Afghan Forces Hit Taliban Hideout, Kill 41

[Eugene]

Afghan Forces Hit Taliban Hideout, Kill 41

By Associated Press

April 15, 2006, 2:06 AM EDT

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- Afghan security forces backed by coalition helicopters attacked
a suspected Taliban hideout in southern Afghanistan, setting off an intense gunbattle
that killed 41 rebels, a provincial governor said Saturday.

Six Afghan police officers also died in Friday's fighting in Sangisar, a town 25 miles
southwest of Kandahar, said Asadullah Khalid, the provincial governor.

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Full article: http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-afghan-fighting,0,6349407.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines

[Jack_DeLeon]

1. Good news...

for a change.

[eridani]

3. Right, just like Vietnam

All the dead bodies become enemy soldiers, no matter what their provenance.

[William769]

4. Someone who is a female, I don't think should be sarcastic about this.

:eyes:

[LynnTheDem]

5. Who's being sarcastic?

It is just like Vietnam.

[Kagemusha]

6. The point's very simple see

Regardless of whether or not the dead were Taliban before the government forces attacked them, the moment they returned fire, they became "rebels" and once dead, were therefore "rebel casualties", because they'd fired back at a bunch of people with guns shooting at them, as Afghans are generally wont to do. And that's not sarcasm either; they are not fond of being shot at and like shooting back when such occurs, and have levels of gun ownership to make the NRA proud. And to them the government's mostly an American stooge working with drug-running warlords anyway so government forces have a bit of a legitimacy problem.

So regardless of if they were the enemy before being attacked, well, now that they're dead, they are now.

[muriel_volestrangler]

8. 'Females' and sarcasm? WTF?

Or was your post a self-referential attempt at sarcasm too?

[Media_Lies_Daily]

9. What's being female have to do with this topic?

[William769]

10. Well lets see, stoning death & numerous other things.

[eridani]

11. Yes, by those fucktards Raygun supported in the 80s

Create a war of each against all, as the US spent $5 billion+ doing, and women are absolutely going to be the losers, guaranteed. It's never been otherwise. Maybe you think being blown to smithereens is nicer than being stoned, but I don't. And what makes you think the warlord thugs we are now backing are the slightest bit different from the Taliban. (I mean, other than giving a slight edge to corruption over puritanism instead of the other way around.)

[ShortnFiery]

7. Oh Boy, Body Counts! Deja Vu Vietnam?

Was Colonel Kilgore of the AirMobile there dishing out death cards. :puke:

[Media_Lies_Daily]

2. Was it a wedding party or family gathering?