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2008-05-13 Afghanistan

Marines take Afghan battle to the Taliban

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Posted by Fred 2008-05-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top
File under: Taliban

#1 provincial government sources, along with aid workers in the region, accuse the Marines of conducting aggressive door-to-door searches, rousting civilians from their homes, arresting innocents and forcing upward of 15,000 Afghans to flee into the hot desert for safety

Right. Where they will eat sand for the next six weeks. Show me all the recently empty homes.

And if NATO ROEs are restrictive, it doesn't make sense to me that that US troops would want to be hobbled by them.

Posted by gorb 2008-05-13 04:49|| 2008-05-13 04:49|| Front Page Top

#2 hey you're house can't be searched anyitme of the night if they want too so why not there

Posted by sinse 2008-05-13 18:48|| 2008-05-13 18:48|| Front Page Top

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