07-15 09:22|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Excellent!

Posted by Captain America 2006-07-15 09:52|| 2006-07-15 09:52|| Front Page Top

#2 Not very clear. I gather that Sangin has a small Afghan army garrison, and about 40 British troops keeping overwatch on the town. The Taliban were never able to control the town, but committed lots of assets because of its strategic location.

This means that were finally able to secure greater priority targets elsewhere, so were finally able to relieve the soldiers defending Sangin.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-07-15 10:09|| 2006-07-15 10:09|| Front Page Top

#3 If they thought the odds of 6-8 Brits to the talibs was bad, I wonder if the talibs can do higher math?

After all, the Brits do have to return the favor for the last time they were in Afghanistan.

And Karzai better figure out which side he's on, blood does not outrank future potential of the country, his job is to guide Afghanistan forward, not back to the 600s.

Posted by anonymous2u 2006-07-15 12:35|| 2006-07-15 12:35|| Front Page Top

#4 10 Talibs killed and two Brits lightly wounded. You don't need to be a genius to work out who's winning this mini-war in Helmand. Maybe even the Taliban-hype merchants in the British media will get the picture soon.

Posted by Apostate 2006-07-15 15:10|| 2006-07-15 15:10|| Front Page Top

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