Posted on 12/14/2001 4:54:33 AM PST by Diogenesis
GOTTA SEE THIS -- OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM 12/14/01
Milawa Valley, Tora Bora, Freedom, Continued Food Maldistribution, Brave Military
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REPORT FROM THEATRE 1 - AFGHANISTAN
WAR FOR ENDURING FREEDOM 12/14/01
Multiprong Battle against Usama - The Final Attack at Tora Bora
Tora Bora Bombed, Usama's Probability Range Narrows Cave by Cave, Capitalism begins in Kabul, Food Maldistribution Looms
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Somewhere near the North Arabian Sea, aboard the USS Whidbey Island.
Exercise and Live fire practice (26 MEU).
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When special operation capable and ready, the force leaves by LCAC
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Somewhere near Camp Rhino - 15 MEU 26 MEU Homemade fireplace. Others at the defensive perimeter.
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On the USS Th. Roosevelt, Heroes watch Usama admit murdering Americans,
and above an F/A 14B is prepared on catapault
F/A F18Cs prepare to take to the air.
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Target: Continued Multiprong attack against Usama, near Tora Bora..
14 Taliban are captured including one cave used by Usama.
B52 spirals in the sky. Many aircraft attack incuding AC-130s..
On the ground, pro-US forces take Tora Bora, in the White Mountains, ridge by ridge
Final assault, at the front in the White Mountains
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Capitalism and freedom in Kabul.
In Kabul, an Afghan shopkeeper prepares semian noodle.
In Kabul, a candle is quietly lit for Hanukkah.
In Kabul, some children are in orphanages, like these girls.
But in Kabul, problems include poor food distribution, working of children,
and thousands of homeless children and young people.
In Kabul, a 9 year old adjusts her scarf to go public after
salvaging wood and plastic which she will she will resell.
Elsewhere a young child works carrying bricks in brick factory.
In Kabul, food distribution problems persist.
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By the Kandahar airport, a damaged minivan (right) is reportedly driven past the wreckage of
what is reported to have once been a truck (left).
This minivan "runs" but I doubt it would get an inspection sticker.
At the Kandahar airport entrance, two Afghan fighters wait.
In downtown Kandahar, Pashtun tribal fighters drive their armored vehicle.
In downtown Kandahar, men have cassettes and music available.
In a Kandahar jail, an agent from the Russian republic of Tatarstan
remains in protective custody after almost 3 years being held by the Taliban.
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In the river port of Hairaton, 40 miles from Mazar-i-Sharif, food distribution
seems to have more food and less people.
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In Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghan men sit in a cafe. Is there music in the background now?
In Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghan dries wheat for market.
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In Shadibare, Anti-Taliban fighters cry at graves of relatives and commanders
after they returned home upon being freed following five years in a Taliban prison in Kandahar.
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At Ashgabat airport, Turkmenistan, workers pile carboard boxes with aid and gifts
brought by the U.S. Air Force paid for by American children.
Unlike the Red Cross and the United Way which failed to give all the money
they received to the victims in the US, this donated money does appear to have gotten to the target.
However, the Red Cross is said to now control final distribution to the Afghan children.
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Near the Iranian border (2 miles), Afghan refugee women wait for a medical
care given by the Iranian Red Crescent Society.
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Near Chaman, Pakistan:
40 kilometers of Kandahar, Pashtuns try to collect scrap metal from a burned armored vehicle
detected, "surgically"-struck and destroyed by United States AF in retaliation for the 911 Atrocity.
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Afghan refugees returning to Afghanistan from Chaman, Pakistan.
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REPORT FROM THEATRE 2 - NEAR ISRAEL 
ENDURING FREEDOM 12/14/01
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Israelis pray after the murder of 10 Israeli civilians in bus attack.
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In Ramallah, a transmission tower and station of the Voice of Palestine Radio are taken out.
In Ramallah, the IDF [tank and armored personnel carrier] visit
the mailbox of leading Palestinian official Marwan Barghouti.
The Israeli army closed the main road betwen the north and south sections of the Gaza Strip.
Donkeys (carrying the Arabic newspaper) did much better than truck which became stuck.
Near Ramallah, Israeli warplanes target Palestinian Authority Palestinian
police post destroyed overnight in an Israeli attack in Beitunia.
Israeli forces at Ramallah..
In Ramallah, Palestinian boys flash the victory sign to an Israeli tank.
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In Gaza, Palestinian police pick through the rubble of a military compound.
The crater is from a missile.
At the Gaza airport
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At the Lebanon-Israel border near Kfar Kila, Hezbollah and Palestinian flags abound.
Nearby, Palestinian children in army fatigues are taught at Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp [Sidon]
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PERP UPDATE:
Videotape of Usama bin Laden with compelling evidence he planned the 911 Atrocity.
Usama admits he murdered Americans
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Dead Perp: Darwin Award-Candidate Coward
Aasem Rehan, 21, Palestinian Hamas gunman who murdered 10 unarmed civilian Israelis in a bus ambush 12/12/01
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FROM THE WAR FOR ENDURING FREEDOM
Remembrance to Heroes:
U.S. Army Band pays homage to the photos and biographies of the victims of the September 11 Atrocity.
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END OF TRANSMISSION 12/14/01 .......... K
God Bless America
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah
Extra prayers for our service men and women who are in, or will be in harms way.
Well, here's one of the guys from this story:
Joined by religion, torn by hate (The 'Odd Couple' of Kabul)
That mini-van is something else!
every morning i see these - the best images anywhere!
gj!
Would you tell me please how the food distribution is organized (or unorganized, as the case seems to be here). Who set it up, who is administering it, etc.
Apologies if you've explained it already.
PS. I'm distressed that the Red Cross is involved in the terminal end of the Children's Fund.
Now that's one heavily armed Mujahadeen! He's carrying what looks like an AK, an RPG-7 launcher (no rocket present), and some kind of belt-fed MG with a big, boxy receiver that looks bigger than a PK. Anyone with a definitive ID on this last item?
Were we ever so young?
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