Posted on 12/13/2001 4:38:14 AM PST by Diogenesis
GOTTA SEE THIS -- OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM 12/13/01
Strike Videos, Milawa Valley, Tora Bora, Freedom, Continued Food Maldistribution, Brave Military
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REPORT FROM THEATRE 1 - AFGHANISTAN
WAR FOR ENDURING FREEDOM 12/13/01
Multiprong final attack on Usama - The War at Tora Bora
Strike Videos, Tora Bora Bombed and Taken by Cave by Cave, Usama's Horses Taken, Food Maldistribution Looms
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Briefing:
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STRIKE VIDEOS
released after the DoD News Briefing 12/12/01
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Somewhere near the North Arabian Sea, aboard the USS Whidbey Island.
Alert guarding of the perimeter. The USS Bataan is in the background.
On the USS Whidbey Island, Marines with the 26th Marines Expeditionary Unit (MEU) practice in close quarters.
Practice Ends. Special Operation Capable, the 26th MEU unload from their Landing Craft Air-Cushion (LCAC) vehicles.
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26 MEU on the USS Bataan
The Flag of the United States from "Ground zero" is hoisted aloft.
This New York flag will be carried by the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit to the front.
Heroes on the USS Baatan celebrate a "steel picnic day", as others train becoming special op-capable.
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Somewhere near Camp Rhino - 15 MEU 26 MEU Guarding - next to some high-mileage buildings.
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On the USS Th. Roosevelt, tightening bolts, and above F/A-18C take off.
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Target: Continued Multiprong attack against Usama, near Tora Bora.
Above, B52 spirals in the sky.
On the ground, pro-US forces take Tora Bora, in the White Mountains, ridge by ridge
The day begins as Pro-US fighters awaken, pray, and move on.
One Pro-US fighter gestures that his watch shows that the latest 8:00 AM deadline is OVER.
The fighters add to their supplies raiding the caves of the munitions and supplies left behind.
Others anti-Taliban fighters arrive and fortify the front lines.
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North of Kabul, near Bagram, a plainclothed US soldier stands guard with a Northern Alliance soldier.
Filling the tanks with "water of life" --white Hindu Kush mountains in the background--
American soldiers guard their water tanker truck.
Meanwhile, nearby children are flanked by corroding tanks of an earlier war.
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In Kabul, Marines continue to make the US Embassy grounds secure.
In Kabul, a Russan doctor helps, but many Afghans still have memories and fear.
In Kabul, an Afghan grape farmer prays on a path
beside the remains of his grape vineyard which was destroyed by the Taliban.
In Kabul, young boys and girls attend separate schools.
In Kabul, Sihks hold flowers and a portrait for the late military leader of the Northern Alliance, Ahmed Shah Masood.
Meanwhile, in Kabul, continued serious food-distribution problems result from the tightly controlled ticket system.
Why are capitalism and free enterprise not allowed to flourish?
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In Kandahar, Mullah Omar's family compound [bombed 12/11/01] is further examined
Strange surrealistic view. A group of Afghan fighters pose in front of one of Omar's larger paintings.
At Omar's mailbox, US special forces arrive to deliver justice.
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South of Kandahar, on the road to Spin Boldak:
South of Kandahar, at the captured al-Qaida training camp [Tornak Farms],
An Afghan soldier on horse at Tornak Farms. He claims this horse was one of four owned by
Usama bin Laden. Two other of Usama's horses were killed by landmines.
So dangerous are the mines, that at that very camp a brave pro-US antiTaliban fighter was also injured by an inadvertant explosion.
D Notice situation -
In the Kandahar airport, US special forces and the SAS join up. Nice piece.
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In Herat : Continued return of the 800 Prisoners previously held by the Taliban until Kandahar fell.
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Last seen near Jalalabad:
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Near Termez, an Uzbek soldier guards the Friendship Bridge.
Uzbekistan opened this key border bridge over the Amu Darya river.
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Near Chaman, Pakistan:
Afghans dream of salvaging something from what once was a truck engine,
detected, "surgically"-struck and destroyed by United States AF in retaliation for the 911 Atrocity.
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Perp Captured: Australian David Hicks was captured by Northern Alliance fighters.
Trained by Al Qaida, he is seen in a previous photo holding a bazooka in Kosovo.
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REPORT FROM THEATRE 2 - NEAR ISRAEL 
ENDURING FREEDOM 12/13/01
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After stalling for weeks, Arafat decisively speaks with a bevy of supporters,
even as Israelis are murdered in two nearby attacks.
The Israelis rule out dealing with Arafat after the two additional atrocities.
By dual attack, Palestinians murder 17 more Israeli civilians and children, more than 30 wounded.
Many die on a bus in the West Bank settlement of Emmanuel [12/12/01].
Israeli settlers examine a car destroyed in a suicide attack near Ganei Tal in Gaza.
Hamas has announced that they have filled their bodies with chemical and biological weapons.
Retaliation: Explosions from missiles fired from Israeli warplanes target Palestinian Authority buildings [Gaza City].
Vigilant Israeli sentry at the Kalandia checkpoint between Ramallah and Jerusalem.
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OTHER REPORTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD .
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On Sulawesi island [1,000 miles northeast of Jakarta, Indonesia]
Usama bin Laden's al-Qaida training camps create Muslim gang members, here looting and burning Christian homes.
Later, police and residents examine the charred wreckage made during Ramadan.
Ruins of a Christian village and Church, both destroyed during Ramadan two days ago.
Apparently underdeployed, the Indonesian police and artillery could stop the Sulawesi violence.
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Heroes Entertained:
Jennifer Lopez in Germany boosted the morale of U.S. troops [12/8/01]
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FROM THE WAR FOR ENDURING FREEDOM
President Bush looks at Afghan children after signing the Afghan Women and Children Relief Act
at the Museum of Women in the Arts, December 12, 2001.
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Remembrance:
15 MEU at Fort Rhino on the three month interval following the 911 Atrocity.
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END OF TRANSMISSION 12/13/01 .......... K
We are putting together a composite of information about this successful chapter of the War for Enduring Freedom.
Taliban soldiers go boom. :) See? Smoking can be hazardous to your health :)
Great photo of the target.
Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick...
I was wondering the exact same thing. Anyone know what this guy is carrying?
One wonders that of the returning GI's ,that someday, but mostly the kids , women and fighters of Afghanistan thoughtfully depicted and assembled by you , will become bonafide participants and contributors to FreeRepublic.com.....
I don't know for sure, but I bet the stinking UN has a lot to do with it.
I look forward to them everyday.
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