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2009-09-29 Afghanistan

40 Taliban killed in western Afghanistan

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Posted by Steve White 2009-09-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Jingle trucks
Jingle trucks
Jingle while we pray
Oh what fun it is to ride o'er a roadside bomb today!

Posted by gorb 2009-09-29 03:47|| 2009-09-29 03:47|| Front Page Top

#2 I hope we didn't get any innocent civilians upset.

Posted by Sonny Ebbeamp1305 2009-09-29 10:53|| 2009-09-29 10:53|| Front Page Top

#3 Again, looking at a map, this adds evidence for the McCrystal geographic strategy. Farah is WEST of Helmand. While fighting on a central front from Helmand through Oruzgan to Wardak, ISAF is sweeping the area west and north, to create a safe zone for the hold and build phases to take root. Meanwhile temporarily conceding the status quo in areas east and south of that main front, (or even withdrawing from the most exposed positions, as in Nuristan).

The swing area seems to be Kandahar province. With current force levels its all ISAF can do to hold on to the current position there, with Taliban openly controlling several rural districts, and covertly controling much of Kandahar city. With the requested troop increases ISAF could take a more aggressive posture in Kandahar as well.

Posted by liberalhawk 2009-09-29 11:05|| 2009-09-29 11:05|| Front Page Top

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