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Afghanistan
Coalition rejects Taliban claim of killing nine US soldiers
2006-06-15
KABUL (AIP): In claims made to Afghan media, the Taliban today said they killed nine US soldiers in the Dara Hazarbuz Cochak area of the Dai Chopan District in Zabul Province.
"Yup. Killed 'em all. They're dead now."
A statement issued by the coalition forces on Wednesday said, "This is another false Taliban claim in their attempts to gain support for their cause. No U.S. Soldiers were killed in Zabul Province today."
"They lyin'! Really! We killed 'em all! Nobody left!"
Afghan and Coalition forces are on the offensive, not only enhancing security to the regions, but also bringing humanitarian and reconstruction assistance to the people of Afghanistan . “The Taliban try to scare people with these claims and shake the Coalition’s commitment. They will fail in their efforts,” said Col. Thomas Collins, Combined Forces Command – Afghanistan spokesman.
Posted by:Fred

#3  Didn't they claim more destroyed tanks, US Troops killed, planes shot down, and fluffy bunnies with intentionally and cruelly stubbed toesies, than existed in the inventory way back when?

I remember a very nice story in kavkaz, a couple of years ago, about a 12-years old afghan boy killing a score of Us and afghan soldiers with grenades, destroying a tank in the process, then vanishing without trace, all this motivated by the desire to restore his infidels-occupied country's Islamic Honor(Tm). Of course, this was the Truth, pure Truth, as pure as the driven snow.
Posted by: anonymous5089   2006-06-15 11:25  

#2  Can't wait for the LLL and their buds the MSM to start using these wild claims as the basis once again to bring up again that the government is 'hiding' the number of 'true' casualties. Ignoring of course, that every death has been reported and posted by CENTCOM, that there is a free flow of communications between families and friends for personnel deployed in theater, etc. Facts don't matter to the LLL, only feelings/beliefs. Next, why the Earth is the center of the universe and the sun, planets, and stars move around it. Because we believe. You do call it sunrise and sunset don't you?
Posted by: Flons Croque2804   2006-06-15 11:14  

#1  Lol. Back to the same old idiocy of wild claims. Didn't they claim more destroyed tanks, US Troops killed, planes shot down, and fluffy bunnies with intentionally and cruelly stubbed toesies, than existed in the inventory way back when? IIRC it was reported as purest fact, way back then, on Al Jiz and IslamOnLine.
Posted by: Angolung Thoter3849   2006-06-15 01:39  

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