Nato kills 150 Taleban fighters

BBC News ^ | January 11 2007

[jmc1969]

Nato says as many as 150 Taleban militants have been killed in a battle in eastern Afghanistan.

An Afghan military commander said the battle was sparked when fighters crossed from Pakistan into Afghanistan's Paktika province.

The army responded with artillery and Nato forces with air strikes, he said.

[FairOpinion]

Good!

[pissant]

ANd this is the kicker, jmc. We've been literally slaughtering taliban by the 100s for the last 9 months (the start of their "spring offensive"). Yet the US MSM has been reporting it as "renewed bloodshed" or "spiraling violence" or "increased taliban attacks".

It's downright PREPOSTEROUS to slant their stories that way. Yet people still buy into the enemy (MSM) propaganda.

[nopardons]

GOODY !

[killjoy]

We've been literally slaughtering taliban by the 100s for the last 9 months (the start of their "spring offensive").

Because body counts have very little meaning in counter-insurgency operations. It is all about hearts and minds. No counter-insurgency was ever stopped through military force alone.

[pissant]

Does that mean that they should not bother to report our victories? Which we have each and every time we encounter the dirtballs?

[Lancey Howard]

[dennisw]

Wasted! Same as in Somalia. Bad week for Islamic psycho killers!

[SeaBiscuit]

This kind of thing would win hearts and minds.. but it's a shame, a real shame that we can only dream that you would see this on the front page of American newspapers..let alone foreign.

"As an Army convoy prepared to depart after dropping off blankets, an Iraqi boy came out to say goodbye clutching a stuffed toy--and an American flag."

[Lancey Howard]

No counter-insurgency was ever stopped through military force alone.

Maybe not, but what the heck. The more cockroaches we step on now, the less diplomacy (appeasement) we'll need in the future.

[chuckles]

You either win their hearts and minds, or splatter them on the nearest rock. Same difference. A splattered brain pan is the same as a changed mind. (at least the shape is changed.)

This is supposed to be a war, not a family reunion. When we bombed the Germans and Japs into oblivion, they decided to be our friends. It does work. If they want to live and raise a family, then quit pi$$in us off.

[M. Espinola]

Excellent work!

A British armored vehicle patrols on the periphery of the camp Bastion in southern Afghanistan, Wednesday, January 10th, 2006

A British soldier from Peninsula company, which comprises of Territorial army reserve and Royal Marines, keeps watch on a watch tower at the camp Bastion, southern Afghanistan, Wednesday, January 10th, 2007. The camp Bastion, which is the middle of the Afghanistan desert, locally called Dasht-e-Margo or 'the desert of death' houses some 3,500 British servicemen and provides logistic supports to all the troops for their various operations in Southern Afghan. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

NATO soldiers in Afghanistan. NATO-led and Afghan forces killed up to 150 insurgents spotted infiltrating Afghanistan from Pakistan. 1-10-2006 (AFP/File/John D McHugh)

[killjoy]

When we bombed the Germans and Japs into oblivion, they decided to be our friends. It does work.

WWII was mostly a conventional war. Iraq/Afghanistan is not. They are both counter-insurgency operations. The same line of thinking does not work.

[killjoy]

This kind of thing would win hearts and minds.. but it's a shame, a real shame that we can only dream that you would see this on the front page of American newspapers..let alone foreign.

I don't really care if it is in the US press. We are not fighting against Americans. It needs to be published in Iraq and Afghanistan.

[Rummenigge]

...we decided to be your friends when Ami Jeeps with chocolate and later Marshall appeared.

When we where send care packages from england although we knew they hardly got something to chew on either.

When we saw how the russians went on with their share.

When we were offered to be a part of civilization again.

Then we got friends.

[Stallone]

Four Scourges of the Modern World:

1. Islamofascists;
2. Communists;
3. Democrats;
4. Liberal Media.

[MARKUSPRIME]

Enjoy hell with mohammed(pig balls upon him).

[jackv]

Halleluja!!
My son is heading there day after tomorrow. The more dead enemy the better!
God Bless our Troops!!!

[MSF BU]

This is good, at least to the extent we need to see some enemy body counts.

[US_MilitaryRules]

Good job soldiers.