'40 Taliban killed' in western Afghanistan

[laststeamtrain]

Source: ABC (Au)

'40 Taliban killed' in western Afghanistan

US Marines and Afghan soldiers have killed 40 Taliban fighters in a joint operation in Afghanistan's west, the Afghan army says.

"At the request of the local population an operation was launched by the Afghan army and the US Marines in the district of Bala Buluk" in the western province of Farah, Afghan army commander Jalandar Shah Dehnam told AFP.

During this operation 40 Taliban were killed and a number were injured, he said, adding that six Afghan soldiers had also been wounded.

"We do not know if the Americans sustained any casualties," he said.

Read more: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/29/2699031.htm?section=justin

[rgbecker]

1. I guess the only good Taliban is a dead Taliban....

How do they tell its a Taliban...Do they wear "T" shirts?

In Nam it was black pajamas...can you imagine?

[bertman]

2. Body Counts. This is all so familiar. I just can't remember where I heard that before.

:shrug:



Get our troops out of Vietnamistan!

[provis99]

3. I can't believe that stupid thing Obama said, about why Afghanistan isn't Vietnam.

He said the comparisons weren't valid, because "you never step in the same river twice".
OK, but if you're ten feet under the water, you're still gonna drown, and we're drowning in Iraq and Afghanistan.

[downeyr]

5. Haha yeah...

...it seems more like Iraq is Vietnam, not Afghanistan, anyway. We were lied to both times as to the reason why we were invading both places.

[BunkerHill24]

4. The high likelihood all killed were civilians....

UN: Record number of Afghan civilian deaths in 2009

UN: Record number of Afghan civilian deaths in 2009

By Tom Eley
28 September 2009

The United Nations mission in Afghanistan recorded about 1,500 civilian deaths in the first six months of 2009, a 24 percent increase over the previous year and a record in the eight-year-old war.

<snip>

The report—the Mid-Year Bulletin on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict in Afghanistan—only tallies recorded deaths. It therefore likely underestimates the number of civilian deaths caused by the war, many of which go unreported.

The UN report said that most civilian deaths are caused by NATO airs strikes, improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and suicide bombings.

The study notes that NATO attacks “have resulted in a rising toll in terms of civilian deaths and injuries and destruction of infrastructure, including homes and assets, which are essential for survival and the maintenance of livelihoods.”

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/sep2009/afgh-s28.shtml

[Mari333]

6. war apologists 3...2...1...

in the meantime, lets get out of there.