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Title: Militants in Afghanistan use people as shield
Post by: Bluesuiter-Retired on July 08, 2009, 05:20:12 AM

(http://images.townnews.com/helenair.com/content/articles/2009/07/08/top/80na_090708_afghan.jpg)

http://www.helenair.com/articles/2009/07/08/top/80na_090708_afghan.txt

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CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan — U.S. Marines trapped Taliban fighters in a residential compound and persuaded the insurgents to allow women and children to leave. The troops then moved in — only to discover that the militants had slipped out, dressed in women’s burqa robes.

The fighters, who may owe their lives to the new U.S. commander’s emphasis on limiting civilian casualties, were among hundreds of militants who have fled the offensive the Marines launched last week in southern Helmand province. Marine officers say keeping the Taliban from returning so the Afghan government can establish a stable presence will be a bigger challenge.

“We have dislocated them while still protecting the people,” said Col. Eric Mellinger, the operations officer for the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade. “Now the key is to prevent militants from coming back in, and the way to do that is to earn their (Afghan villagers’) trust so that they don’t allow them to come back in.”

The offensive, which began Thursday when about 4,000 Marines and sailors stormed into the Helmand River valley, seeks to cut off a major Taliban supply route. The militants bring in weapons and fighters from Pakistan and ship out opium — one of their main sources of income.

Before the operation, their biggest of the Afghan war, Marine commanders believed up to 1,000 insurgents were operating in the fertile valley. But most of them fled without a major battle, instead launching scattered but ineffective attacks.

Once Again Radical Muslim Males Prove They Are Nothing But GIRLY MEN

 :rotf:

Dress in WOMEN'S CLOTHING to escape and run away and hide.

Edited to match forum rules.

Title: Re: Militants in Afghanistan use people as shield
Post by: JohnnyReb on July 08, 2009, 06:06:35 AM

Quote from: Bluesuiter-Retired on July 08, 2009, 05:20:12 AM

http://www.helenair.com/articles/2009/07/08/top/80na_090708_afghan.txt

 :rotf:

Dress in WOMEN'S CLOTHING to escape and run away and hide.

Read about that yesterday. I guess they're members of the Chickenshiite sect of Islam.

Title: Re: Militants in Afghanistan use people as shield
Post by: Lord Undies on July 08, 2009, 06:14:08 AM

"Midnight At The Oasis" started playing in my head.  I don't know why.

Title: Re: Militants in Afghanistan use people as shield
Post by: thundley4 on July 08, 2009, 07:49:18 AM

Priscilla : Queen of the Desert?

Title: Re: Militants in Afghanistan use people as shield
Post by: Vagabond on July 08, 2009, 10:32:38 AM

Ahab the Arab?

Title: Re: Militants in Afghanistan use people as shield
Post by: JohnnyReb on July 08, 2009, 10:52:29 AM

Quote from: Vagabond on July 08, 2009, 10:32:38 AM

Ahab the Arab?

....and his camel named Clyde.

Title: Re: Militants in Afghanistan use people as shield
Post by: Airwolf on July 08, 2009, 06:47:47 PM

Yeah but they will all end up as "Achmed The Dead Terrorist"

Title: Re: Militants in Afghanistan use people as shield
Post by: ardentconservative on July 08, 2009, 09:48:35 PM

 
Bush had the surge in Iraq and won, Obama has the "save the civilians" in Afghanistan and they get away by dressing as women and live to fight another day.  Am I the only one that finds something "wrong" with this policy.

And the best way to "prevent militants from coming back in" is to kill them when you find them.  To allow them to get away only gives them a chance to return, and maybe this time they won't be caught and they can kill American troops.  No, I say kill them, don't let them escape.  

 :thatsright:  :mental: :banghead: