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2005-06-22 Afghanistan/South Asia

U.S. Bombardment Kills 76 in Afghanistan

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Posted by Steve 2005-06-22 16:20|| || Front Page|| [9 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Talibani saw flying American wart hogs and Apaches coming at them. I bet some of the turbins are still running.

Posted by RG 2005-06-22 16:42|| 2005-06-22 16:42|| Front Page Top

#2 Another quote

"General Mohammad Ayoub Salangi, the police chief of Kandahar province who sent 400 troops in pursuit of militants who took over Mian Nishin district last week and executed its police chief, said 76 guerrillas had been killed since Tuesday.

"Their bodies and their weapons are scattered all over Mian Nishin," he said"

"nasrullah, heres a finger"
"yup, Hamid, and heres a foot"
"and heres a -- ewww, gross"

Posted by liberalhawk 2005-06-22 17:06|| 2005-06-22 17:06|| Front Page Top

#3 Goodbye mid-13th century thinking asshats. Make way for the new generation.

Posted by mmurray821 2005-06-22 17:46|| 2005-06-22 17:46|| Front Page Top

#4 Al Q realizes that if they lose Afghanistan and Iraq that they will set their Jiihad show back to square 1, or almost forever. These battles happening now, as well as the high tempo of suicide bombings are very similar to the Tet offensive, where the NVA shot its wad and was on the verge of collapse. Al Q has to create a climate of chaos and killing so Americans at home will lose their nerve.

There also needs to be some wetwork in Syria and Saudi to discourage the financial, logistical, and personnel aiding and abetting that is making the suicide bombing possible. A message needs to be sent. It is long overdue.

It is vital that we not lose our nerve, or allow the LLL to make the Congress go wobbly. I consider people like Durban, Pelosi, et al to be giving aid and comfort to the enemy. If we let the LLL get the upper hand, then Afghanistan and Iraq WILL be Vietnam.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2005-06-22 18:13|| 2005-06-22 18:13|| Front Page Top

#5 ..A thought occurs to me.
These guys are supposed to be hiding, right? Why are they grouped together like this?...

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2005-06-22 19:45|| 2005-06-22 19:45|| Front Page Top

#6 Mike: "These guys are supposed to be hiding, right? Why are they grouped together like this?..."

I think they started believeing the American MSM that the American's are toothless and defeated! For all I know this came on heels of the ACTUAL headline in the papers here: "We've lost!"

So the Jihadis read that, put 2 and 2 together..come up with 3, and get wasted! I love it!

Posted by Justrand 2005-06-22 21:28|| 2005-06-22 21:28|| Front Page Top

#7 Mike: "These guys are supposed to be hiding, right? Why are they grouped together like this?..."

It's the only way to keep the troops motivated. When people are dispersed, they'll naturally turn to more pleasant tasks than trying to go after men armed with automatic rifles and backed up with on-call air support. This is why most guerrilla movements die - it's hard to sustain a guerrilla force, the dispersion of men makes it easy for a guerrilla movement's followers to take up something less demanding.

Posted by Zhang Fei">Zhang Fei 2005-06-22 21:49|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2005-06-22 21:49|| Front Page Top

#8 "... AC-130 gunships ... having a `devastating effect on their forces.'"

Yeah, those Spitting Witches have a way of doing that.

Posted by xbalanke 2005-06-22 21:56|| 2005-06-22 21:56|| Front Page Top

#9 It's important to remember that to the jihadis, the proof that they have Allah's favour is that they win. The longer they continue not only not winning decisively, but visibly being defeated, the harder it is for them to claim that they are doing Allah's will.

Remember, too, that the reason Osama bin Laden sent the airplanes into the Twin Towers and the Pentagon was to force Allah to join bin Laden's war against the West. More than a bit hubristic, but for some reason he didn't see fit to consult me beforehand. ;-)

Posted by trailing wife 2005-06-22 22:53|| 2005-06-22 22:53|| Front Page Top

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