Posted on 06/24/2006 12:22:35 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan and coalition forces killed about 65 militants in two gunbattles in southern Afghanistan, the military said Saturday.
On Friday, troops came under fire from about 40 insurgents near the village of Mirabad northeast of the capital in southern Uruzgan province, the military said in a statement.
Most of the militants, who were firing from hidden positions in an orchard, ridgeline and compound near Mirabad, were believed killed, the coalition said.
No coalition or civilian injuries were reported.
In a separate assault, Afghan and coalition forces battled a large group of militants in the Zharie district of Kandahar province, killing about 25 during the three hours of fighting.
"Several extremists broke contact by using innocent Afghan civilians as shields to escape into nearby villages," the statement said.
Yay!
good job! :)
How sweet the word KILLED is instead of captured.
Won't see this in print in the New York scum paper or highlited by traitor Murtha.
Can't quite figure out how all the Taliban and militants are getting killed with so few losses to Afghan and Coalition forces. Two weeks ago the NY Slimes warned that the Taliban were on a big offensive and things looked bad for us.
Those were US forces they were up against, these are the much prettier, more politically correct coalition forces.
Nice work from the coalition! Hope they used bayonets!
"Can't quite figure out how all the Taliban and militants are getting killed with so few losses to Afghan and Coalition forces."
It is Puff the Magic Dragon (AC130}. Our military has learned to treat the Taleban like the cockroaches they are. Call in the exterminator.
As the late, great Jackie Gleason used to say at the beginning of his show, after taking a swig out of his coffee cup (probably a mixed drink): "How sweet it is!".
I remember watching a German documentary that showed they can't shoot. So it wasn't a fair fight, you know.
Moral Relativists (who claim the Taliban monsters are like our "founding fathers") will soon rush to their defense any minute now...any minute...any minute...a'hem....still waiting.
Update..
Make that
Coalition, Afghan troops kill 82 militants
Coalition, Afghan troops kill 82 militants
TINI TRAN, Associated Press Writer
Sat Jun 24, 8:12 AM ET
KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan and U.S.-led coalition forces killed about 82 militants in battles across southern Afghanistan, the military said Saturday.
On Friday, troops fought more than 40 extremists during a five-hour gunbattle near the village of Mirabad, northeast of the capital in southern Uruzgan province.
Most of the militants were believed killed, the coalition said. No coalition or civilian injuries were reported.
In a separate assault, Afghan and coalition forces battled a large group of militants in the Zharie district of Kandahar province, killing about 25 during the three hours of fighting.
"Several extremists broke contact by using innocent Afghan civilians as shields to escape into nearby villages," a military statement said.
Another 17 insurgents were killed Wednesday after coalition forces surprised them setting up an ambush site near Tirin Kot, the capital of Uruzgan province.
Coalition forces have launched a large offensive against Taliban forces to stop a wave of suicide attacks and ambushes in the last few months.
More than 10,000 Afghan, British, Canadian and American troops are deployed across Kandahar, Helmand, Uruzgan and Zabul provinces — areas where Taliban forces have regrouped and gained strength and sympathy.
More than 200 insurgents have been killed since Operation Mountain Thrust began earlier this month, according to the coalition.
The Afghan defense ministry said 149 militants have been killed, 32 wounded and 61 were arrested in the operation. Three Afghan soldiers were killed and 14 others injured.
"Mountain Thrust is one of the biggest operations in the south of the country. As we enter the second week of this operation, we have made very good achievements," said spokesman Gen. Mohammad Zahir Azimi.
On Friday, provincial officials in Zabul said the decapitated bodies of four men, who were abducted at gunpoint earlier in the week, were discovered in Shahjoy district near the village of Chinoh.
A purported Taliban spokesman, Qari Yousof Ahmadi, contacted The Associated Press and said the men had been killed because they had been spying for Afghan and U.S.-led coalition forces.
Ali Khail, a spokesman for the provincial governor, said the victims were civilians with no links to the Afghan government or coalition forces.
Afghanistan is in the grips of its deadliest spate of violence since the Taliban's ouster in 2001. President Hamid Karzai has decried the intense violence in the south, which since May has left more than 600 people dead, mostly militants.
I saw that earlier, Here's an FR thread with an article and his comments.
Karzai is between a rock and a hard place.
Afghanistan has along tradition of being in the middle of it all, so to speak.
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Karzai: War Not Getting at Terrorism Cause ^
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1654662/posts
Posted by rocksblues
On News/Activism ^ 06/23/2006 4:49:29 PM PDT · 24 replies · 402+ views
Thanks!
The more the merrier down there in Virgin Land. Great going!
Under Islamic law, gambling is not permitted, but it is permissible to bet on shooting matches-- to encourage eagerness to improve the aim for the purpose of killing the "unclean" (non-Muslims).
Karzai is a well-meaning incompetent.
There will be no peace in the Middle East until there is permitted an open comparison of ideas, so that the masses can recognize that Islam falls far short as a belief system.
It is unfortunately true that anyone who has not recognized the folly of Islam is not to be trusted.
The only Muslims who do not denounce all personal freedom are nominal Muslims, and they are more easily called to the Islamic teaching that any means are permissible in carrying out the duty of all Muslims to make Islam the only religion of the entire world than it is for the nominal Muslim to openly admit that there exist other views that are far superior to Islam.
IOW, there is a lot of truth to the militant-sounding claim that the only REASONABLE response to radical Muslims is killing them, as their commitment to Mohammed's cult is so complete that they find any sort of open mindedness too threatening to deal with.
Short of a miracle of God, they are lost causes, and for the safety and survival of others must be destroyed, as it truly is a matter of, "Them or us".
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