Important From Afghanistan (Report: Ops suspended, ISAF to separate from Afghans)

MichaelYon-online.com ^ | Monday, September 17, 2012 | Michael Yon

[kristinn]

Two sources report similarly:

"ALL OPERATIONS ARE CURRENTLY SUSPENDED. A 3 STAR MUST APPROVE ANY ACTIONS. ADDITIONALLY, ALL ISAF FORCES ARE TO SEPARATE FROM THEIR AFGHAN COUNTERPARTS."

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[StAnDeliver]

Romney’s fault, of course.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

‘bout time.
Bring em home.

[Travis McGee]

How long now?

[CodeToad]

Very soon. Some of the teams are already coming home now.

[HollyB]

Bttt

[driftdiver]

We had won there until BO took over.

[grobdriver]

ISAF?

[Slings and Arrows]

Thank G-d.

[dforest]

NATO Forces in Afghanistan

[HollyB]

International security assistance force

[ryan71]

http://www.isaf.nato.int/

[EBH]

When is that newly scheduled meeting with Bibi?

[EBH]

Not quite....war is about to break-out.

Now I’m wondering if this film etc. was all a US distraction ....to set the stage for war. Not a Bush or Clinton style war....a WAR.

[Walvoord]

And on the way out the door spray all their poppy fields with herbacide.

[Walvoord]

And on the way out the door spray all their poppy fields with herbacide.

[heylady]

“Very soon. Some of the teams are already coming home now.”

Unfortunately more troops are scheduled to deploy. I pray every day that they cancel the deployment.

[paul51]

yup. Tea leaves

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Then spray the population down with DDT.

[driftdiver]

“Then spray the population down with DDT.”

Why would you do them the favor of delicing them before we leave?

[DuncanWaring]

He doesn’t care about the Afghans.

He wanted to put the lice out of their misery.

[little jeremiah]

Link doesn’t work?

[kristinn]

Looks like Yon figured he got duped and pulled the page. I found no conformation of this report anywhere.

[kristinn]

And just like that, confirmation from CBS News:

The order effectively suspends "until further notice" most of the operations which U.S. and Afghan troops conduct side by side. At higher headquarters, Afghans and Americans will still work together, but in the field small unit operations putting Afghan soldiers alongside Americans -- the guts of the U.S. strategy to turn the fighting over to Afghans -- will be suspended unless an exception is granted by a commanding general.

[little jeremiah]

Thank you very much.