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| Afghanistan | |
| What Did I Tell You? Even More MOAB Madness | |
| 2017-04-19 | |
| [Free Range International] Afghan Security Forces (ANSF) have apparently reached the cave complex targeted by last week’s MOAB strike. There are no western (or local) reports from the bomb site but Tolo news (Kabul based Afghan news service) reported with some specificity on the casualties from the attack. Five days after U.S Forces dropped its most powerful conventional bomb on a system of tunnels and caves used by Daesh in the eastern province of Nangarhar, a security source told TOLOnews that the majority of insurgents killed in blast were members of Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and members of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group.
When I was part of Ghost Team we had Filipino’s in every province we were working as financial officers. They were excellent company, honest to a fault and kind, gentle fella’s who were not interested in weapons, war and mayhem. It’s hard to imagine ISIS Filipino’s all the way in Nangarhar province...they just don’t seem to be that kind of culture. I was once with my favorite finance officer on a road trip to Kabul when we rolled up on a hot ambush of then President Karzai’s brother and I thought "excellent get the camera in action...time for a Pulitzer" but this is how it turned out: | |
| Posted by:newc |
| #10 "members of Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan".... so, illegal aliens, then? |
| Posted by: Pliny Angarong4628 2017-04-19 23:22 |
| #9 This sort of weapon just blows apart the lungs of the people in the caves. Their wallets are still in their pockets. |
| Posted by: rammer 2017-04-19 22:29 |
| #8 Afghan Security Forces (ANSF) have apparently reached the cave complex targeted by last week’s MOAB strike. Apparently, there is still a cave complex to go to. Better go back and drop another MOAB. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-04-19 17:40 |
| #7 Start with the corners, then the matching colors, then the common edges. I don't know about all y'all, but given the context, that struck me as downright hilarious. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2017-04-19 12:03 |
| #6 how do they take dead bodies that are mangled, missing pieces, etc. and ID membership in TTP or Lashkar or decide a body is a Tajik or Indian or Filipino? From what I'm gathering, what they're finding are remains in what is left of the (likely mainly collapsed) below-ground infrastructure. Most of those should be relatively intact, i.e. nothing scattered due to blast effect. And - considering intel that indicates these Islamo-snuffy groups are highly organized, the chances that the dead are carrying documentation are greater than your garden-variety jihadi. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2017-04-19 11:40 |
| #5 Start with the corners, then the matching colors, then the common edges. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-04-19 11:10 |
| #4 how do they take dead bodies that are mangled, missing pieces, etc. and ID membership in TTP or Lashkar or decide a body is a Tajik or Indian or Filipino? Easy, by the pattern of the stains they left behind! /sarc In reality, difficult to do, except perhaps by the uniforms. I'm thinking it's also WAGes wether or not it's scientific WAG is debatable. |
| Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance 2017-04-19 04:16 |
| #3 When you move with those who Know, it's easier to see. Surprising result, but troubleshoot it if you can. |
| Posted by: newc 2017-04-19 03:27 |
| #2 how do they take dead bodies that are mangled, missing pieces, etc. and ID membership in TTP or Lashkar or decide a body is a Tajik or Indian or Filipino? or is this just a SWAG |
| Posted by: lord garth 2017-04-19 00:27 |
| #1 Thanks for posting. Think of Freerangeinternational.com, as in keeping him funded and viewed if you can. He really cares about these people. Really. |
| Posted by: newc 2017-04-19 00:09 |