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| Afghanistan |
| UK commando killed by Taliban in raid to rescue kidnapped British journalist |
| 2009-09-09 |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #10 Brown is in trouble again Negotiators shocked by special forces rescue raid on Taleban |
| Posted by: tipper 2009-09-09 19:42 |
| #9 Unfortunately Farrell hid in a ditch during the firefight and survived. It's a pity they didn't leave him there. |
| Posted by: Apostate 2009-09-09 18:14 |
| #8 a reporter vs a commando. Not an even life trade |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-09-09 17:38 |
| #7 The Afghan district chief of the province said that a Taliban commander and an Afghan woman were also killed during the raid on the house where the two men were being held. "The men who kidnapped the journalists handed them over to a senior commander called Mullah Salaam," he said. Hopefully the dead commander is this mullah Salaam: Last monthÂ’s Operation Adler (Eagle), a one-week offensive launched by German troops into the Chahara Dara district, had little to no effect against the entrenched Taliban fighters led by Mullah Salaam and Mullah Shamsullah. |
| Posted by: ed 2009-09-09 16:59 |
| #6 A Taleban commander said that 48 of his men were killed in the raid, in which at least one civilian also died. Heck of a firefight. Kudos to the rescue team. Condolences to the Commando. Condolences for the interpreter. Seemed a very decent man. Contempt for the reporter Farrell. |
| Posted by: ed 2009-09-09 16:52 |
| #5 No doubt fame, fortune and a book deal await the New York Times reporter for his act of incredible stupidity. No such fortune awaits for the heroic Commando. |
| Posted by: ed 2009-09-09 16:27 |
| #4 We are fighting a war. In war, sh$$ happens and civilians die. The Germans lost as many civilians as military during WWII. Japan lost hundreds of thousands in firebomb raids from B-29s. If you fight hard enough to win, you are going to sometimes kill civilians with collateral damage. Someone needs to break Mr. Karzai's kneecaps, so he learns this. I'm tired of the US military having to fight three or four wars simultaneously - with our enemies, with our "allies", with the locals, and with our own government. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2009-09-09 14:20 |
| #3 The Germans who called in the airstrike, hungover or not, deserve medals for pressing forward with an attack in spite of the certainty of ensuing heavy fire from the pro-Islamist inhuman rights brigade. |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2009-09-09 12:30 |
| #2 At the end of a wall, Mr Farrell said Mr Munadi went forward, shouting: 'Journalist! Journalist! I don't think it was a good idea. |
| Posted by: Willy 2009-09-09 11:17 |
#1
That pretty much spells the end of Germany's participation. No beer, no Germans. Possible France, too ... it's a wine thing with them. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2009-09-09 03:26 |