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Afghanistan
Afghan Mujahideen continue resistance in battle at Spin Boldak
2003-01-31
Occupying US forces showered about a dozen and a half oxygen sucking semi-nuclear bombs known as daisy cutters on the Spin Boldak area near Chaman suffocating to death several innocent civilians in the surrounding villages, reports reaching Pakistan said.
Oh, dear! How sad! And they're "semi-nuclear," too! That makes it even worse!
The bombing started when some Afghan freedom fighters shot down a US helicopter in nearby hills killing about 10 US soldiers. In a pitched battle after the incident a few more American soldiers and their local supporters were reportedly killed. US forces called in air support which dropped daisy-cutters in the area. US sources said that the Afghan freedom fighters belonged to Taliban and Gulbadin Hekmatyar's Hezb-e-Islami Afghanistan. A Taliban spokesman who requested not to be named told the sources that one US helicopter was shot down, while seven US soldiers and 15 Afghan troops were killed in the fighting. He claimed that only five Taliban were injured.
And they were just flesh wounds...
Khalid Pashtoon, a spokesman of the Kandahar governor, said that 18 Taliban and three Afghan troops were killed. He also claimed that the deputy of Taliban commander Hafiz Abdul Raheem, who is heading Taliban in the fighting, was also among the martyrs.
Thought that was Raheem's brother? Could be the same guy, since it's a family business type thing. Yesterday he was captured, today he's dead, cut down in his prime... Could the two be connected?
Posted by:Fred Pruitt

#4  Ummah News is a cartoon factory. It is the snipers with the rifles that you and me are not allowed to buy, who are getting most of the terr' kills. Daisy Cutters are for very large troop concentrations.
Posted by: Anonymous   2003-01-31 18:20:15  

#3  Isn't it convenient that those who make the reports can see this from so far away?
Posted by: Anonymous   2003-01-31 13:10:30  

#2  Maybe they meant semi-circular? Daisy cutter shaped like a weed wacker?
Posted by: Chuck   2003-01-31 12:57:43  

#1  According to Ummah News, have we been completely annihillated over there yet? But it is nice to see that Daisy's back. Save some for the big show.
Posted by: tu3031   2003-01-31 12:56:18  

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