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Troops launch Taleban offensive
The Scotsman ^ | 16-Dec-06

Posted on 12/17/2006 12:36:36 PM PST by lizol

Troops launch Taleban offensive

HUNDREDS of British, Estonian and Danish troops yesterday launched a major operation targeting Taleban in Afghanistan's Kandahar province. The offensive by soldiers previously based in neighbouring Helmand came as two suicide bombers killed at least two Afghan soldiers.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; baltics; estonia; taleban; wot

1 posted on 12/17/2006 12:36:37 PM PST by lizol
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To: lizol; 91B; HiJinx; Spiff; MJY1288; xzins; Calpernia; clintonh8r; TEXOKIE; windchime; ...
FR WAR NEWS!

WAR News You'll Hear Nowhere Else!

All the News the MSM refuses to use!

2 posted on 12/17/2006 12:37:43 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: outofstyle; quesney; Brad's Gramma; OriginalChristian; Huber; Think free or die; 4Freedom; ...
Eastern European ping list


FRmail me to be added or removed from this Eastern European ping list

3 posted on 12/17/2006 12:40:22 PM PST by lizol (Liberal - a man with his mind open ... at both ends)
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To: lizol
It seems that the good guys go on the offensive in these brutal mountain regions at the beginning of the Winter each year. Maybe it is because we are better equipped.
4 posted on 12/17/2006 12:44:34 PM PST by outofstyle
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To: SandRat
At the same time: France to pull elite troops from Afghanistan
5 posted on 12/17/2006 12:46:02 PM PST by lizol (Liberal - a man with his mind open ... at both ends)
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Yeah, things were beginning to look too good to the French, so they figured they'd better retreat now or face victory lol http://sacredscoop.com


6 posted on 12/17/2006 12:49:16 PM PST by CottShop
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