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Combined Force Captures Taliban Commander
American Forces Press Service ^

Posted on 02/02/2012 3:37:33 PM PST by SandRat

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2, 2012 – An Afghan and coalition security force captured a Taliban leader and detained an additional suspected insurgent during an operation in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Afghanistan’s Helmand province today, military officials reported.

The leader directed roadside-bomb attacks against Afghan forces throughout the district, officials said.

In Afghanistan operations yesterday:

-- In the Darah-ye district of Kunar province, a combined patrol found and destroyed about 880 pounds of hashish.

In Jan. 31 operations:

-- An Afghan-led and coalition-supported force detained two suspects and seized and destroyed two anti-tank mines, heavy machine gun ammunition and bomb components in the Bati Kot district of Nangarhar province.

In Jan. 29 operations:

-- In the Zharay district of Kandahar province, Afghan soldiers and police turned in three weapons caches to coalition troops. The first included a used artillery shell containing about 10 pounds of homemade explosive, some pressure-plates, two jugs of explosives, four rocket-propelled grenades, three 82 mm recoilless rifle rounds, two Chinese 60 mm mortar rounds, and other weapon components. The second consisted of 12 82 mm rockets and a tripod. The third cache contained two jugs of explosives, two pressure plates and two rocket-propelled-grenade warheads.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; captured; frwn; taliban

1 posted on 02/02/2012 3:37:34 PM PST by SandRat
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2 posted on 02/02/2012 3:38:26 PM PST by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: SandRat

They better hurry up and get him down to Gitmo before Barry turns them all loose.


3 posted on 02/02/2012 3:41:47 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (It's time for Holder to resign.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer
They better hurry up and get him down to Gitmo before Barry turns them all loose.

Not to worry, they have to promise to quit being terrorists before they will let them go.

4 posted on 02/02/2012 3:51:05 PM PST by oldbrowser (They are Marxists, don't call them democrats)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Flying him to Gitmo would be a wasted trip. Obama would just have to return him.

My advice is deal with it there with a Bullet in the back of his head , or just turn him loose now and save the travel costs.


5 posted on 02/02/2012 3:56:52 PM PST by Venturer
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To: SandRat

Wait a minute....

The taliban is our enemy?/s


6 posted on 02/02/2012 3:58:28 PM PST by HonestConservative (God never changes, and therein lies our hope.)
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To: Venturer

I agree. I still don’t know why we are wasting time “capturing” these maggots only to have Barry and the RATS turn them loose.


7 posted on 02/02/2012 4:01:37 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (It's time for Holder to resign.)
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To: SandRat

Under Obama’s plans, this guy will get a presidential pardon.


8 posted on 02/02/2012 4:04:43 PM PST by blackdog (And justice for all.....(Offer not valid in all locations, and prices vary))
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To: Venturer

I support the bullet approach. Look at how many of our troops have been blown away by the evil CS EIDs. As I think about it a bullet is to kind.


9 posted on 02/02/2012 4:35:18 PM PST by mcshot (Voter fraud will be the doom of the Republic as desired by the Lib Dems.)
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To: mcshot

Agreed, a bullet is way to kind. Our guys could start off by torturing the snot outta this diaper headed carpet flyer for all of his intel that will save American lives then stake him out over an ant hill, apply copious amounts honey, and sit back and enjoy the show. Remember 9/11.


10 posted on 02/02/2012 5:12:16 PM PST by bobby.223 (A)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

They just need to clean him up so he can get over to the peace negotiations and get a good seat.


11 posted on 02/02/2012 5:40:07 PM PST by TigersEye (Life is about choices. Your choices. Make good ones.)
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To: SandRat
Why? obama will just send him home with a pension, 40 acres and a mule.

LLS

12 posted on 02/02/2012 6:14:43 PM PST by LibLieSlayer (Hey repubic elite scumbags... jam mitt up your collective arses!)
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40 acres and a mule.

I hate to think what will become of the poor mule.

13 posted on 02/02/2012 8:15:47 PM PST by El Gato ("The second amendment is the reset button of the US constitution"-Doug McKay)
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To: El Gato
That mule will need a case of KY and two cases of Preparation H.

LLS

14 posted on 02/03/2012 4:00:42 AM PST by LibLieSlayer (Hey repubic elite scumbags... jam mitt up your collective arses!)
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