Posted on 07/14/2010 9:11:29 AM PDT by Steelfish
24 hours in Afghanistan: 8 U.S. Troops Killed Taliban militants ratcheting up suicide attacks and bombingsVideo
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Eight American troops were killed in a series of attacks in southern Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday as Taliban militants pushed back against an effort to secure the volatile region.
A suicide attacker slammed a car bomb into the gate of the headquarters of the elite Afghan National Civil Order Police late Tuesday in Kandahar, a NATO statement said. Minutes later, insurgents opened fire with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades.
Three U.S. troops, an Afghan policeman and five civilians died in the attack, but NATO said the insurgents failed to enter the compound.
The special police unit, known as ANCOP, had only recently been dispatched to Kandahar to set up checkpoints along with international forces to try to secure the south's largest city, the spiritual birthplace of the Taliban.
The dead civilians included three Afghan translators and two security guards, Kandahar provincial police chief Sardar Mohammad Zazai said.
Taliban spokesman Qari Yousef Ahmadi telephoned reporters Wednesday to claim responsibility for the attack. The insurgents, which are prone to exaggerate death tolls inflicted on Afghan and international security forces, claimed 13 international troops and eight Afghan security forces died in the raid.
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Where is Cindy Shehan and her ilk ?
Hooray for the awesome R.O.E.
“Where is Cindy Shehan and her ilk ?”
Not a peep from the anti-war crowd! Perhaps this isn’t the season to be antiwar!
And where are the folks claiming it’s their right to take pictures of the returning coffins? Oh and since Obama hasn’t personally met with each and every relative of every deceased servicemen doesn’t that mean he doesn’t care?
She has been very consistent in her foreign policy views. In fact, she is now on trial for a demonstration against Obama's Wars. You are right, however, that most of her leftwing antiwar "ilk" have abandoned her.
“And where are the folks claiming it’s their right to take pictures of the returning coffins?”
Although there is some small measure of hypocrisy in every human being, the democrats are far and away the most hypocritical bunch on the face of the earth, bar none!
Do they have weapons and live ammo? What about the OK to use it from the CIC (Commie in chief)?
The news this am reported that General Petraeus would evaluate the rules for air cover , but , the COIN strategy would remain .
Remarks by General Gilmary Hostage August , 2009 :
“ Buzz Before Bombs “
“The first thing we do is fly over head, and the bad guys know airpower is in place and oftentimes that’s enough.
That ends the fight, they vamoose,” said Hostage, who will direct the air battle over Iraq and Afghanistan. “
” Hostage said McChrystal has told his forces,
“If you are in a situation where there’s a civilian at risk,
he’d rather have us back away than pressing to engage the enemy and run the risk of damaging or hurting somebody.”
“In a circumstance where I’m only able to blow things up, I’m pretty limited in what I can do,” Hostage said. “
God forbid we blow things up or damage somebody in a war.
And why are we letting the bad guys get away ????
Where is Cindy Shehan and her ilk ?
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Heck, Where is ‘Puff’ the AC-130 gunship and MOAB?
And Meda Benjamin? And the Quasi church group protesting the funerals? And the Jersey Girls? How come they aren’t at the protests of the Mosque in Manhattan?
RIP.
“The news this am reported that General Petraeus would evaluate the rules for air cover , but , the COIN strategy would remain.”
Where did you hear it?
I could only find old news and an interview with an old adviser. Thanks!
Five more US soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan, sending Nato's death toll to 12 in 24 hours.
“The news this am reported that General Petraeus would evaluate the rules for air cover , but , the COIN strategy would remain.”
” Where did you hear it? “
Sorry for the delay in responding.
The reporter who announced this at the top of the hour yesterday was a woman.
It may have been the local anchor or the female FOX news anchor-I wasn’t paying attention until she said it.
I have tried to Google what she said to validate her remarks and have come up empty.
I hope that she was correct and had better sources than Google.
If I find a source for her comments , I will ping you.
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