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2006-06-12 Afghanistan

2 Canadians shot in massive Afghan battle

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Posted by Angainter Elmeremble4325 2006-06-12 12:51|| || Front Page|| [9 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 800 taliwackers and they send in ground troops?!?

What the hell are daisy cutters for, paper weights?

Posted by bigjim-ky 2006-06-12 14:38|| 2006-06-12 14:38|| Front Page Top

#2 Additional: Mullah Omar's brother-in-law, Mullah Amanullah, was killed along with 14 other insurgents in Siachave village, Uruzgan province, when troops stormed the area late Sunday after a tip from tribesmen, said Afghan army commander Gen. Rehmatullah Raufi. Amanullah, whose body was recovered from the village, was the Taliban commander in the province's Dihrawud district and responsible for numerous rebel attacks, Raufi said. It was not clear how close Amanullah was to Omar, who is believed hiding in mountains along Afghanistan's rugged border with Pakistan.

Coalition military spokesman Sgt. Chris Miller said the military was looking into the report that Amanullah had been killed.

Posted by Steve">Steve 2006-06-12 14:51|| 2006-06-12 14:51|| Front Page Top

#3 Same question.... where are the AC-130s? I really do hope our Canadian buddies are going for all the gusto here.

Posted by 6 2006-06-12 14:54|| 2006-06-12 14:54|| Front Page Top

#4 PiMF
aren't going.....

like use your AC-130 handtrucks or A-10 toemotors.

Posted by 6 2006-06-12 15:03|| 2006-06-12 15:03|| Front Page Top

#5 bjk: 800 taliwackers and they send in ground troops?!?

My feeling is that they're not all packed into a single compound.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2006-06-12 16:55|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2006-06-12 16:55|| Front Page Top

#6 Think of it as a big-ass hostage situation. But an entire batallion of Taliban! Mama Mia! I just hope to hell that the whole place is cordoned so there is no escape, and that they are exterminated to the man.

I also suspect that the Pak army is seriously forcing what remains of the Taliban out of the country.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-06-12 17:43|| 2006-06-12 17:43|| Front Page Top

#7 Oh Canada!
Go get 'em!

Posted by DarthVader 2006-06-12 19:09|| 2006-06-12 19:09|| Front Page Top

#8 What a difference an election can make!

Go Canada!

Posted by Iblis">Iblis 2006-06-12 19:21|| 2006-06-12 19:21|| Front Page Top

#9 Some carpet bombing by B-52s is in order...

Posted by john 2006-06-12 20:04|| 2006-06-12 20:04|| Front Page Top

#10 Hurrah for the Princess Pats!!

Posted by trailing wife 2006-06-12 21:13|| 2006-06-12 21:13|| Front Page Top

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