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Mountain manhunt nets top Taliban
Telegraph ^
| 15 March, 2004
| Hamida Ghafour in Kabul
Posted on 03/14/2004 5:00:29 PM PST by Eurotwit
Three Taliban commanders have been arrested and 12 of the movement's fighters killed as the American military launched an operation in southern Afghanistan aimed at capturing militants, including Osama bin Laden.
The leaders were captured in Zabul, a lawless province in the south where remnants of the ousted regime are fighting for control by bribing and intimidating the local population.
The operation, called Mountain Storm, is backed by air support and was launched a week ago as the US-led coalition intensified its hunt for bin Laden along the Pakistani border.
The Taliban commanders were captured during a joint US-Afghan search for a former Taliban provincial governor. The 12 guerrillas were killed in an air strike in the southern province of Kandahar last Thursday.
The American coalition hopes the fledgling Afghan national army will help to stabilise the border regions where bin Laden is believed to be hiding.
The Pakistani military has dispatched 70,000 soldiers to seal the 1,250-mile border. Tribal militia groups have declared loyalty to the government and have demanded that al-Qa'eda loyalists be handed over by today.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; alqaeda; captured; goodnews; hammerandanvil; mountainstorm; southasia
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posted on
03/14/2004 5:00:30 PM PST
by
Eurotwit
To: Eurotwit
Good! Another dozen dirtbags taking a dirt nap courtesy of the Red White and Blue.
2
posted on
03/14/2004 5:05:02 PM PST
by
SAMWolf
(John Kerry is not indecisive and wishy-washy. He consistantly gives aid and comfort to our enemies.)
To: Eurotwit
Why ha ven't we heard about this on OUR media?????
To: Jewels1091
Why ha ven't we heard about this on OUR media????? Because our media is busy running for President.
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posted on
03/14/2004 5:11:16 PM PST
by
Gorzaloon
(Contents may have settled during shipping, but this tagline contains the stated product weight.)
To: Eurotwit
GOOD news on an otherwise bad news day! (Spain)
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posted on
03/14/2004 5:14:38 PM PST
by
BlueAngel
To: Gorzaloon
Because our media is busy running for President.
You mean trying to elect Kerry.
6
posted on
03/14/2004 5:16:24 PM PST
by
cp124
(The Great Wall Mart)
To: Eurotwit
OohRah. Way to go guys!
7
posted on
03/14/2004 5:18:18 PM PST
by
jwalsh07
(We're bringing it on John but you can't handle the truth!)
To: Jewels1091
Why haven't we heard about this on OUR media?????I believe the official mainstream media line is that the U.S. started to fight terrorism in Afghanistan after 9/11/01, but has completely abandoned the effort in favor of the unjustified-and-based-solely-on-lies-about-WMDs war in Iraq.
Seriously. A liberal relative, who reads nothing but the NY Times, told me that the other day, straightfaced.
To: cp124
Because our media is busy running for President. You mean trying to elect Kerry.
It would not matter if it were Kerry, or some other preposterous candidate..Gore, the Town Dogcatcher, etc.
Here is one example:
During the last election, as one state fell to Gore, that filthy c********** little b@stard Brokaw slipped up, and said on-camera "We got another one!"
This is the reason the difference in funding and campaign money that Bush supposedly has means nothing; The Media can call anything it wants as "News", and it's opinons as "Some Say..." Reporting.
If I were ever to say what I really feel about the Media, and the remedies I in my heart advocate, I would certainly expect people in grey flannel suits at the door shortly.
Suffice to say I genuinely, viscerally hate the network media.
9
posted on
03/14/2004 5:32:43 PM PST
by
Gorzaloon
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To: Gorzaloon
Because our media is busy running for President. Yes, they are already a de facto running mate for Kerry.
To: Eurotwit; MJY1288; xzins; Calpernia; TEXOKIE; Alamo-Girl; windchime; Grampa Dave; ...
Three Taliban commanders have been arrested and 12 of the movement's fighters killed as the American military launched an operation in southern Afghanistan aimed at capturing militants, including Osama bin Laden.
The leaders were captured in Zabul, a lawless province in the south where remnants of the ousted regime are fighting for control by bribing and intimidating the local population.
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Operation Mountain Storm early victories ~
* bad days for the bad guys * !
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posted on
03/14/2004 7:06:07 PM PST
by
Ragtime Cowgirl
("(We)..come to rout out tyranny from its nest. Confusion to the enemy." - B. Taylor, US Marine)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Good news!
12
posted on
03/14/2004 7:21:41 PM PST
by
MEG33
(John Kerry's been AWOL for two decades on issues of National Security!)
To: Eurotwit
Firing Squad on CSPAN!
13
posted on
03/14/2004 7:26:42 PM PST
by
Wally_Kalbacken
(Seldom right, never in doubt!)
To: Gorzaloon
You're so right! Listened to CNN this morning for JUST 1 hour and it was a nonstop promotional for Kerry. Not even a sound of anything close to "fair and balanced." They just look rediculous they're trying so hard to make him look "electable." And then came Donna Brazille...never closed her mouth and just spewing lies one right after the other...she actually sounded franic to try to get all of the talking points out there. Gee, I'm sure glad things aren't truly as bad as she says.
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posted on
03/14/2004 7:35:05 PM PST
by
TatieBug
To: Eurotwit; SAMWolf; Ragtime Cowgirl
Three Taliban commanders have been arrested and 12 of the movement's fighters killed as the American military launched an operation in southern Afghanistan aimed at capturing militants, including Osama bin Laden. Oh, wait--Hitlery said we didn't have enough troops left in Afghanistan for a rubber of bridge.
Death to terrorists.
USA! USA! USA!
15
posted on
03/14/2004 7:41:22 PM PST
by
PhilDragoo
(Hitlery: das Butch von Buchenvald)
To: PhilDragoo
Hillary lies a lot.
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posted on
03/14/2004 7:44:04 PM PST
by
SAMWolf
(John Kerry is not indecisive and wishy-washy. He consistantly gives aid and comfort to our enemies.)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Whoopie.. the more of these Bastards we get the better.. OBL next !
17
posted on
03/14/2004 7:44:19 PM PST
by
DollyCali
("Trying to keep the Freepers pulling in the same direction is like trying to herd cats." Richard Poe)
To: mountaineer
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posted on
03/14/2004 7:50:52 PM PST
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
To: Eurotwit
Mountain manhunt nets top Taliban
No doubt the lead story on the Today show in the morning.
19
posted on
03/14/2004 8:18:26 PM PST
by
Valin
(Hating people is like burning down your house to kill a rat)
To: Eurotwit
Woohoo!
20
posted on
03/14/2004 8:21:57 PM PST
by
Trillian
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