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Taliban Senior Leader Targeted in Assault
American Forces Press Service ^
Posted on 02/12/2007 3:45:29 PM PST by SandRat
| BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan, Feb. 12, 2007 – Several Taliban fighters were killed during an assault by Afghan National Army and coalition forces early this morning near the town of Gershk, in the Nahr Surkh district of Helmand province.
A group of Taliban fighters initiated hostilities by firing a rocket-propelled grenade at Afghan and coalition forces. The troops then engaged and killed the Taliban fighters. Officials have not yet determined the exact number of terrorists killed, according to a statement from Combined Joint Task Force 76.
The assault was conducted based on substantial information provided about a Taliban senior leader operating in the neighboring province of Kandahar, officials said. The targeted individual has ties to Mullah Mohammad Osmani and Mullah Mohammad Omar.
During the assault, an Afghan National Army vehicle overturned in a ravine. One Afghan soldier suffered a non-life threatening injury and was taken to a coalition hospital for further treatment, and the vehicle was destroyed on site.
No Afghan or coalition forces were killed during this operation.
(From a Combined Joint Task Force 76 news release.)
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; assault; frwn; leader; taliban; targeted; terrorist
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posted on
02/12/2007 3:45:31 PM PST
by
SandRat
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posted on
02/12/2007 3:46:13 PM PST
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: SandRat
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posted on
02/12/2007 3:46:27 PM PST
by
pissant
To: SandRat
Terrorists attack. Terrorist die. I love a happy ending.
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posted on
02/12/2007 3:49:53 PM PST
by
manic4organic
(Send a care package through USO today.)
To: pissant; SandRat; Cap Huff; AdmSmith; nuconvert
Very poorly written article.....was this a raid to kill or capture a senior Taliban leader?
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posted on
02/12/2007 4:10:06 PM PST
by
Dog
To: Dog; SandRat
It is poorly written, but has a happy ending nonetheless. It actually looks like the wrong headline for the content.
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posted on
02/12/2007 4:11:23 PM PST
by
pissant
To: Dog
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posted on
02/12/2007 4:11:45 PM PST
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: pissant
The content is there ...but buried.
The assault was conducted based on substantial information provided about a Taliban senior leader operating in the neighboring province of Kandahar, officials said. The targeted individual has ties to Mullah Mohammad Osmani and Mullah Mohammad Omar.
They were targeting a leader..
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posted on
02/12/2007 4:18:32 PM PST
by
Dog
To: Dog
And got shot at first, apparently, before snuffing the shooters.
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posted on
02/12/2007 4:23:04 PM PST
by
pissant
To: pissant
It was this guy..
Mullah Abdul Hanan
Who was the target of our affection..
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posted on
02/12/2007 4:28:37 PM PST
by
Dog
To: Dog
Wonder if we sent him a big enough Valentine?
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posted on
02/12/2007 4:33:03 PM PST
by
2111USMC
To: SandRat
Officials have not yet determined the exact number of terrorists killed...My recommendation...
Take the maximum of the following:
The number of left hands you can sweep up,
The number of right hands found,
The number of left legs discovered,
The number of right legs found,
The number of torsos found.
Chances are the maximum of any of these will be approximately the number dispatched off to Hell...
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posted on
02/12/2007 6:36:32 PM PST
by
Onelifetogive
(I don't have to show you no stinkin' tagline!)
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