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2005-09-30 Afghanistan/South Asia

Pakistani forces arrest wanted Taliban leader near Afghan border

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Posted by Fred 2005-09-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Is the DU site down again? I need to send them some more donations in order to keep the loonies in the asylum.

BTW - It's okay to not like the Prez and express that opinion, however, you should contain your comments within the parameters of the respective thread. Other wise you just look stupid, juvenile, and moronic. Case in point - see the above post.

Posted by Broadhead6 2005-09-30 06:19|| 2005-09-30 06:19|| Front Page Top

#2 Hey BH6. Good to see you here. Hope you and your Marines are doing well at TQ? Janice serves a useful purpose: to illustrate the stupidity, illogic, sloganeering, sedition, antisemitism, and racism of the hard left.

Posted by ed 2005-09-30 06:27|| 2005-09-30 06:27|| Front Page Top

#3 Capasso,BH6.Hope your trip was uneventfull.
Ok J,and Hillary is a bitch so whats your point.

Posted by raptor 2005-09-30 07:51|| 2005-09-30 07:51|| Front Page Top

#4 Thanks Guys, everything's fine, we only received IDF once since Sep 11. All my Marines are safe. We're pushing a lot of supplies out on convoys right now in anticipation of the constitutional referendum.

September was hot over here, about 105 average temp.

October should be cooler. When I get back I'll attach pix for your perusal of the base and where I lived at.

We had bad and good news this week. Bad: we lost an Army guy on a convoy. I can't go into it too much, but it was a sad deal. The terrorists had access to Iraqi Police uniforms and made it a bad day.

Good News: We broke up an IED making facility in a nearby town. Arrested some assholes and shot up a car full of islamonuts. Again, I'm trying to be careful about giving away too much info, so I will tend to generalize. I'm not sure what the enemy figured out after we zapped some of their goons and took their goodies.
I also have limited access to the MSM - not really a bad thing but I can't tell what their picking up on or not. Most of us older guys hate reporters anyways. We are very apprehensive of talking to them because they invariably say what they want anyways.

The bottom line is that the MP Marines are doing phenomenal work out. They lead convoys and screen for IEDs. They are also augmented w/supply & maintenance-type Marines who are also doing great things. It's amazing the maturity level my young lads are displaying out in injun country. I'm very proud. Sometimes I'm jealous because I want to get outside the wire and help out - but there's no mission imperative for an over-30 officer running amok on convoys. It would kind of look like Larry Bird trying to coach and play forward. The mother of my child is happy about that so right now I just do whatever I'm told & keep my trap shut. I promised her that since we have the kid now - no more volunteering for 'adrenaline fixes.'

Another quick story, one of my buddies was coming back from another base north of here on a CH-46. It was early in the a.m. - he started receiving small arms fire from a small village. Apparently the pilot wasn't too concerned and just gained altitude and kept going. My buddy was praying on his rosary hard because he could see the muzzle flashes - he was a little shook up for about a day. I empathized w/him, heck, if you've ever had the pleasure (sarcasm) of riding in a phrog in the first place - that's bad enough. Add to that having some douche bag taking pot shots at you and that's what I call having your wheaties pissed in. I asked him if they lit up those fuckers. He said no, apparently there was a door gunner on board but he didn't fire back. I am not sure on the ROE for pilots out there - so maybe they decided not to engage because it was against the ROE for them. (Too many huts close by w/non-combatants maybe). Or, could be they were low on fuel and couldn't waste the time on a fire team of dune jockey assholes. I'm sure they called it in for the direct action lads to handle. I heard nothing more on that though. Take care guys and I'll be in touch.

Posted by Broadhead6 2005-09-30 09:43|| 2005-09-30 09:43|| Front Page Top

#5 BH6: thanks so much for the update, and I agree with you, generalities are okay. Don't give nuttin' away. What I'd love to hear is just what life is like, how the Iraqi people are, etc.

Take care, stay safe, and our best to you and your people.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2005-09-30 11:02|| 2005-09-30 11:02|| Front Page Top

#6 Broadhead6 tx for the report. drive safe.

Posted by Red Dog 2005-09-30 11:48|| 2005-09-30 11:48|| Front Page Top

#7 Keep thinking BH6.

Posted by Shipman 2005-09-30 13:31|| 2005-09-30 13:31|| Front Page Top

#8 BH6 - Thank you for your service.

Posted by Hyper">Hyper 2005-09-30 14:50|| 2005-09-30 14:50|| Front Page Top

#9 Dittos, BH6: keep safe and thanks for serving.

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