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2008-04-20 Afghanistan

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Posted by Steve White 2008-04-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Commandos compete for selection and go through 12 weeks of initial training at Camp Morehead, south of Kabul, before being assigned to a battalion attached to one of five regional Afghan National Army corps

Compete for selection == show up in the right place at the right time?

Posted by gorb 2008-04-20 02:27|| 2008-04-20 02:27|| Front Page Top

#2 Afghans are commando by nature.

In the Dutch and Anglo sense of the word.

Posted by George Smiley 2008-04-20 06:53|| 2008-04-20 06:53|| Front Page Top

#3 See also TOPIX > VARIOUS - US COMMANDERS [Afghan] CALL FOR NEW TERROR WAR IN PAKISTAN. Expand scope of attacks inside AFghani to agz Islamist-held/controlled tribal areas inside Paki.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-04-20 21:40|| 2008-04-20 21:40|| Front Page Top

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