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| Belmont Club: The Missing Recon Team |
| 2005-07-03 |
| [snip] The US has raised the stakes by sending in large numbers of men and following through with the action. A recent report says: "U.S. fighter planes bombed a suspected Taliban compound in mountains in eastern Afghanistan in an area where an elite American military team has been missing for five days, a U.S. military spokesman said Saturday. It was not clear if there were any casualties." Striking at a solitary compound in the heights of the Hindu Kush means solid intel. So my guess (speculation alert) is that the missing team was not the only reconnaissance unit in the area. The unanswered questions are: * what is the real objective of the operation to which the missing recon team was in support? * are current efforts aimed at recovering the missing team or at achieving the original aim of the operation? BTW... read the full article and its comments.. |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #11 Could be the baddies figured out a blocking position was being setup and went all out. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-07-03 16:27 |
| #10 Wretchard suggests the team's objective was a hunt for a "high value target". An alternate objective can be picked out of the book "Not a Good Day to Die : The Untold Story of Operation Anaconda". Leading up to Anaconda, 3-5 man Delta Force and Seal Teams were sent into the Shah-i-Kot valley from multiple directions to simply recon the battlefield. One of the team members was usually an Air Force controller. They drove trucks or rode helos, then walked to the sites they wanted to recon - awesome 3-4 day hikes with little gear high in the mountains through deep snow with no sleep. The battlefield itself had already been selected based on other intel. So perhaps the same happened here. Instead of being on the hunt, they may heve been picking out landing sites, avenues of ingress/egress for friendlies, likely escape routes for the enemy and resulting ambush opportunities. Supposition of course, so salt to taste. |
| Posted by: Zpaz 2005-07-03 14:51 |
| #9 It would make sense that a major objective is at stake, such as Bin Laden the cripple. |
| Posted by: Kalle (kafir forever) 2005-07-03 14:34 |
| #8 Foxnews TV PhilF |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-07-03 14:05 |
| #7 AC- One can only hope it involves a Big Kahuna. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2005-07-03 13:35 |
| #6 I just checked Fox, there was no news on the situation there. |
| Posted by: Phil Fraering 2005-07-03 13:24 |
| #5 should put this news up as it's own post...too good to miss |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-07-03 12:38 |
| #4 I predict that something very interesting about this apparent miracle will emerge in the near future, as soon as the rest of the team is accounted for. All sources have been playing it very close to the vest, for fear of giving away something crucial. We should continue that until the final accounting. |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2005-07-03 12:29 |
| #3 God, please don't let him have been wounded by friendly fire ... |
| Posted by: Edward Yee 2005-07-03 12:22 |
| #2 Thanks Frank, Good news! the intel may help find the others. |
| Posted by: Red Dog 2005-07-03 12:10 |
| #1 Fox Breaking 9:13 PST - 1 of the 4 has been recovered alive, wounded. No word on the otehrs |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-07-03 12:07 |