Hundreds of suspected Taliban killed
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NATO and Afghan forces killed more than 200 suspected Taliban guerrillas with air strikes and artillery fire in a major offensive in a volatile province in southern Afghanistan, the alliance said Sunday.
A statement said four soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force also died and seven were wounded in the fighting in Panjwayi district, about 10 miles from the city of Kandahar.
The casualty counts could not be independently confirmed because the government ordered vehicles to stay off roads leading to the area and reporters were unable to gain access to the battle zone. There was no indication of bodies being taken to local hospitals.
"Reports indicate that more than 200 Taliban fighters have been killed since Operation Medusa began early Saturday morning," the NATO force said in a statement.
[...] NATO said there were no reports of civilian casualties, despite the heavy weight of fire being used. An Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman, Gen. Zahir Azimi, said earlier in the day that a number of civilians were killed. Read more
db: The killing will get a lot worse. What isn't certain is just how many civilians will be slaughtered - and for what. It's common to hear how we 'must not fail' - but what is the definition of success? The picture originally painted by John Reid was always abstract, Des Browne is a puppet, and Blair is of course a neocon poodle bitch. That leaves George Bush - the cowboy who believes that we are fighting an army of terrorist Taliban "Islamic fascists" - who belong to the same fascist army as Hizbollah, Hamas, Iraqi resistance, Iran, the Muslim Brotherhood, AQ and others. Given that "we don't talk to terrorists" or even state actors who are presented as 'the enemy' it all really does appear quite hopeless. Particularly for civilians - and also those in the services unfortunate enough to be at the sharp end of Blair's war[s].
NATO and Afghan forces killed more than 200 suspected Taliban guerrillas with air strikes and artillery fire in a major offensive in a volatile province in southern Afghanistan, the alliance said Sunday.
A statement said four soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force also died and seven were wounded in the fighting in Panjwayi district, about 10 miles from the city of Kandahar.
The casualty counts could not be independently confirmed because the government ordered vehicles to stay off roads leading to the area and reporters were unable to gain access to the battle zone. There was no indication of bodies being taken to local hospitals.
"Reports indicate that more than 200 Taliban fighters have been killed since Operation Medusa began early Saturday morning," the NATO force said in a statement.
[...] NATO said there were no reports of civilian casualties, despite the heavy weight of fire being used. An Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman, Gen. Zahir Azimi, said earlier in the day that a number of civilians were killed. Read more
db: The killing will get a lot worse. What isn't certain is just how many civilians will be slaughtered - and for what. It's common to hear how we 'must not fail' - but what is the definition of success? The picture originally painted by John Reid was always abstract, Des Browne is a puppet, and Blair is of course a neocon poodle bitch. That leaves George Bush - the cowboy who believes that we are fighting an army of terrorist Taliban "Islamic fascists" - who belong to the same fascist army as Hizbollah, Hamas, Iraqi resistance, Iran, the Muslim Brotherhood, AQ and others. Given that "we don't talk to terrorists" or even state actors who are presented as 'the enemy' it all really does appear quite hopeless. Particularly for civilians - and also those in the services unfortunate enough to be at the sharp end of Blair's war[s].
posted by exoplanet at 6:50 PM
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